Nice big juicy update:
Front end is 90% there looking fresh.
attached the hubs.
then all the finishing touches. Air ducts re fitted.
We then got a call from the company rebuilding the diff. They said the diff itself is fine but the LSD unit ‘the carrier’ has too much wear inside resulting in lateral movement, this is causing the clunk in the rear of the car. Are only options are to source a new unit and transfer over the crown gear
The next big job was to remove the gearbox. This is where the fun begins because we want to test fit the 6 speed box and see where we are with various brackets we’ve bought. First photo showing the old clutch assembly, it was clear it’s never been off and it’s original.
Assembly removed.
here we can see some heavy use with the heat spots.
And a falling apart clutch disc
now looking empty engine side.
Now the box is off we can do a mock up of what length the 6 speed needs to meet.
two key measurements, bell housing to the end of the prop and bell housing to the linkage centre.
Then once we do the same process with the 6 speed we can subtract the measurements.
and once we do the calculations it’s clear the prop shaft needs a reduction of 100mm and the linkage 29mm to meet the centre. That’s the easy bit done we have a company standing by if we proceed down this road.
This is where it gets complicated. The 6 speed gearbox fitted fine with plenty of room in the tunnel. The bracket I was advised to buy also lined up with the second set of holes but the issue we now have is the gearbox is 30mm too high, the gearbox needs to be dead level because the front section of the prop shaft is fixed straight to the centre bearing and excess angle would result in failing bearings or Guibo bush.
here you can see that 30mm gap between the bracket and car.
So next we removed those 30mm bushes but as you can see we can’t run a no bush fitment it will vibrate the car like crazy and potentially rip itself off the car.
So for now it’s back to the drawing board with a bolt in option. Normally I would call in a favour and get someone over to fab a bracket but this lockdown makes that impossible. If we can’t find a solution in the next few days I’ll go back to the 5 speed and revisit this bracket later.
bet there was no signs on the outer ones either ?
