Re: FN tranny woes...

["Ryan Schuermann" <rts@nol.net>]

i got no clue why but obviously the 100mm flanges would not clear 
without grinding down the tranny housing a bit like he/or she did.
the hole is kinda too big to jb weld, guess i could jb a quarter over 
it then sand it smooth, yeah i'll second how strong JB is i plugged a 
small hole that iput in my Corrado G60 throttle body, it withstood
17psi (i had it like a rivet covering the inside and outside of the 
hole)

> Hello,
> 
>   Personally, if the point wasn't too visible, and it was done by an over
> zealous  backyard machinist, I would give JB weld a shot. It is a non stress
> casing, so I would bet it will last indefinently. Certainly beats a new transmission,
> I once used it on an engine case on my old motorcycle. Lasted for about 3 years.
> leaked a small amount and re-did it. Out lasted the bike.
> 
> May I ask why he did it? does the FN transmission have something different than the rest
> of them?
> I have successfully put 100 mm flanges on a number of transmissions, never had to
> "clearance" anything
> 
> I hope this helps,
> 
>     Percy- Balance Performance.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Schuermann <rts@nol.net>
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 1:13 AM
> Subject: FN tranny woes...
> 
> 
> manoh man,almost thought i had my tranny sold, but seems that the
> yahoo owner before musta REALLY wanted 100mm inner cvs bcause they
> grounded down the driver side of the tranny housing to allow for the
> extra clearence, however grinded down a bit too zealously and put a
> hole in the casing. so...
> 
> do I..
> 
> 1>tear it all down and sell off the 5th gear (.71)
> 2> tear it all apart and have someone weld a small plate
> of aluminum and sand it down smooth
> 3>weld on a big piece of aluminum and remove the 100mm cv flanges
> and sell it off as a 90mm usage only trany?
> 4>donate it to a junkyard
> 
> survey says?
> Ryan
> 
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