Buggeration

[Del]

Here we go - are we sitting comfortably then Ill begin

Saturday off down to Port Glasgow to help a mate with a concourse 1965 Split Screen van Aussie Model (vents higher in rear quarter) - we were changing out the gear box/trans axle
8am - started and 40 minutes late engine on bench - another 60 minutes and trans axle hanging from the 10 ton sky lift crane - we set about  removing the shafts and dropping the oil (hypoide 90 is disgusting stuff) - now I'm not sure how much you know about early VW's but you have to get the tension on the axle tube using paper gaskets - so it fit say 4 then build up check . . . too loose strip add more etc until correct - so this took a good 90 minutes to get correct - we refit the trans axle and begin bolting everything back on and once all fitted nipped up and torques (we werent dirty as every nut and bolt is stainless and new - a pleasure to spanner ion
Another hour or so engine is back in and were buttoning up the wiring and refilling with oil . . . Happy days

Well you would think that - we started it up . . . .All Good and put it into gear while on the ramp all gears there as you would expect from a freshly rebuilt box

dropped it down put it into 1st goes backwards - 2nd same issue - tried reverse goes forwards - somehow the diff had been put in wrong and the car now has 4 reverse gears and one whinny forward

Me mate is exceptionally unhappy . . . . . I might have laughed a bit until I realized we had to do it all again

[Taniwha]

 

[Mick_J]

See what happens when you let a couple of jocks loose with mechanical things 

[grog]

Del, that first test drive is bloody funny. Mate did same way back. All to do with reduction gears, crown wheel can be flipped over for with or without. Classic trick.

[Sweaty]

Damn, what a pain in the arse 

[VladTepes]

Just drive backwards.

[Kiwifruit]

Was thinking that myself Vlad. Just put the headlights at the other end 

[Notty]

One forward 4 reverse? its a Harley !!

[lawrie]

One forward 4 reverse? its a Harley !!


Or a WW2 Italian tank.