Geo Metro transmission question - what's under this cover?
 

http://images6.theimagehosting.com/m...up-4cyl.th.jpg


What's under the stamped steel black cover on the very end of the transmission? (right side of this photo, above the transmission mount - click to zoom).

I think it might be the 5th gear set. But I'm not sure.

Reason I ask: might there be something in there that could be an attachment point for an electric motor? (I'm always thinking about DIY hybridization of the gas Firefly.)

Best case scenario: underneath there is the "other" end of the input shaft, and somehow you could mate a cog to it which could then be belt- or chain-driven by an electric motor (holding the clutch in, to keep from spinning the ICE).

The 5th gear is in there. Clever idea.
john:)

Ah, OK. Thanks John!

(PS. Looking forward to the return to regularly scheduled programming on your mini-car build thread @ teamswift.)

Me too. it will happen in April.;) I promise.:rolleyes:
john:)

is it possible to see the photos with firefox?

You mean the photo linked in post #1? I'm seeing it in Firefox.

Oh - if you mean the pics in John's build thread @ teamswift, I think you need to be registered to view them in the thread.

You shouldn't need to be registered to view them in the thread.
I loged out and I could see them. And I use firefox.
john:)

For those following this thread, AXMonster has already begun looking into this exact question on his car: Home made hybrid (using access to 5th gear on FWD transaxle)