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A 1275 with stock 4 speed (in my Rochdale Olympic, but please don't hold that against me....):
I was running pretty hard uphill (in the scenic Cairngorm mountains of Scotland, if that matters) in second gear at a goodly rate when there was a loud noise- and the transmission sounded like a can of rocks rattling for a moment then ceased the racket; and the car lost power.
A broken transmission with only first, fourth and reverse operating.
So I drove 170 miles home.
The only forewarnng/symptom was that the previous day I'd lost synchronization between third and fourth, and had to double clutch to shift between them.
What'd I break?
I presume it's serious and have acquired a replacement used transmission; but I'm thinking I should rebuild it before installation, and that maybe I'd be better off making one better one from the two I've got instead of just using what sitting on the workbench just begging to be messed about with....
Comments?
Ideas??
Upgrade(s)???
I was running pretty hard uphill (in the scenic Cairngorm mountains of Scotland, if that matters) in second gear at a goodly rate when there was a loud noise- and the transmission sounded like a can of rocks rattling for a moment then ceased the racket; and the car lost power.
A broken transmission with only first, fourth and reverse operating.
So I drove 170 miles home.
The only forewarnng/symptom was that the previous day I'd lost synchronization between third and fourth, and had to double clutch to shift between them.
What'd I break?
I presume it's serious and have acquired a replacement used transmission; but I'm thinking I should rebuild it before installation, and that maybe I'd be better off making one better one from the two I've got instead of just using what sitting on the workbench just begging to be messed about with....
Comments?
Ideas??
Upgrade(s)???
