<VV> Early transmission questions

[Frank DuVal]

I'm sorry, you have posted to the Corsa/Local Club  pro/con discussion 
board. No time for technical questions.... ggggggg

Ahhh, the power of the delete key....

I have removed a tranny without dropping the engine from the car (65 4 
speed). But it was so much trouble to loosen/disconnect enough stuff to 
get the engine to drop enough to slip the tranny off, that I will not do 
it again. Breaking a small chunk out of the output shaft did not please 
me either! ggggg

Dropping the drivetrain is the way to go, as it lets you examine more 
stuff that may need attention after 40+ years. Dropping an early is 
easy. It is those late people that have to deal with strut rods and 
multiple u-joints.

Shop manual has info on innards of tranny. 61 manual should give you 
most of the info, 63 supplement would help with turbo specific details 
for you, but I think the transmission (see I DO know the word) info is 
the same as 61.

FWIW, popping out of gear is usually worn teeth on meshing gears. Look 
for teeth worn triangular shaped instead of square shaped teeth. But 
this is usually a high gear problem. 3rd could be something else worn. 
Countershaft bearings?

Frank DuVal

Kerry and jan B wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Everyone itching for Spring? I know I am...Even went so far as to go to 
>storage and sit in the vert for a bit, visions of warm wind blowing 
>through my hair......Alas when I went back out side it was still winter!
>
>In any case I have a couple of questions.
>
>On an early, 4 speed, can you remove the transmission by itself or is 
>this another instance where you have to remove the entire power train?
>
>
>And on a related note. How hard is it to rebuild the tranny? Probably 
>needs syncros  plus++  Doesn't drop out of gear except for once in a  
>while in third, but does grind or is hard to get into 2nd and 3rd (seems 
>worse when first starting out, improves when car is hot. (running 
>Amsoil) . What's recommended to replace while its out of car. Is there a 
>book or pamphlet availably that has directions/suggestions? I saw one on 
>Ebay but got outbid.... Is it available anywhere else?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kerry B.
>63 Spyder
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