Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:04:33 -0800
Reply-To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Tranny swap: All Forward Gears too High.
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Thanks Don.
Maybe I'm missing something (who me? <grin>) but....
Looking at drive train as a unit, can't see how positioning would
affect 1/2 gears or other internal part(s). The CV's would likely
allow for any minor flaws in angle no?
Ah. Maybe if angles wrong, it would put stress on shift lever of transmission?
I was careful to fabricate/install swap parts "to" existing "original"
transmission. But. First time at all that. For drivetrain height, I
went by feel seeing where to position drivetrain up/down (shifter
provided point of reference). BUT... in hindsight, it could have been
me that bent the pin removing air cooled engine. This would have
flawed my drivetrain height I bet. As it stands thought, with
transmission guide pin now straightened, it looks ~ center to tube at
end of shift linkage.
I'll see if loosening motor mounts helps.
Would thicker gear oil be better for (assuming) high mileage transmission?
Using Redline Synthetic currently.
Neil.
On 3/22/10, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
> Neil,
>
> You may want to go back over all your trans and motor mounts again. Make
> sure you haven't induced some stress or strain into your driveline that may
> be causing your growling noises. I'd go around and loosen all the mounts
> slightly...see if the nose of the tranny moves any, etc. The whole
> 'package' you've been working with is pretty long..(No double meaning here,
> grin) with the join between the tranny and the motor being right in the
> center...
> You may have it "flexed" slightly out of line...
> Don Hanson
>
> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 11:22 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 3/21/10, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks much. Think I found the problem.
>>
>>
>> Nope. That part was fine.
>>
>> The bent guide pin was bent. I figure I reinstalled it angled down
>> which lowered box on end of shift rod away from the shift lever. I
>> assume this effectively reduced lateral movement of box on shift lever
>> ball which would keep it from pushing the shift lever shaft in. And
>> for some reason, when checking by hand, shift lever would push in but
>> wouldn't move fore/aft to 1/2. Maybe I wasn't lining it up right. It
>> worked on the bench though. I moved around a bit, then it worked.
>>
>> Drives fine but is slightly noisy in 1/2. A quiet growling under
>> power. But it stays in gear, and no crunching between gears. Maybe
>> thicker oil would help the noise.
>>
>> Thanks for the help everyone.
>>
>> Neil.
>> --
>> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>>
>> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>
>>
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>>
>
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