1991 Civic (re)Build
Posted by Aaron Luptak
Aaron Luptak Super Moderator Location: SLC Join Date: 02/15/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 776 Rally Car: Civic... |
Rally car says, "Merry Christmas!"
Drained the 2 quart gearbox: 
I'm now even less surprised that they finished their last event with fewer gears than they started...  KF7RWG 
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Aaron Luptak Super Moderator Location: SLC Join Date: 02/15/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 776 Rally Car: Civic... |
Just a little dent in the header:
Ok, maybe not so little: 
Everything but the engine mounts are unhooked - time to round up a hoist and get this lump outta there, at least temporarily! KF7RWG
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Aaron Luptak Super Moderator Location: SLC Join Date: 02/15/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 776 Rally Car: Civic... |
Fun with dear old dad
Engine's out, guess I better get busy with the real work. KF7RWG
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Aaron Luptak Super Moderator Location: SLC Join Date: 02/15/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 776 Rally Car: Civic... |
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Aaron Luptak Super Moderator Location: SLC Join Date: 02/15/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 776 Rally Car: Civic... |
Recommended method for fixing 'em? Probably gonna try the water + freezer (or leaving them outside...) approach for a bit. Definitely thinking about double-skinning 'em. they're covered by the skidplate, so gotta figure out why it's not doing its job. KF7RWG
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Aaron Luptak Super Moderator Location: SLC Join Date: 02/15/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 776 Rally Car: Civic... |
No, the big crack(s) is on the left one, right where the two halves meet. There absolutely is a crack on the right bell housing though. Hopefully will be able to have a bud zap that back together. "Luckily", it's just on one of the very bottom mounts, so it's not the end of the world if it can't be fixed - nothing's going to leak out of that crack. KF7RWG
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Aaron Luptak Super Moderator Location: SLC Join Date: 02/15/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 776 Rally Car: Civic... |
One of these things
is not like the other 
Funny thing is, that's better than I expected it to be.  (Was lead to believe that maybe only 1st and 4th were intact. Turns out a bent up shift linkage will do that to ya...)
Yes, those are gear teeth in the bottom of the case. Luckily, I can pull all the parts out of the cracked case, and swap them into the good case (with the buggered internals). But, I'm seriously thinking of just picking up one of the other transmissions (ITR/Del Sol VTEC/99-01 Si) that I'm planning on running long term instead... Tweak my clutch pedal to be hydraulic, get one new transmission mount, and I should be good to go - aside from actually finding the transmission. KF7RWG
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aaron i have a 99 sir trans and axels with 140 000 km in good shape for 150 bucks. no slave cylinder though. if you wanna pay shipping you can have em. pm me if you're interested
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Jeremy Livingston Mega Moderator Location: Edmonton Alberta Canuckistan Join Date: 05/23/2013 Posts: 277 Rally Car: 1990 acura integra, 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe |
Aaron Luptak Super Moderator Location: SLC Join Date: 02/15/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 776 Rally Car: Civic... |
pm'ed. freakin' enablers.  KF7RWG
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Aaron Luptak Super Moderator Location: SLC Join Date: 02/15/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 776 Rally Car: Civic... |
beginning to really understand some of the build vs. buy tradeoffs...
"hey, let's splice these things into the wiring harness such that there's no physical way to remove the harness without cutting either sheet metal or the wiring..." 
(yes, these sorts of considerations are a bit more obvious when there's nothing left in the engine bay...) KF7RWG
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