help! gearbox woes (long)

[Scirocco-Al" <scirocco-Al@insight.rr.com (Scirocco-Al)]

I doubt you could get a good weld without taking it apart and thouroughly
cleaning all of the gear oil away from the area that needs welded.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 4:06 AM
Subject: help! gearbox woes (long)


> Put a replacement gearbox in my scirocco on Saturday, which was a big
enough
> pain - everything that could go wrong went wrong: chewed inner cv bolts,
> worn inner CV, wrong size flanges, no studs for lower mount plate, shagged
> clutch cable, etc, etc - what should have been a few hours turned into an
> all day saga. Anyway, finally got it in and working, went home on
Saturday,
> did a few miles on Sunday. Was just getting used to the new gearing ( audi
> 2L + 3.67/.75 5th make for great motorway cruising (just short of 100mph
> @4000rpm)!) on the way to work Monday when 5th started to get a bit whiney
&
> 3rd was not sounding too healthy. Drove the last few miles in 4th, get to
> work & underside of gearbox & car is plastered in oil and presumably the
> gearbox is pretty much empty. Put in 2 litres at lunchtime and drive
home -
> sounds & feels OK now but nice puddle under car this morning. Wipe off the
> oil from the bottom of the box and there's a little triangular shaped dent
> near the drain plug which is dripping. Fuck!  Had to patch it in the car
> park of my local auto parts store with some bondo-style metal patch stuff.
> Still weeps a little but much better than before.
> Question is, could it be TIG welded or patched without removing the box
and
> splitting the case. I'm thinking, drain the box and blow out the hole with
> an air line until nothing more comes out and then flush repeatedly with
> degreaser & solvent to get everything clean. Alternatively, would this
> approach work with some epoxy adhesive as a relatively short term solution
(
> a few weeks ) - the crack is only about 1/2 cm but there is enough of a
dent
> in the metal for something to get a purchase on. My main worry is how good
a
> bond it'll get with the alloy case. Any opinions would be greatly
> appreciated!
>
> TIA
>
> Ewan Hopkins
>
> '85 Storm 2.0
> '86 GT 1.8
> '87 GT 1.6
>
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