Hi Doug, Thanks for the advice. To answer a couple of your questions...
The reason why I chose not to rebuild the existing tranny is that I need to be able to drive my Spitfire while rebuilding the other transmission. Since I've never done a gearbox rebuild before (and will likely run into a few hitches here and there), I figure I'd buy a good used 'box and rebuild it without having to worry about having the car off the road for too long. And I wanted to upgrade to a 4-synchro box anyway, so it seems to make sense! If only I could afford an O/D box... I will do a disassembly and inspection before ordering parts, but I figured there must be some "definites" to get that are just replaced no matter what their condition when doing a rebuild. Like you said, it seems like synchros, bearings and gaskets all fall into that category. I think perhaps the layshaft too is usually replaced? I'm debating whether or not to do the clutch again as well. I replaced it a mere 2000 miles ago with the Quinton Hazell 3-piece set, and I've been reading how people suggest the Borg & Beck set for durability. I don't imagine I'll put more than 10K miles on the car over the next 5 years, so it probably doesn't make sense. Thanks for your help! Adam '70 Spit Mk3 __________________________________ Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
