I did a home-made dogbone on the original trans in my Laser (525,
stamped steel diff cover) and the bolts the little shock mount to are
the diff cover bolts.
A few thousand miles of hard shifts and I had tranny fluid everywhere...
the stress ripped the bolts right out of the case and broke off one
corner of the case and the fluid drained out.
Just as well as I'd blown up the original 2.2... broke the ringlands on
#4 piston in more places than I'd care to remember.
Went to a 2.5L and a 555 transmission and it was fine until my Dad was
helping me troubleshoot an issue and disconnected the boost controller
and forgot to reconnect it... 23psi is cool until a piston goes.
Then the car went up in flames one night under mysterious circumstances
and I had to call the fire department to put it out.
Ahh, the good 'ol days. ;)
M.B.
On 02/15/2011 05:44 AM, Josh Battles wrote:
>
> On Feb 14, 2011 11:57 PM,<mailinglists@moparhowto.com> wrote:
>>
>> I always loved the teeny tiny 6mm nut that you had to put on the starter
>> on the old 2.2/2.5L Chryslers. Tucked up right under the turbo and
>> jammed up next to the firewall, above the CV axles and intermediate
>> shaft and the turbo support bracket and water/oil lines so you had to
>> put the nut on by feel only... oh the memories. Oh the cussing when you
>> dropped it when it got oily...
>
> The only problems I ever had with starters on a TD was getting it in and
> out. The dogbone trans mount with that little shock was a whole different
> story though. I ended up putting a solid mount in because the little shock
> was such a bear to do. If only there was a way to replace a throwout bearing
> without dropping the trans...
>
> I'm also not a fan of pulling pins out of connectors and replacing
> boards/plugs/harnesses.
>
> - Josh
>
>
>
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