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cavz24lier Samba Member
Joined: October 17, 2011 Posts: 4 Location: milton
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:15 pm Post subject: trying to bring my childhood toy back to life (help) |
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Trying to bring my childhood toy back to life
hey everyone, well i have inherited a dune buggy that has been in the family for many years. Its has been kept at the cottage in a garage and not much maintenance had been done to it.
my brother rebuilt the motor 8 years ago and since then has just sat outside and a number of houses. Motor still starts right up and runs great. since it has sat for so long the tranny for some reason is stuck in second gear.
i have checked the hub under the backseat and everything was fine, i have also checked the maint hole in the side of tranny and everything checks out. so i have removed the engine, tranny and the nosecone to change the hockey stick. a number of people on this site have told me that this is the problem.
how does the hockey stick fit when the tranny is in neutral?
i have attached some pictures, if someone could just let me know if this looks right so i can order some parts. the tranny is a 4 speed man.
thanks in advance
sean
tranny
hockey stick
does this look like the problem? |
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pafree Samba Member
Joined: August 16, 2005 Posts: 2298 Location: dayton, the one in texas
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:29 pm Post subject: Re: trying to bring my childhood toy back to life (help) |
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cavz24lier wrote: |
hockey stick
does this look like the problem? |
it looks worn but not bad. it would be cheap insurance to replace it since it is out. it sit between the three C shaped pieces of metal. i would gently pull out and push in each of the metal Cs to see if one or all is stuck from sitting.
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cavz24lier Samba Member
Joined: October 17, 2011 Posts: 4 Location: milton
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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hey thanks for the fast reply.
the top c shaped peice goes in and out, the other 2 do not. how do i fix this? please dont tell me i have to split the case |
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pafree Samba Member
Joined: August 16, 2005 Posts: 2298 Location: dayton, the one in texas
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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cavz24lier wrote: |
. how do i fix this? please dont tell me i have to split the case |
(the redneck way) i would soak them with PB blaster and the use a rubber hammer to tap them in and use a pry bar and a small block of wood for leverage to lift them out.
i would change the gear oil if you get them moving in case the pb blaster gets into the case. |
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72Pstroke Samba Member
Joined: April 04, 2011 Posts: 182 Location: North Idaho
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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There are detents and balls between the shift rods that prevent more than one shift fork from being out of neutral at a time. Get all three shift rods centered (in neutral) before you try to move any of them.
Tim |
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KopfenJager Samba Member
Joined: December 09, 2011 Posts: 582
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Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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No offense but thats the ugly-est buggy I have ever seen...WAY COOL! I would keep it just to hurt eoples eyes ..lol. No seriously thats a cool ride. |
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