C3 Race Car Build

Oneball

CCCUK Member
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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

CCCUK Member
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. 135F0F95-ABE2-476E-A2E6-3B22C676DA88.jpeg
 

Oneball

CCCUK Member
Old pilot bearing out which took some effort
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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.
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Oneball

CCCUK Member
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.
 

Forrest Gump

CCCUK regional rep
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”
 

Oneball

CCCUK Member
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!
 
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