Recent content by jmanbball

Wish I had known that the first time I pulled a transmission. You should be able to find a clip that works at any hardware store, like Ace or Fastenal, or ordered from McMaster-Carr, or just get it from toyota as the previous poster pointed out.

$20000 Dollar record player. It uses lasers instead of needles. or if you like your needles: $150000

That would be where the journals were induction hardened. It is normal.

My automatic 91 is a lot heavier than my 89 manual.

^^^ What he says. You might consider having them do it while you sit in it, or at least the equivalent weight in the seat.

1st gear is your best bet. It is the shortest gear, followed by reverse. For a given speed, 1st gear has the greatest torque reduction from the rear wheels to the engine. It does not matter if you are in forward or reverse, you still have to spin the engine over. Also, it seems that you need...

I figured it out. I had to switch the character set to western 2. The 4d quick font converts a tt font to an embroidery font. I'll post a pic of how it turns out.

You can, but you have to polish the hell out of them first. I like the matte finish better though.

Grimjack, did you have any problems converting the font to an embroidery font? I'm using my moms husqvarna and it's 4D QuickFont program, and all I'm getting is numbers and A's.

I think IJ ran a TKO 5-speed before he switched to auto.

The case is much larger, requiring you to massage the transmission tunnel to fit it in an MKIII

The cranks are fully interchangeable, so don't worry about what block you have. If you still want to know if its an early or late block, do a search. The later blocks have more reinforcements if the form of more ribs.

You could try some different brake pads.

One of those dimension printers start at 14,900.

3rd Year Mechanical Engineering major at Georgia Tech, also co-oping (aka interning with same company every other semester) for John Deere. Currently working in Charlotte at one of their engineering centers.