Re: Transmission Cover Fitting (Catches)

To conclude this sad little saga: I succeeded in removing the sheared off bolt with a bolt extractor and I
refit the cover with the catches in the correct position. I also replaced all the bolts just to exorcise the
ghost of excess torque. Back to where I was before I fixed what weren't broke.  

--- In vSAAB@..., Bill Trench <btren <at> ...> wrote:
>
> they go in the diamonds. when one shaft slide, it moves the pawl into 
> the notch of the other and locks it.
>

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Re: Miata drivetrain into a 1968 SAAB 96

Wow!  Great stuff Chas. I am humbled by your superior knowledge of weird foreign 2 stroke cars.  Great pics on
your website.Is that sweet orange Vespa yours? I never knew that about Gogomobiles. When I was in Germany
years ago I visited a Microcar museum,very cool.
Send me your e-mail address and will send my pics of the minicar concours I went to.
Keep the popcorn popping!
Bob

--- In vSAAB@..., "Chas" <chasgould <at> ...> wrote:
>
> Hey Bob, 
> The Deeks are very cool, and if you ever get up to Massachusetts, you are welcome to come and drive them. The
Auto Union/DKW models do not have an oil injection mechanism, and the fuel/oil must be premixed. However,
I do have a number of the two stroke Goggomobils, and the ones that were slated for US Export were produced
with a "post nasel" drip setup, where oil is metered from an oil reserve tank into the chamber underneath
the piston, with the oil metering device attached to the throttle linkage to adjust metering to the amount
of throttle applied. The German Goggomobils were all premix, but the US export cars had this system
because they presumed the Americans would not be "involved enough" to premix, and that we would demand the
additional convenience of an injection system. 
> The American cars were also shipped with an elaborate electromagnetic combination clutch/shifting
mechanism as the Germans understood that Americans preferred automatic transmissions, and this was a
relatively cheap way to attempt to make the shifting easier for the Americans. This sytem actually had
electromagnetic solonoids on the shift shafts inside of the transmission, which would throw the shafts
in or out depending on the electric shifter switch position, much like the Cords from 1936. Curiously, the
cars were shipped to dealers dry with no transmission fluid, and many seized immediately as the American
dealers did not realize that they were expected to add the transmission fluid before running or delivery.
> I also have one of those little Vespa 400 cars. They are really sweet, and one of my favorite cars to drive.
That oil premix system which you describe is much like the petroil pump that others posted a photo of. There
is a small oil reserve tank under the hood, with a crank on the side of it. There is a black knob that is
calibrated in fractions of gallons, which you dial in to correspond to the amount of fuel that was added to
the tank. Once you have dialed in the fuel amount, you simply crank the handle and the device pumps the

Re: Miata drivetrain into a 1968 SAAB 96

Thanks for the kind words. 
Nope, my Vespa is the original cream coloured one. The orange ones were repainted by the US
importer/distributor when they were new, as they sold so poorly, that they were left at the shipping docks
for over a year, and the importer would not pick them up (and pay the shipping charges) until each one was
sold. As they had fabric soft tops, they leaked while sittign in the shippers lot and often rusted the
floors before they were even sold new, so the importer contracted with a bodyshop in New Jersey to do a quick
cheap respray on the brand new cars before delivery. Most of these deteriorated cars ended up in that
horrible orange colour.
Which microcar museum did you visit in Germany. Was it the Story museum near hanover in Hildesheim, or the
smaller ones? You can reach me at chasgould@...
Chas

--- In vSAAB@..., RDMCNARY <at> ... wrote:
>
> Wow!  Great stuff Chas. I am humbled by your superior knowledge of weird foreign 2 stroke cars.  Great pics on
your website.Is that sweet orange Vespa yours? I never knew that about Gogomobiles. When I was in Germany
years ago I visited a Microcar museum,very cool.
> Send me your e-mail address and will send my pics of the minicar concours I went to.
> Keep the popcorn popping!
> Bob
> 
> --- In vSAAB@..., "Chas" <chasgould <at> > wrote:
> 

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Re: Re: Miata drivetrain into a 1968 SAAB 96

Anyone into Volvos too, or have a friend that is?

I have an intake manifold for a B18 motor that is made by Volvo Competition Service.  It seems like anything
made by them is fairly rare and desirable.  This manifold is to convert from twin SU carbs to a single
downdraft Weber 32/36 DGV.  I have the carb and linkage as well.  

