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Trans rebuild



  Rose is a bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I decide to rebuild the trans mission myself.No problem right.Wrong.The rebuild went well no problems.Installed said transmission back in the car.adjusted linkage went for a road test.20 miles later the trans jumps out of 5th gear.No problem I say just alittle adjustment of the 5th gear fork.Jerk off the end cover and adjust the fork so it pulls 5th in a little deeper.an other road test same result.Damit!!!So I call the trans guru and explain what I have done it's probably just the 5th gear bearing the guru tells me.He is good enough to send me a good used one.While I'm waiting for the afore mentioned bearing to arrive I take 5th gear out again.The bearing looked fine just as it had when the trans was apart.I still thought I'd better wait for the bearing, just in case,After I inspected the new/used bearing it looked just like the one I took out.Off to the used transmission parts box for a search for whatever.And what do you suppose I found?the 5th gear from my old FO trans.It looked and felt better than the 5th I was trying to repair.It looked like the gear was the same width as the 5th in the ACN .It looked like it would fit on the shaft.I counted the teeth on the gear even though I knew it was different.I then went to the gear chart that Mr. guru had supplied scirocco .org.Ah 0.71 vs a 0.75 5th perfect for a hiway cruiser.2865 RPM=70mph, right where the turbo is happy.So I installed the gear and  got ready for a guick 30 mile road test before I was to leave on a 750 mile trip.I statred the engine and it promply died and refused to restart.2 hours later I determined that the coil was bad.Of course the was not a MSD blaster in town so I had to substitute the Jap car for the Scirocco.
   I managed to find the coil in Springdale Ar.So I cut my trip short so I could get home and "fix"the car.I started the car hooked up the laptop so I could do some tuning while I was on the road test.The car ran perfect I managed to do the tuning I wanted i shut the laptop down and was having some fun just driving.The engine was running great the transmission didn't jump out of gear but all at once the speedometer decided it was time to jump around for awhile before it quit completely.
 I think she is trying to test me and it is working. It probably is just the cable but she is really pissing me off She is just being a real bitch.But damn she is fun to drive.
Pardon my grammer and English and I hope to see everyone in Cincy.A big thank you to Cheapass Ron for his help
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