Date:         Wed, 17 Feb 1999 22:11:29 -0500
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
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From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Wheddle Engineering Lower Low Gear
Comments: To: Derek Drew <drew@INTERPORT.NET>
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   The case of the trans. blows out now under extreme force.
What do you think lower gears are going to do? Blow out
the case under less force!

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler


On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Derek Drew wrote:

> The folks at Wheddle Engineering have offered to perform a feasibility
> study on manufacturing new lower low gears for the creeper gear in Syncros.
> They offered to do a bunch of work on this issue if I were to send them
> $100 or $200 or something like that to buy their engineering time. They
> said that the per-transmission cost to make up new lower ratio low gears
> might be on the order of $2,000 each, possibly a lot more, possibly less if
> ordering several sets. I am into it although I do not plan to order such a
> thing this year.
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