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Old 05-29-2008, 11:09 AM   #301 (permalink)
bennelson
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90 day: 30.48 mpg (US)

Electro-Metro - '96 Ben Nelson's "Electro-Metro"
90 day: 129.81 mpg (US)

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Last night, I pulled out the transmission and set it on my workbench (read: tailgate)

I pulled all the extra bolts and alignment pins out - anything that stuck out on the flat side that attached to the engine.

I flipped the tranny down onto a sheet of tagboard so I could outline it and mark where the holes are.

Tonight, I am taking the tagboard template and the motor end cap over to the machinist's.

In the photo, you can see the motor end cap flopped on the template. I think I will leave measuring the end cap up to the machinist. It has multiple thicknesses and I wouldn't be able to center it right anyways.

Yesterday, I also bought two Lovejoy couplers and a "spider" that goes between them. I picked up both a 1" and a 7/8ths". I already bought one that will fit the motor driveshaft earlier, but they didn't have any for the Metro tranny at that store.

I have the "hub" from the tranny shaft and a drum brake part that fits on the splines on the motor, so both parts should weld up fine to Lovejoys to make a complete coupler.

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