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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
I tried that once - asked to buy a whole Metro with a really good body from a wrecker. They said "nope"!
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I visited my machinist friend this morning to see if he's interested in this project. He's up for the challenge... pending a review of the actual parts and discussion about price.
So I started tearing apart my near-virgin OEM Blackfly transaxle this afternoon. Might as well use it for something. I'll be able to bring him the bits and pieces tomorrow morning.
Worst case scenario in the end is I will have my taller 5th gear, and will still have most of the lightly used, low miles parts should I ever need them, minus the shaft(s) that get sacrificed.
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Hey D
That's good news, be sure to bring both 5th gears & all their accompanying parts, as I don't think he will be able to use the 2nd gear set. You will notice when you have the box apart that the 2nd gear setup is much different then the 5th gear setup. Even if the 2nd gear set was removable you could not use them in the 5th gear location because of shift cog issues. Your shop should be able to copy those 5th gears in any ratio you want. I would suggest not going any higher then what you presented in your graph.
By doing it this way you don't have the cost of another box & trying to find donor boxes as they get rarer. Others can update very easily in the car by just removing the end cover & changing out the 5th gear set.
If the price & time frame are right I will take 3 sets. Thx