Now thats what I call a gearbox problem!

[alan_thomas]

So you have a vibration that won't go away, perhaps the odd whine from the diff. Nothing!

I have been following these guysprogress (TSOC of America)on the rebuild prior to a 'trans-america' charity run. It all seemed to be going so well until the test drive.

Have you ever complained that the parts you need are 100 miles away? these guys had to get the parts together from opposite ends of North America!

Checkout the pics of what they recovered from the road!

http://www.triumphtransamerica.org.uk/



Alan

[les M]

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I think they need a few big sticks of lumiweld for that one Alan.
( the vibration @ 2000rpm must have been shaking the sh*t out of the car)
Les.

[DJT]

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Damn shame after all their efforts. I am really impressed with their ability to coordinate all these parts and services acros such vast distances. Most of us would have taken a few six-packs to the garden shed and not come out for days :?:?:?.

I have never before heard of a Triumph 'box exploding like this. Makes you wonder...

Wish them all the best.

Dave

[alan_thomas]

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This actually reminds me of an incident way back in the sixties when I was an apprentice. Three of us were driving across the yorkshire dales in a company Anglia estateand the driver was doing a 'spirited performance' making , in his words, 'racing gearchanges' and driving around every corner as fast as possible when one downchange into 2nd approaching a corner resulted in an enormous bang and clattering beneath. as the flywheel,with clutch attached haddestroyed the bellhousing and half the gearbox into scrap in the road behind.

We collected all the bits and put them in the back. It started to rainandwere sitting, despondently deciding what the official story would be when a RAC patrol pulled up.

"Whats the problem"

"No clutch"

"There's the problem no fluid in the Clutch reservoir- Hang on there is nothingbehind the engine!!"

"Thats whatwe said - No clutch!!"



- Alan