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Astron_Boy wrote:Were they factory waste gate springs? Seems odd they couldn't withstand just over factory boost.

They were actually upgraded units... further talks we reckon one of them has been damaged. Maybe a small tear in the diaphram.

aza013 wrote:Let's us know if your going or not as I might try to get down and have a look .

Be next week now lol, misses has vetoed more car crap & we're going up to my caravan

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Todays addition, nice new sneaky blow off valve. Try & get that installed tomorrow.

Also grabbed a new immobiliser, mine has been dead for a couple of years now, key unlocking is for the birds lol

That's a nice unit.
How much and where from?
Need to replace my RVRs one.

Um... Mates rates from a mate?
I'll find out for ya

lol, fair enough, won't trouble you then if it's one of those units

S'ok, I can get trade price on this stuff.

As they say "it's not what you know, it's who you know"
But for Ben it's to all he knows

*Sigh*

The clunking noise coming from my gearbox has reached critical mass this morning, now she's popping out of gear. The main shaft bearings are rooted.

Guess what Im doing this weekend! Rebuilding the box

This f**king car will be ready for the bonfire

Bennoz wrote:
This f**king car will be ready for the bonfire

joyrides???!!

bass_twitch wrote:

Bennoz wrote:
This f**king car will be ready for the bonfire

joyrides???!!

And that will cost you $50 each ride .

aza013 wrote:

bass_twitch wrote:

Bennoz wrote:
This f**king car will be ready for the bonfire

joyrides???!!

And that will cost you $50 each ride .

That'll be just enough to cover the fuel costs of a 5 minute joyride.. haha

Bennoz wrote:S'ok, I can get trade price on this stuff.

You tell me this now...!

Bennoz wrote:Guess what Im doing this weekend! Rebuilding the box

Too easy.

Meanwhile, fix the boost issues?

Boost issues fixed, however.... lol





That garage PC has paid for itself! lol

haha. nice.

wish i was game to rip open a gearbox, as mine badly needs a rebuild

Astron_Boy wrote:haha. nice.

wish i was game to rip open a gearbox, as mine badly needs a rebuild

Just take it to Ben's gearbox rebuild shop.. Lawso highly recommends his work.. Hehehehehe

rock_it wrote:

Astron_Boy wrote:haha. nice.

wish i was game to rip open a gearbox, as mine badly needs a rebuild

Just take it to Ben's gearbox rebuild shop.. Lawso highly recommends his work.. Hehehehehe

Kustom_FTO wrote:

rock_it wrote:

Astron_Boy wrote:haha. nice.

wish i was game to rip open a gearbox, as mine badly needs a rebuild

Just take it to Ben's gearbox rebuild shop.. Lawso highly recommends his work.. Hehehehehe

I also do electronics... when I feel like it

Gearbox has been repaired

Found the issue to be a mahoosive amount of end float (longitudinal primary shaft movement) due to a worn end float washer. Will explain in pics further down.



Limo diff looked to be ok, no gouges or wear in the plates



Here are 2 end plate washers (or retainer plates, whatever you want to call them.) See the shaft behind them, one of these plates sit over the base of the shaft & holds that bearing hard in its place in the housing - stopping the primary shaft from moving up & down. The washer on the left is damaged, see the huge gouge all the way round it where the bearing has been spinning & worn away? The one on the right is the replacement - I had a spare I took from my old gearbox.



Ignoring the bug that crash landed in the gearbox oil, here's a close up of the damaged retainer. That gouge is almost 30 thou deep (about 0.7mm) which is HUGE in gearbox tolerance terms. Thats how much the primary shaft was a slapping about in the box when running, 0.7 of a mm.




Here another indication of shaft slap, some damaged teeth on the secondary shaft. Caused by the the selector on the primary shaft slapping into it as the shaft moved about. I was able to gently grind the rough edges off & reinstall this gear.

As you can see, I caught it just in time. A couple more weeks of driving around on this box & it would have disintegrated.....

There is a magnetic block in the base of all of these boxes which catches any metal shards, lets just say mine had a decenting coating

Bennoz wrote:

Kustom_FTO wrote:

rock_it wrote:

Astron_Boy wrote:haha. nice.

wish i was game to rip open a gearbox, as mine badly needs a rebuild

Just take it to Ben's gearbox rebuild shop.. Lawso highly recommends his work.. Hehehehehe

I also do electronics... when I feel like it

Whens my turn... And I was gonna get mother inlaw to make ya Nasi Goreng..

Would take my car to Bennoz, but fear Lawso has spoiled it for the rest of us.

That's pretty nasty with the gearbox meanwhile, should make for a surprising change when you replace the worn outs.