Thursday, July 23, 2009

GAH! Transmissions

So, in the course of 24 hours here's what we had happen with the time attack car -

  • Spare 6MT of Clint's went in TA car.
  • Found center diff to be dead dead dead.
  • Spare 6MT comes out.
  • 08 STi goes into garage.
  • Tranny from 08 STi comes out of 08 STi.
  • Seals for axles get changed
  • Stubs go into 08 Tranny
  • 08 Tranny goes into TA car
  • 08 STi sits outside
  • Discover that speed sensor NEEDS to send a signal
  • 08 tranny has no speed sender as 08 the 08 it reads off the ABS
  • Fake a speed signal by hooking up electic motor to turn sender off spare tranny
  • Watch sender spin at 1800 rpm
  • Watch speedo register all the way past 160mph to come around to almost 0 again.
  • Watch odometer tick off 2.5 miles in mere seconds

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