but the car now won't shift! So much grinding and won't even go into gear.
A little background, the motor we purchased off John, a 948, had a smoothcase, my existing motor, also a 948 had the ribcase tranny. So in reviewing the forum the ribcase seems to be a better unit over all. So we decided to swap the smooth for the rib.
The original ribbed tranny was shifting in the car, some grinding in third and second but driveable with no problems. However we only got to drive the car about 15 to 30 miles before the engine shot and we replaced it with the "new" 948.
When we were mating the ribcase to the "new" engine we saw that the clutch on the "new" engine was in great condition. So we kept that on there and just swapped the cases smooth to rib.
Now the awful griding and can't even get the car to go into gear at all. More research determined that bleeding was in order.
So we tried bleeding, bled and bled and bled until we recirculated almost a whole bottle of fluid. So it has been determined that there is not air in the system that is causing this problem.
Next step check fork movement, my hubby showed me how to look at it, it is traveling the whole way.
One problem we did notice was a very slight leaking in the slave cylinder. However the slave was just rebuilt and the leaking is not so heavy to impact the system to this degree.
Which brings us to what is wrong? My thinking is that I will just pull the engine and tranny again (of course not me alone!) and put the smooth case back on as I know that it was running and shifting etc. when John had it. This solution would put me back on the road and driving in a very short time.
I am looking for a reliable engine and tranny, not looking for something that I need to build up. From what I understand the ribcase is an excellent choice should you want to add power, which I am not concerned about. Is my idea a good idea or not?
Hubby wants to tear apart the ribcase and figure out the cause of the problem. It is just in his nature and I am sure a lot of other people feel the same way. I don't really care what the problem is right now I just want a running driving car!
Any advice oh great little british car owners on this great wealth of information board??
Thanks so much!!!
A little background, the motor we purchased off John, a 948, had a smoothcase, my existing motor, also a 948 had the ribcase tranny. So in reviewing the forum the ribcase seems to be a better unit over all. So we decided to swap the smooth for the rib.
The original ribbed tranny was shifting in the car, some grinding in third and second but driveable with no problems. However we only got to drive the car about 15 to 30 miles before the engine shot and we replaced it with the "new" 948.
When we were mating the ribcase to the "new" engine we saw that the clutch on the "new" engine was in great condition. So we kept that on there and just swapped the cases smooth to rib.
Now the awful griding and can't even get the car to go into gear at all. More research determined that bleeding was in order.
So we tried bleeding, bled and bled and bled until we recirculated almost a whole bottle of fluid. So it has been determined that there is not air in the system that is causing this problem.
Next step check fork movement, my hubby showed me how to look at it, it is traveling the whole way.
One problem we did notice was a very slight leaking in the slave cylinder. However the slave was just rebuilt and the leaking is not so heavy to impact the system to this degree.
Which brings us to what is wrong? My thinking is that I will just pull the engine and tranny again (of course not me alone!) and put the smooth case back on as I know that it was running and shifting etc. when John had it. This solution would put me back on the road and driving in a very short time.
I am looking for a reliable engine and tranny, not looking for something that I need to build up. From what I understand the ribcase is an excellent choice should you want to add power, which I am not concerned about. Is my idea a good idea or not?
Hubby wants to tear apart the ribcase and figure out the cause of the problem. It is just in his nature and I am sure a lot of other people feel the same way. I don't really care what the problem is right now I just want a running driving car!
Any advice oh great little british car owners on this great wealth of information board??
Thanks so much!!!