Der Cupmeister

Ok, who has a nice cheap used transaxle for our '84 ? Pulled away from a stop sign, no hard acceleration, shifted into second, easy throttle application, Clang, crunch, bang, ..... eased to the curb and found that in neutral or with the clutch out the engine revs smoothly with no ominous sounds. Engage any gear and ease the clutch out a little and the horrendous noises start up. The car will kind of lurch a long but I only moved it another 20 feet or so to clear the roadway. Hoped for the easy CV joint fallen off or something like that but the axles are both secure.
A rebuild of ours or a rebuilt unit will be well over 1K and that is impossible right now so I am hoping that someone on the list has one that is still got a few miles left on it . I know about the taller 5th gear problems trying to use a turbo transaxle in an NA model but is it something we could live with for a few months ? Just trying to weigh options.

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Der Cupmeister

I know you guys are out there, got 8 email list responses already but not one on this forum ? Most bizarre most bizarre.........

Dave951M

Got two late model ones, these use the electronic speed sensor. Don't think that they would help and I'm about 3k miles away. Sorry

Der Cupmeister

Dan Dalen caame by today with a transaxle from an '86 turbo. We swapped it out in just over an hour and a half. Not pit crew status but not too bad ! So far the different gear ratios don't seem to be a problem.