Saving a Coupe

[getamongst-it]

new 5th came in, with necessary replacement parts. finally got a little more cash in my pocket from getting some new vehicles into my shop.

even got some candy with the gearset! haha

[getamongst-it]

nice kawi i got one too
that's my winter project - weight reduction
you can never have too many toys

thanks, yeah its been great I bought it blown up for $100 and got a brand new motor from SBT for $650. I've got a little over a G in it, and it's my 3rd season on the reman motor. goin strong!

The way I look at it is now I own it, it requires nothin else but gas and a $7 registration fee per year to have fun

[j.kam]

nice kawi i got one too
that's my winter project - weight reduction
you can never have too many toys

[getamongst-it]

boringggggg body work.

finally tore into it, sanded the roof down, primed the window frames & cleaned up the cowl.

[getamongst-it]

Small update... it's been cold as fuck, it snowed 6" yesterday, we had a hurricane, and well I've been lazy.

Anyways I plan on really diving into some stuff this weekend. I started off last night with something I've been putting off which is wire wheeling all the window glue out of the windshield frame down to bare metal. There was a little rust, but luckily only surface from the previous shit windshield installation. Tomorrow i'm gonna finish up sanding the cowl to prep it for primer and tackle some of the welding I've been avoiding.

Hit it with etching primer to cover the bare metal and here's the result. You can see my 88 650sx hiding in the background as well. (too many toys)

[getamongst-it]

sub'd to see moar of your ct70 Honda passport. i have a 1980 in the exact same color. thing is such a blast to tool around town gangnam style!

haha! I love my C70 I've taken some serious rides on it over 100 miles round trip. I plan on putting a 140 in that thing over the winter. The 125 is fun but I want more power to pull hills at 40mph+.

[666]

sub'd to see moar of your ct70 Honda passport. i have a 1980 in the exact same color. thing is such a blast to tool around town gangnam style!

[getamongst-it]

Been bummed out and not motivated because of this transmission issue. It's really put the brakes on things because my next move is putting the motor in. The front motor mount bolts to the transmission/starter so basically you need it on there. Although I have a few ideas of the direction I'm going now. Going to order a brand new 5th gear from BrokeVW and see how it sits. If it has too much play on the worn splines, my buddy wants it for what I paid for it. If that's the case I sourced another ACN transmission from a guy in Mass for $150 (which I hope is good).

In the meantime I finished all the interior wiring. The dash can go in as soon as I get the window frame primed. I think I'm going to do another coat of paint on the floor and I have a carpet picked out. No longer gonna use the fucked up stock carpet. I have a surprise in store for what the replacement will be.

Picked up the harmonic balancer I needed from a buddy, it's off an early "O6A" 1.8T motor to make everything line up. Got my accessory setup mounted and I couldn't be happier with money well spent on having 1 belt run this cleanly. :cheers:

[getamongst-it]

So last night, I pressed the transmission back together, got it all torqued up all the new seals installed and was about to install the 5th gear (which sits outside the main casing) and what am I left with?

A HUGE KICK IN THE BALLS.

Apparently, I didn't notice this during disassembly, there was probably some crud packed behind it and also the washer was stuck to the top of it. This is the "driven" portion of 5th gear that sits atop the secondary shaft. As you can see it is lacking splines.

This pissed me off to no extent because I bought this transmission about a year and a half ago from some kid in PA, drove 3 hours to pick it up, and he sold it to me with a blown 5th. How on earth do you blow 5th gear? On top of that it's something I should have noticed before spending the time cleaning this and installing new seals. So now I have to find a parts transmission with an equivalent (.745 overdrive) 5th gear and see how it sits on the shaft. The splines on the shaft are a little rounded but they might hold a gear with good splines. Otherwise I'll need to take it apart again and swap the whole secondary shaft. I think this may be a situation appropriate for the term "FML".

[getamongst-it]

Clean from debris. A little gunk left but I'm not scrubbing something that will be filled with oil again in a week. I did however get my H-frame press back so tonight I'm putting the tranny back together FINALLY.

[getamongst-it]

Oh so you did that? Impressive!

yeah it totally does. if it's a rainbow and just wiggling around everywhere, pushing its agenda on you, it's gay spaghetti wiring for sure.

indeed I did

LOL

[C-Hutch]

If you saw how it was run from the factory you'd vomit. It went over & under & over everything, the vents, metal braces, etc. to top it off it was covered in these foam sleeves that do nothing but disintegrate into dust if you touch them. hence why they're gone

Also having a factory non-AC heater box in this car is wonderful.

Oh so you did that? Impressive!

Nice work man.

And thank you C-Hutch, I was unaware that spaghetti had a sexual orientation until now.

yeah it totally does. if it's a rainbow and just wiggling around everywhere, pushing its agenda on you, it's gay spaghetti wiring for sure.

[NorCalFocus]

Nice work man.

And thank you C-Hutch, I was unaware that spaghetti had a sexual orientation until now.

[getamongst-it]

that wiring actually looks really tidy. mine is more like gay spaghetti just dumping everywhere.

If you saw how it was run from the factory you'd vomit. It went over & under & over everything, the vents, metal braces, etc. to top it off it was covered in these foam sleeves that do nothing but disintegrate into dust if you touch them. hence why they're gone

Also having a factory non-AC heater box in this car is wonderful.

[C-Hutch]

that wiring actually looks really tidy. mine is more like gay spaghetti just dumping everywhere.