If anyone is interested or knows someone who is, let me know.  

Thanks!

Steve Konieczki
Technical Service Manager
SurgicalOne Inc.
313-269-6090

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Re: Miata drivetrain into a 1968 SAAB 96

Re: Transmission Cover Fitting (Catches)

I put my transmission cover on three times to make sure I got it right. 

The first time I cut a new gasket... and missed getting the two arms in the right place: as has been pointed
out, these two fit in between each two adjacent shifter forks and serve to keep two gears from being engaged
at the same time. 

The second and third times, I simply used the Permatex Aviation gasket maker to seal the cover, with the
third time successfully getting the shift rod rotated the right way around so that it would engage into the
U-shaped receptacles in the shifter forks too.

I don't use a torque wrench for those bolts, but I do put some of the aviation sealer on the threads and to keep
the torque down, put them in with a 1/4" socket drive one-handed while holding the ratchet end between my
forefinger and thumb.

Xenon

--- In vSAAB@..., "swedechariot" <geoff <at> ...> wrote:
>
> To conclude this sad little saga: I succeeded in removing the sheared off bolt with a bolt extractor and I
refit the cover with the catches in the correct position. I also replaced all the bolts just to exorcise the
ghost of excess torque. Back to where I was before I fixed what weren't broke.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In vSAAB@..., Bill Trench <btren <at> > wrote:
> >
> > they go in the diamonds. when one shaft slide, it moves the pawl into 
> > the notch of the other and locks it.
> >
>

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Re: Saab NA auction - too painful

I'm having some self-doubt concerning my previously announced ability to rebuild my own transmission
without the special tools or any more experience than reading some books and having done it once before...
and in the context of this thread I'll state that this is definitely a job to send out to the experts unless
you are either a masochist or maybe just a bit nuts like me.

If I spoke Spanish fluently and was able to get a job at Mcdonalds, with all the time I've recently spent
working on my transmission, it I could have instead earned enough money to pay Jack at MSS to fix it for me --
and had enough time to spare to paint my car... with an *exceedingly* small brush.

Now it is considerably more quiet than I ever remember it being and is shifting perfectly... but on a
one-hour freeway drive it got hot enough to smell gear oil and the magnetic plug picked up a noticeable
peppering of filings.

I swapped out the 80-90 GL-5 that I'd put in to get running with some Redline MT-90 and drove a similar
distance. Fewer filings and cooler -- but still too hot to press and hold my hand against.

I want to suppose this just could be the normal result of having put new bearings on gears which ran for a time
with bad ones -- my ring and pinion gears were particularly questionable -- but I'm leaning towards taking
the thing out and having another go at it; maybe lining up a decent R&P and someone nearby willing to check my
work before I button it up.

As I said, it is more quiet than it has been, but I do hear a bit of gear noise mostly in third gear while decelerating.

Suggestions?

Xenon

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Re: tranny repair

(replaces and duplicates my deleted post in which I forgot to edit the subject heading.)

I'm having some self-doubt concerning my previously announced capacity to rebuild my own transmission
without the special tools or any more experience than reading some books and having done it once before...
and in the context of this thread I'll state that this is definitely a job to send out to the experts unless
you are either a masochist or maybe just a bit nuts like me.

If I spoke Spanish fluently and was able to get a job at Mcdonalds, with all the time I've recently spent
working on my transmission, it I could have instead earned  enough money to pay Jack at MSS to fix it for me --
and had enough time to spare to paint my car... with an exceedingly small brush.

Now it is considerably more quiet than I ever remember it being and is shifting perfectly... but on a
one-hour freeway drive it got hot enough to smell gear oil and the magnetic plug picked up a noticeable
peppering of filings.

I swapped out the 80-90 GL-5 that I'd put in to get running with some Redline MT-90 and drove a similar
distance. Fewer filings and cooler -- but still too hot to press my hand against.

I want to suppose this just could be the normal result of having put new bearings on gears which ran for a time
with bad ones -- my ring and pinion gears were particularly questionable -- but I'm leaning towards taking
the thing out and having another go at it; maybe lining up a decent R&P and someone nearby willing to check my
work before I button it up.

As I said, it is more quiet than it has been, but I do hear a bit of gear noise mostly in third gear while decelerating.

Suggestions?

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Re: Miata drivetrain into a 1968 SAAB 96