C3 Race Car Build

[Oneball]

Having done some reading it would seem that there are some gears that will only work with torque lock style sliders. They have a back cut on the dog teeth, I can’t see it in mine but maybe it’s only slight. So torque lock sliders going in. New clutch and midplate are here now.

 

[Oneball]

Little bit of the car 10s in

 

[Nick B]

Little bit of the car 10s in

Looks and sounds good!

 

[Oneball]

Hurst shifter redone with a rebuild kit and a weaker spring I found. Will try it out when the box is back together, does seem much smoother across the gate.

 

[Nick B]

Hurst shifter redone with a rebuild kit and a weaker spring I found. Will try it out when the box is back together, does seem much smoother across the gate. View attachment 18555

 

[Oneball]

Old pilot bearing out which took some effort

Gearbox back together, waiting to put the side cover on after I’ve welded and filed the shift levers to be a perfect fit on the keyed shaft.

 

[antijam]

That engine and box will know their way in and out of the car by heart now Tim.

 

[Oneball]

That engine and box will know their way in and out of the car by heart now Tim.

1st time I’ve had the engine out, mainly because the bellhousing bolt rounded off. I’ve got some ARP ones for £30. Worth it if it saves an engine out. I want to make a cradle to make gearbox removal easier.

 

[Oneball]

Linkage all welded and fitted properly. Just need to sort the clutch then it can go back in

 

[Nick B]

Linkage all welded and fitted properly. Just need to sort the clutch then it can go back in

View attachment 18588

 

[Oneball]

New bush oiled

and fitted.

Clutch on

and after much struggle for some reason, box attached.

 

[Oneball]

Engine and box in.

 

[johng]

So back on the road Saturday and gearbox out again on Sunday?

 

[Nassau65]

So back on the road Saturday and gearbox out again on Sunday?

Sounds a bit like our friends dads Lamborghini Espada back in the early 70’s. If he took it out on Sunday, it was back in the shop on Monday.

 

[antijam]

So back on the road Saturday and gearbox out again on Sunday?

Oh ye of little faith - I've every confidence that Tim will have it sorted this time. (.....and no, I'm not a betting man )

 

[Forrest Gump]

This is the trouble with rebuilding a gearbox…..you can never be 100% sure of what is okay to go back in and what needs replacing. Or just replace everything (except the case) at great cost. I had my gearbox rebuilt professionally only a few thousand miles ago and now needs another rebuild, might do it myself this time then will only have myself to blame!
Manual gearboxes appear to be fickle devils, even though they’re supposed to be “rock crushers”

 

[C1CKS]

Fingers crossed for you this time Tim

 

[Oneball]

This is the trouble with rebuilding a gearbox…..you can never be 100% sure of what is okay to go back in and what needs replacing. Or just replace everything (except the case) at great cost. I had my gearbox rebuilt professionally only a few thousand miles ago and now needs another rebuild, might do it myself this time then will only have myself to blame!
Manual gearboxes appear to be fickle devils, even though they’re supposed to be “rock crushers”

I’ve always found it easy to tell what’s wrong when opening a box. The more I think about it the more I think it’s the new parts being machined to use torque-lock sliders, it’s the most likely cause, we’ll see.

Only had one box have issues previous after rebuild and that was a loose selector fork nut, which was obviously the bloke on the tools fault, me!

 

[Oneball]

Back together and up and running.

 

[teamzr1]

Able to do a testrun and Is your shifting issues gone now ?