The Fixer

I have interest in a very early 928 to restore. During our last conversation about the car, the owner finally told me: "oh and the manual trans clicks when driving in first gear only" "I think the damage happened when i went from R to 1st too quickly" He says other than this is shifts and operates fine. Sounds like a big chip.
This is a great 928 to restore imo but the trans making a clicking in first is just one more expense and more time. Anyone ever have this clicking in their early manual trans and find the replacement gear to repair it? Thinking this could be a deal breaker.

James Bailey

yes not uncommon....but sounds bad. Something about spacing lets it hit the reverse idler I believe. I ran one that way for several years.

docmirror

I drove a VW Kamback car with a chipped 1st gear tooth for 3 years without fixing it. Just drained the trans fluid and put new gear oil in.

Also, it's not a hard job to fix on a trans with baulk ring synchros. Take the trans out, locate the bad gear set, find a new/used gear set, take each shaft cluster out, dismount the sliders, and gears and keep them in order(I strung them on a coat hanger wire). Put the new gear set on, slide the rest of the gears/sliders back on the shaft and button it up. Might need a little adjustment on the shift fork, but start without any location change and you might get lucky.

Pretty sure the early trans has baulk ring synchros, but even if it doesn't still not a hard job.

The Fixer

Thanks James and Doc,

The owner is making his decision in the next several days as to who will be towing his 928 home.

I feel as though i should buy and restore it but i must admit i was bummed to have one more hurdle in the trans-axle repair.

It's a great color combo and its MY '78 VIN is in the low 400s.

This 928 also has low miles.

AirtekHVAC

Well if you ever get bored , and want to restore an OB, I guess I could let you paint mine...if you have to....

77tony

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Mrmerlin

Matt I think you should grab this up and get on with making it yours.

Your skilled and patient to do an excellent job no matter what task your working, So what could go wrong?

Plus your investment will pay off, just wait you will see..

Keep Em Flying!

Andre The Giant

Nice pic of a P51 MrMerlin. I love that plane and many other WW2 era planes. I would love one day to ride in one of them.