PICS! Econo Car conversion to Kubota Diesel. 1997 Geo Metro, Kubota D1005 3 cylinder

[elhigh]

I can't remember where I read it - it may have been here - but it was about someone swapping in a different pair of gears onto the 5th gear spaces, shafts and splines were the same, but it provided a ridiculous .65 or something overdrive. Which is just ludicrous in a Metro, I don't think it's got the puff to turn a cog that tall at speed.

[elhigh]

Found the thread:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...t-zx2-763.html

[user removed]

Is that kind of gear failure normal or could it be a bearing failure that allowed the shafts to go out of alignment and then chew up the gear. Z car trannys had 3 bearings with one behind the 5th gear assembly, if memory serves me correctly.

regard
smech

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by planejob

Like Kimer, I hold Cash for Clunkers in low regard. Lots of usable cars were damaged for the sake of enslaving Americans with additional debt associated with a new car.

I've never really met an intelligent person who thought cash for clunkers was a good thing. I've met a few stupid people who attempted to explain to me how their toxic-battery-laden Prius or gas-guzzling Dodge Ram were sound purchases for the environment...

Not just the debt associated with a new car, but it also becomes harder (more expensive) to deal with the sophisticated engine management systems when it comes to alternative fuels conversions, which sounds like Obama and the oil exporters are in bed with each other. Anyway, it was exactly the Cash for Clunkers that sparked again some bad feeling that I already held about Obama when he was elected but tried to keep down in order to not be labelled "racist"...

[kimer6]

I have a burned up Harbor Freight Tools right angle grinder...... The gears are about the same size, might be interchangeable....... Ya want it?

OK....I'm looking in my garage to see if I still have the one with the trashed 2nd gear. Its been 6-7 years since I saw it last. I'll let you know....

[kimer6]

The shame in Cash for Clunkers was that the law specified that the engine had to be destroyed instead of being sold for parts. Many C for C cars had the oil drained out and sodium silicate and water were poured in the crank case. The engine was started and revved until it seized up.

[planejob]

Originally Posted by kimer6

I have a burned up Harbor Freight Tools right angle grinder...... The gears are about the same size, might be interchangeable....... Ya want it?

Uh-yeah. Will you accept a post-dated third party check for 200 dollars too much? You can just refund the difference...

Address the package to "Nigerian Prince Planejob..."

[Xist]

All that I know about CfC is that when I came home from Germany I could not find any good used cars. My last one had been a 1997 Altima I bought from a dealership with 95,000 miles for $3,400. Four years later, people were asking $5,000 plus for similar cars with 150,000 miles.

Sodium silicate and water? They could not just melt down perfectly good metal?!

[kimer6]

To get payment from Big Brother they had to prove that the engine was destroyed. Shredding and melting came later. I still have 4 Geo Metro convertibles, one daily driver, one Kubota powered car in storage, a nice 93 in need of a clutch, and the 93 that my son totalled several times that barely runs. I have lived long enough to see that even junkers are worth something many years later....

In Ma's garage is my grandmothers 1964 Chevy Impala station wagon with 34,000 original miles. We almost sold it for $300 in 1973 when gramma died. Next to it is Dad's 1950 Chevy panel truck. It will run if you put in a 6 volt battery and fresh gas. It might be worth more than the $150 Pop was asking for it back in the day.... I'm waiting until Metro Convertibles hit $50K so I will be able to buy groceries and new hearing aid batteries for a week. Ahhh...the future!

[planejob]

Tranny update - not the Jenner kind, the gearset kind:

I was looking for a title that I had misplaced, not for the Geo, and I found the receipt for the transmission I bought from the junkyard.

I laughed.
I looked over it.
I choked a little.
Fourth line down - the guy charged me 30 bucks for a 12 month warranty. Had I known this at the time I would have had it refunded. I don't buy warranties, I void warranties.
Turns out I have until November to go get myself a replacement gearbox at no charge.

I'm really conflicted - I recall asking the guy why the price was so high and he told me that it was environmental fees. I paid, took my receipt and left. The guy tried to cheat me out of 30 bucks (I'm sure he got a kick back for selling the warranty to the 'schmuck') but in the long run it is only going to help me. Did he do me a favor? Do I care? FREE TRANSMISSION.