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awd-drifter · 12-21-2011

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Originally Posted by 123abc

Thanks guys! When did you sell your VR4? I must have missed that....

sold mine back in September

123abc · 12-24-2011

Replaced the passenger side axle seal last night at work. It was leaking, must have been damaged when we did the swapping. I'm going to do the intake manifold gasket as well, it has been leaking for quite some time. I still have a list of things to do/fix on the car, but it's still running and driving strong. Tore up a parking lot last night after work, unfortunetly I'm only at 11 psi on my setup, but that's only till I can get my gauge pod and install my wideband.

twack · 12-24-2011

And fix your intercooler fool. that cant be helpin ya

123abc · 12-31-2011

The intake manifold gasket must have been leaking for a long time because I had to zero almost everything out on the translator to get it to pull without leaning out. Runs good now at 17 psi. Gotta re-wire the fuel pump before I put it back to 24 like it was.

Finally was able to get the car titled and registered. Took all week because the guy who signed it over back in 08 traced over a 6 in the date a few times so they wouldn't accept it. At least its over now, and it's all legal to drive finally. Good thing too, because yesterday I was pulled over for window tint. Told him nope, didn't know it was illegal and I didn't know what it was. He went and got his tester but for whatever reason, it wasn't working or something. He was quiet, went back to the car for a few mins. Came back, handed me my license and told me to have a good night. I laughed the rest of my way home.

123abc · 01-04-2012

Yay no more semi truck steering wheel:

Cammaxon · 01-05-2012

diggin the wheel! My god you've done a lot fast congrats man!

123abc · 01-06-2012

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Originally Posted by Cammaxon

diggin the wheel! My god you've done a lot fast congrats man!

Thanks Cam. The car really has come a ways in the two months or so it's been mine now. Wouldn't have been able to get it done as quick if I didn't have my friends who helped me swap everything over from my Talon.

On a side note, I rewired my fuel pump and weeee 20psi!

123abc · 01-07-2012

Stopped on my way home and took a few pics. Finally washed the Galant yesterday.

Pulled the oil pan today. Figured out I need a new oil pan to stop the oil pan leaks. This one is warped. Still, need a daily driver so I put it back on with some toyota RTV. Still leaks. Also fixed my exhaust from rubbing on the t-case and also added the right lengths to it so the hangers line up on the longer wheelbase galant. And to try and quiet the car down, welded a 3 in. flowmaster chambered muffler at the end.

123abc · 01-09-2012

.....aaaaand now the Galant's broke. Either the transfer case or the center diff gave up the ghost. The car still moves fine in every gear but theres a horrible gear crunching sound now. I wont know for sure until I get the car in the air. Luckily I was in town near work so I parked it there.

123abc · 01-09-2012

Put it on the hoist this morning at work before my shift started and pulled the tcase real quick and sure enough, the damn center diff is grinding. So now I'm on the look-out for a cheap replacement trans.

123abc · 01-12-2012

Picked up a transmission from a friend that was ran dry on fluid. Pulled it all apart for my first time ever tearing apart a DSM trans. Surprisingly, there's only 2 bearings and races that are trashed (on the intermediate shaft assembly), and the center diff doesn't quite feel right to me. Otherwise, nothing else seems to have abnormal play, the syncros look great.

Just some of the metal inside:

Outer bearing has some bad marks, along with it's race:

The inside bearing is pretty bad, explaining the chunks of metal:

The race is just as bad. I'm assuming the black build up is gear oil that was super hot?

I'm going to pull the transmission that's still in my Galant and take that one apart to figure out what happened and if anything is usable. I have my fingers crossed I can make a good transmission out of the two with some left-over parts. I'll have to make more room to take the other one apart:

awd-drifter · 01-12-2012

ouch. hope all goes well man.

123abc · 01-12-2012

I should be able to get two new bearings and races for them and press them in, clean everything, and reassemble. Could someone explain exactly what is meant by pre-loads? Basically, is it how tight you press the bearings on the gear set shafts? Any other transmission advice would be very helpfull, as this is my first time opening these things up.

123abc · 01-15-2012

Finally pulled the trans out of my Galant and took it apart to see what happened. Pretty much, exactly as I thought....stripped gears. The gear clusters on the bottom are whats going into the trans, above is the ones that were in it:

Just a few of the gear pieces:

My plans have changed slightly after finding a huge crack on the case of the trans I got from my friend. So far, as much as I can tell the trans case out of my Galant is good, so that'll be used. The center diff is being switched as well, due to mine having it's teeth crunched as well. If I can re-assemble correctly this should be a decent transmission with a GVR4 first gears, and bronze syncros. My old syncro's were the brass ones.

Thought I'd take a pic of the transmission rebuild table, in our living room:

123abc · 01-22-2012

Put the transmission back together friday night. Was up till about 3 am when I finished it. Installed it back in the car saturday morning, and drove it home around 530. So far no leaks, no weird noises. Occasional 2nd and 3rd gear crunch but otherwise it all seems good.

turbotalon1g · 01-22-2012

Nice. how did u strip the gears?

**goodhart** · 01-22-2012

Good job, I was always too big of a pussy to take any of my trannies apart.

123abc · 01-22-2012

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Originally Posted by turbotalon1g

Nice. how did u strip the gears?

How did the damage happen? Doing a pull leaving the frisby golf course. 1st, hit 2nd, get into boost and then it was gear crunching.

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Good job, I was always too big of a pussy to take any of my trannies apart

I was the same way until this one broke. This was the more cost effective option so I went for it. So far it seems successfull.

123abc · 01-26-2012

Well, now that I lost my job, I have much more time to tinker with the Gaylant. Finally mounted the DSM ecu up where it should be in the Galant, ran the release cables for the trunk and the fuel door, also stole the latch off my Talon so now the fuel door is on. I took the stupid lawn mower battery out and put a real one in the trunk with all the stuff from the Talon. Bolted down the battery box, ran the cables. Fixed the non-working reverse lights.

Took a couple pics:

Engine bay is much easier to work in now. Also safer without the battery up there.

123abc · 01-28-2012

I was bored, so I painted the chrome trim around the 92-93 tail lights to black. I think it looks better than the chrome: