Waiting.. Waiting..
Reminds me of that kids Dr. Suess book "Oh the Places You'll Go".
The waiting chain...
I'm waiting on the machinist who's waiting on the balancer who's waiting on the crank grinder.
In the meantime, been hunting trans parts.
It's a worldwide hunt no doubt.
I've been lucky enough to be in contact with renown transaxologist Dr. Steven Hoelscher.
The more pics i send of trans parts the more my list grows.
What's reusable? What's marginally reusable?
Here's one of those dumb Porsche synchro internal brake shoes.
While these are cheap enough to replace, what's the chances that a possibly aftermarket new one is worse than this assumed good existing one?
Wear in a little spot at the face of the shoe:
End wear seems minor enough.
No sure this matters...?
Then, the idea that 'this part is worn in just right' comes into play.
On and on with every part...
Weighing the risk of replacing a good OE part with a crappy laughtermarket one,
vs. putting a worn part in that coulda been replaced.
More than even the cost of the parts, really.
The worst thing is to spend money on an inferior part,
And then having to 'out and apart' the box -again- for something that coulda been left alone!
Anyways,
Something i can offer...
Harbor Freight has some way too cheap unusable tools,
But this big snap ring plier set works well for disassembling Porsche synchros.
Not that I'd have this if i ran a transaxle shop,
But a few Porsche transaxles have come apart/together with these,
And they're still holding on.
Major gas/plumbing project at the house here to wrap up,
And, with a little luck, some Fiat time to follow.