I decided to drop the rear out of the wagon to upgrade to a spool and different gears and to detail the back half of the car since the new paint went on last winter. After pulling the cover off, I find 2 teeth missing from the ring gear. Further inspection revealed they were sitting in the bottom of the pumpkin. I matched them up and figure with a little crazy glue, I'd be back in business. Apparently there's still some tooth contact as there was no indication of any problems - no noise, no clunking, no nothing. Guess this means I definitely need new gears this year...
Looks like a 12 bolt to me. Hey Paul I bet that dyno did ya in. LOL!!! :laugh: It's a good thing you decided to take it apart. That would have made a mess on the track. :jd:
Paul Been there twice, its seem as soon as you fix one thing ,the next weakest thing gives. Thats part of the fun!!!!! Bill
Hey Paul, Who needs 2 teeth, remember Labor Day Weekend at E-Town I raced all day Sunday with 2 teeth missing. LOL! Luckily you've got all winter.
I raced Doug with a few teeth missing (and screws loose) at Cecil. 5 missing after it grenaded and won. Bruce
:spank: :spank: BETH :spank: :spank: Mebbe Use some of Beth's HairSpray ??? If that doesn't do it....ask her for the Nail Polish ou:
p p p p p p p p p p :moonu: Beth :grin: After a 100hp shot of Extra Hold Aqua Net, you'll NEVER catch me :3gears:
Yeah Dom, I remember you having rearend trouble in Englishtown. Who knows how long mine has been like that - I haven't had the cover off the rear in over 4 years and that's probably over 400 passes. Hey Beth, you think Alan could really use these teeth? :grin: :grin: I don't know, they may be a little small for his mouth! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: C'mon Alan, you know I'm only joking. I'm just jealous that Big Red is getting a fresh motor. I don't know though, I've still got my money on Da Wagon but then I'm partial to wagons... Paul
BigRed may be getting a new motor, but you're getting your Rear Fixed :grin: :laugh: :eek2: Believe me....I'd much rather have had that motor stay together a few more years and dump the $$$ into my Sporty :ball: I wanna Play WagonRacing 2005 Also :ball: :ball:
Fix it??? Already?? I figure I have at least until March or so to fix it. Everything I need is on the way - of course I'm using this as an opportunity to upgrade! Finally going to put in the spool I bought at Summit while visiting during the BPG event and upgrading the pinion yoke and swapping to 4.10 gears. I've spent the last 3 days under the car on my back scraping undercoating - you know I have to have the underside as clean as the topside. :Brow: :Brow: :Brow: Alan, I think you're on to something with WagonRacing 2005. I'll get the word out. We could make shirts, sell bumper stickers and those cool, glow in the dark necklaces! We hadn't seriously talked about working on Sporty so I figured something else was in the works. That's alright, BigRed deserves some pampering every now and then too. :3gears: Beth, any plans for Da Wagon this winter or are you focusing on finding Dana a new ride? That way he'll leave your car alone. :laugh: :laugh: Paul
My winter project is already done p :moonu:, had the tranny rebuilt. Had a crack in the valve body, converted from roller clutches, to sprag clutches. I still have not put her "away" for winter yet, since there is not salt on the streets yet. Will more then likely do that this weekend. I like Alan's idea of WagonRacing 2005, now who's wagon are we going to use for the shirts o No: Beth
you two need to name your Wagons....and I know where good pictures are of both :Brow: Paul - I kinda knew going out to Salem I was on borrowed time with the BigRed's motor.....I Mean ....some adj. rockers just shouldn't be 2+ turns in more than others !! Even "I" know that much, but it still didn't stop me from driving it 1,000+ miles out and back plus putting a few runs in and hitting the 12's. If this wouldn't have happened, we would have pow-wowwwed alot more seriously on Sporty's rebirth. WagonRacing 2005 by Sega Lets see....besides you two there's Bill Lagna - SportWagon from Hell.....maybe out next year again ?? Mike T. - TA Wagon then there's Dinosour Alan - he's got one torn apart and planning something wicked Im sure There's that black-ish Century Turbo Wagon....and also a Roadmonster turbo wagon (Both at E-town 2 years ago from maryland ??) There ARE quite a few other Wagons out there......anyone else plan on a Wagon Train out to Salem next year ??? Its almost where we could have our own Wagon Class !!
Maybe we can get Tony (AVC1966) to come out & play too. Then there is a certain surly somebody in SE. WI. with a Sporty recently seen doing a wicked pegleg burnout here on the board. There is Chris Paape (70SportWagon I think), don't know if he wants to race, although he has Dana's old GS hood for it. NotAvg1 I think has 4 for sale right now, if I read correctly :eek2: Geez....... we may have to break away and start are own club The BWPG......... Buick Wagon Performance Group "Going Fast with Class and Groceries in the Back" :3gears: :3gears: :3gears: :3gears: :3gears: :3gears: :3gears: :3gears: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I nominate Kurt to be President Emeritus :Smarty: Beth :grin:
Its funny to see my old wagon in WI. That motor and trans went together pretty well for a stocker. I think that my old girl would be up for a wagon fest 05. Wagonpaluza. . :laugh:
ARRRRGGGGG, you guys are killin' me! I'm just trying to get the T-Type sorted out so I don't have a repeat of last Aug. I've been chasing problems on the car left and right...I have an intimate relationship with error code 44 right now.....