Gearbox ExtractionAuthor: jawapro
Date: Tue 12/04/2011 06:24 PM
Well - had nothing more important to do this weekend, so decided to head down south and help Turks extract his gearbox from his laser.
While I don’t take responsibility for killing the gearbox, I was there when it happened (
http://www.headlessmoron.com/viewthread.php?postid=693) so thought it was worth lending a hand - besides, I was interested to see what a gearbox looks like inside.
I went down on Friday night so we could get an early start on Saturday. Should have known that early starts and Turkey don’t go together. After sleeping in, buying Marty (Darth Strawberry) a car, and having lunch, we were finally ready to start on the gearbox.
Turkey’s car is silly - the engine is sidewise. Apparently that’s normal for a front wheel drive, but I prefer the Subaru design where the engine faces forwards. Anyway, after much effort and many hours, the Laser gave birth to a gearbox. It's a tiny little thing compared to the Pajero's, but I think the Pajero's might be easier to get at.
We cracked the cover and had a look at fifth gear and reverse, but it looked pretty complicated and Turks wasn’t sure if he’d be able to put it back together if we went any further, so he decided to wait until he could get some help from someone who actually knows what they are doing. Pity as I'd have liked to see more, but I can totally understand.
So then it was time for Minecraft of course!
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