tranny trouble - a photographic tale

[greyforestgst]

so what happens when you have traction on a front wheel drive car with stock suspension?

 

[greyforestgst]

if you have a decent driver, you run 13.79 @ 104.3
if you let an unexperienced friend drive, however, you're going to wheelhop for a hundred feet or so.
then, you have to drive 40 miles back to your house with a broken transmission, and drop your transmission.

 

[greyforestgst]

which is a pain in the ####in ass

 

[leet]

pain in the ass is an understatement, my friend

 

[wastefuldreamer]

Did he help pull it out?

 

[greyforestgst]

Originally posted by wastefuldreamer
Did he help pull it out?

yes, he did.

anywho, out with the old

 

[greyforestgst]

$995 later, in with the new.
1999 gst tranny with 26,000 miles. im waiting an hour now before putting on a second coat of 500*f paint.

 

[greyforestgst]

a day later with some new seals and brackets mounted, tranny is ready to be put in.
foreground: windo welded motor mounts.

 

[leet]

Hehe that red is going to look aggressive..

 

[greyforestgst]

yay, almost done

 

[greyforestgst]

bleen bleen

 

[leet]

MY turn now

Looks good!

 

[miguels3000]

AAAHHHHHHHHHH, NNNNNNNNNOOOO
sorry, memories, same thing happend to me friend busted my dif. costed me around 1600 with quaife lsd , new act 2600, alumn flywheel, etc etc, he promised to pay for some of it but i said fu** it whatevers

 

[greyforestgst]

she lives!

except the clutch feels soft, even after i bled all the air out. it slips under hard acceleration. then again, the 2100 is supposedly only good to 300 ft lbs, correct? maybe i've already surpassed its grip capacity.

 

[-=TWITCH=-]

Did you break in the Clutch?

 

[DSMWillyb]

At least he helped you out in with it.... I think that the lesson we learned here is that friends don't let friends drive their car.... I had a $1900 bill after I let my friend drive my '97 Tsi fwd... he decided to powershift into 2nd gear... missed it... then held it there til it popped in... In the process he grinded off some teeth on 2nd... and it ALL went down hill from there... NO ONE drives my car but me!