help! gearbox woes (long)

[amalventano1@comcast.net (Allyn)]

Clean it up really well, sand with 60 grit, JB Weld, baby!!!
Held my Talon tranny togther (yes, together) for as long as i had it.
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 7:06 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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