As I mentioned before I had some grinding going into 3rd and occasionally first.
With what I found earlier the first second issues would make a lot of sense.
Third however could only be accounted for by a worn synchro band and dog teeth.
So I had some spare good used parts out of a 901 gear box that works for gears 3-5
And with all of the new parts for the 1-2 cluster I was ready to put it back together. Here's the mains haft still mostly together but removed from the trans.
The main bearing race was loose however not loose enough that it was terminal, I pressed it back in and then used sleeve lock to hold it there.
I know that this is not really the accepted solution but for the time being and budget at hand it would have to do. That being said I accept the risk, i also know that the motor I am building/did build will destroy this mag gearbox if i treat it harshly.
With some quality advice from Frank and use of a actual torque wrench, something that was lacking during the last assembly the gearbox went together.
I do have to say that before I began taking this transmission apart I was very apprehensive about my ability to tear the gear box down repair it and have it work. However with help from Frank and being careful it all went way better than I would have anticipated.
When I bought the car I previously mentioned that the brakes left a lot to be desired.
I had gone through the rear brakes as that was a easy solution.
The fronts obviously on a 911 leave you with more choices.
3.0 inch struts or 3.5. and then from there what calipers. I had found and decided to restore a pair of Bilstein front spindles.
Since I also have a 914 that I am building a 6 cylinder for and really like the whole idea of a GT build I moved my Late S calipers to the 911 and bought a set of Early S calipers for the 914 to be more period correct. Because you know that's important.
It made sense in my head....
However not before I tried a Boxster caliper on another strut i had floating around. During the time i was doing this (2019) I worked for a private shop that had extra parts around allowing me to do that. You may have noticed some of the cars in the back of the pictures.
I have not ruled out using these in the future however.
After this we got back to the engine build but that will likely be another post.