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Originally Posted by Robin Craig
Honestly, pulling the gearbox off the engine and thereby allowing you to remove fluid flywheel is a relatively easy job especially when you consider you are dealing with Mk1 vehicles and have a decent shop and overhead lifting abilities.
You are making more problems for yourself if you don't in my humble opinion.
I fear what is happening is Aquino is looming large on the horizon and the pressure is to deliver a running vehicle.
There are a few cheats to allow you to skip a few steps but honestly if you don't know when the fluid flywheel was last rebuilt then you have no idea when the seal was replaced. I think you are better to start from a known point and move forward with a trouble free vehicle for years to come.
I know you may feel it is easy for me to sit at this vantage point and pontificate but honestly if you want a smooth fluid flywheel its worth the extra effort.
I know when I get mine back together it will be one area I will have no concern over.
Robin
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Robin,
It's a big job pulling the gearbox even with our good facilities (we just installed a hoist!) and I have so many other things to fix. I'll leave that for a winter project.
I'm going to try 3 or 4 suck-outs and refills with ISO 10 oil. That should get me down to the ISO 15-20 range. I'll see what difference that makes.
By the way, where do you get your spare parts from? Any Canadian sources?
Malcolm