Bill introduced himself, described his new mistress, I mean LBC and then asked:
>Now for the questions:
> 1) The brake systems master cylinder is shot. VB has them for about $225.00.
>What are my options here? Can it be rebuilt? My local SBC shop says rebuilds
>don't last unless the cylinder is bored out and a stainless steel sleeve
>installed but to do that you've spent as much as you would on a new one. Are
>there other sources of new or bebuilt master cylinders and what is the cost?
I agree with Tom Gentry's response except for the "scrap it" part. If the
pitting is small, or there is light scoring, you can hone the cylinder using
400
grit and 600 grit crocus cloth (metal sandpaper) and get very good results. If
the scoring is severe, you can have brass sleeves put in by Apple Hydraulics
(address on the SOL server) for less than $225.00!
> 2) The transmission is exhibiting some problems...it seems to be missing one
>or more teeth in the reverse path and the syncromesh isn't as good as it could
>be. This transmission does not have overdrive. I should have had it thoroughly
>dam. Is it a good candidate for rebuilding or should I be looking for another
>one?
If you are having slipping in reverse, you may have severe wear on the
reverse teeth on the cluster gear... very expensive to replace if you can find
one and the idler gear. You may have to replace both, which will likely cost
as
much on parts as a rebuilt transmission when you add in the synchronizers.
In a previous life, I had a tranny on my '74 Spitfire with this same
problem.
I would hold it in gear as it tried to jump out of gear until it reached a
point
that it would not engage at all. When I opened up the transmission, the
cluster
gear reverse teeth were chipped off in one quadrant and the idler gear had
severe wear on the edges. I continued to drive it as a "forward only, pull
through parking spaces only" car until one day the reverse idler gear lever
broke off and embedded itself between third gear and reverse locking up the
drive train. (Stopped the car in less than 30 feet from 40 mph!) If you have
tried to force the transmission to stay in gear while it attempts to jump out,
you may have the same "time bomb". A rebuild or replacement is in order.
regards, John Pratchios
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