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Have you ever wondered why the Haynes manuals say to leave transmission work to a qualified person? Well I just had a Spit 6 come in with the owner complaining about 3rd gear. I start the car up in neutral and you would not believe the noise coming from the transmission. I could actually put it in 3rd gear without touching the clutch and the car would not move an inch and the trans actually got quieter. Go to pull it in the shop and the car moves about 50' under it's own power and the trans locks up. Pulled it out and pulled the cover. I find 6 teeth off of 3rd gear laying in the bottom of the gearbox, laygear is shot, first and high gear teeth are worn to a sharp point, input shaft bearing is shot, and the input shaft can wiggle nearly a quarter of an inch. The main shaft has aprox .350 of end play in it. Someone appearently had it apart to put new syncro rings in it as they are nice and shiny new (and now junk). On the plus side they did remember to fill it with (of all things) ATF after putting it in. Just goes to show you. Never under-estimate the power of human stupidity.
 
I normally don't do work on anyone else's car but a guy that has been getting some parts from me the last year asked if I would fix some wiring on his TR6 (directionals, fuel and horn). Sure bring it on. Car cranked and ran enough to get into the shop. He said can you tune it up while you have. Sure, no problem. What was suppose to be an afternoon job turned into a weeks work. Wiring was done in couple of hours. Tune up? the carbs were in the biggest mess ever, choke assembly on both carbs on 180 out. One manifold spacer on upside down, front carb damper backwards. Both damper springs stretched out to about 18' long. Needles won't adjust and green. Valves set at 12 & 14. On top of all that I find the fuel line is partially blocked(it keep starving for gas)and had to be replaced.
I didn't even look to see what else was wrong with car. BTW, it had about $4000 worth of accessorized chrome all over. Engine/trans plate was even chromed.

Marv
 
Sounds like one of my deep repairs.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Never under-estimate the power of human stupidity[/QUOTE]

If it weren't for human stupidity, there wouldn't be any stupidity at all.

I'm one of those drivers who has reluctantly turned mechanic (at least where TR3s are concerned) out of necessity. Over the course of fifty years there's not much having to do with the car that I haven't had a closer look at, usually much closer than I would have liked. At some other time the reason might have been fundamentally economic. Now, I simply don't trust anyone else that much to know what he's doing. I'd rather take advice from accumulated resources, including this forum, and dig in.
 
I feel the same way, thats why I painted my car, seen too many paint jobs fail because of shotty body shops that take advantage of people, cover everthing up with bondo smooth it out paint it, take your money and when the paint starts peeling off, they are gone.
 
and thats the other reason I am sending my engine out to a reputable person to have it rebuilt, and I know there are lots out there, I dont want to carry parts all over the city to have things done and when something gets machined wrong I start getting the run around, finger pointing

Hondo
 
There is a right way and many wrong ways to do anything. Sadly, both amateurs and many professionals choose the latter.
 
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