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Re: Missing Balls....

To: "Elliott, Patrick" <PElliott@attws-wr.swest.attws.com>, "'Frank Clarici'" <spritenut@Exit109.com>
Subject: Re: Missing Balls....
From: "carolien coulter" <carolien@coastalnet.com>
Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 22:42:51 -0700
Cc: "'Spridgets'" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Reply-to: "carolien coulter" <carolien@coastalnet.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
You guys proved to me once again that having somebody else rebuilt my
transmission was a great ( read brilliant) idea. Carol
-----Original Message-----
From: Elliott, Patrick <PElliott@attws-wr.swest.attws.com>
To: 'Frank Clarici' <spritenut@Exit109.com>
Cc: 'Spridgets' <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 7:24 PM
Subject: RE: Missing Balls....


>They weren't that small and I can still shift into and out of all gears. I
>think they were from the big rear bearing on the main output shaft, which
>looks bent. I won't be able to really tell until I get it out.
> After the balls into the oil thing. I turned off the lights, locked the
>door and found a beer to drown in.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Frank Clarici [mailto:spritenut@exit109.com]
>Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 7:15 PM
>To: Elliott, Patrick
>Cc: Gary Speckman; spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Missing Balls....
>
>
>"Elliott, Patrick" wrote:
>>
>   When I pulled the oil drain plug out. Three
>> ball bearings and something that looks like a big roller bearing plopped
>out
>> with the oil.
>>  Would now be a good time for that 5 speed?
>
>Definatly!
>the 3 small  balls are from one of the gears, there should have been 3
>small springs too.
>--
>Frank Clarici
>Toms River, NJ
>Bugeye Sprite
>67 Sprite
>59 A40
>http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/
>
>


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