help! gearbox woes (long)

[ewanhopkins@hotmail.com (Ewan Hopkins)]

They did. Problem is I'm not 100% sure if the crack was there before I 
fitted it as I didn't notice any leak, although there was a little oil on 
the bottom of the case. The damage isn't that obvious apart from the fact 
that it's where the oil is coming from! It's quite possible that it was 
already cracked but the the crack has been widened during fitting. But it 
could also just be bad luck - stone damage - or damage cause when fitting 
it. Don't think I'll have much of a case - different if I had spotted it 
before doing anything with it! Guess I'll just have to take the pain!

Ewan.

>From: "Dan" <dan.czech@verizon.net>
>Reply-To: <danws69@earthlink.net>
>To: "'Ewan Hopkins'" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>
>CC: "roc \(E-mail\)" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: help! gearbox woes (long)
>Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:58:47 -0500
>
>did the dudes at the junk yard (or where ever you got it from) remove the
>tranny? It sounds as if they dropped it, rather hard too. If possible look
>to them for $$.
>
>Dan
>Tam-pa, FL
>'87 16v Scirocco
>'81 Rabbit Sportruck
>'00 Jetta
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Ewan Hopkins
>Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 07:07
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>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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