TheSamba.com :: View topic - Is this what they call a "split case" tranny?

Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:21 pm

Picked up this bus over the weekend and the transaxel made noise all the way to my house. Pulled it out to put a good one in and this is what I found.

I've never seen a tranny is that bad of shape.

Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:22 pm

That puts a whole new meaning on split case all right!!

Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:23 pm

Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:30 pm

That can be fixed................. :?

Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:47 pm

That shit'll buff out :shock:

Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:01 pm

"yeh, I got a good core" :wink:

Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:10 pm

You bought another bus mike? lets see some other pictures

Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:57 pm

I have more pictures in the "standard" section of the gallery.

Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:01 pm

where did you get that bus? And now you have to change your signature

Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:24 pm

The bus came from the rust ferry.

Got it from a dude in Mesa. The bus has changed hands several times in the past few years. I first saw it in like 2000 or 2001 when it was owned by some Scottish guy and it was in the dirt in his back yard. He used it for storage. At that time the bus was only $400 but too much of a project for me. Now that I have a stock pile of parts from two wrecked buses, I figured it was a good enough deal to get it on the road. Besides the surface rust, the bus is very solid. They only cancer is in the passenger side rocker. All floors, battery tray and everything under the bus is rock solid.

Looking for some pop-outs, door handles, front shift rod and more. If you have any idea where I can get any of these parts, cheap of course, please let me know.

Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:29 pm

is that a 59 kombi? there was a guy at jerome that had one for sale for like 300 dollars just wondering if thats the same one

Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:34 pm

64 standard yo

Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:20 pm

I have seen that happen to a tranny before. the one that I saw was split in half the same way from a guy revving up his singleport 1500 and dumping the clutch to try and squeel his tries.

Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:23 pm

Riff Raff wrote: That puts a whole new meaning on split case all right!!
I'd call it a 'fuct-case' tranny. :D

Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:57 am

Lind wrote: I have seen that happen to a tranny before. the one that I saw was split in half the same way from a guy revving up his singleport 1500 and dumping the clutch to try and squeel his tries.

That happened to a freind of mine too, he was mad and jumped in the bus and dumped the clutch too fast. The 1600's massive torque was too much! Made it a true split case! :shock:

Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:03 am

I snapped a transaxle just like that with a 1914!

Tue Oct 04, 2005 10:07 am

truckersmike wrote: I've never seen a tranny is that bad of shape.

:roll: Done it myself! Prolly learned it from my brother! :roll: He did one so bad that the bus would only move in reverse to engage the differential! :o

I'm surprised you actually got to drive it! :?