I retrieved something today!

"Snuze: Needs another Swede" (markg) 03/13/2020 at 21:23 • Filed to: None

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As far as Im aware, I didn’t get Corona or Tetanus. But I did finally get this Volvo 960 bellhousing. For reasons.

Pro tip: pulling a transmission from under a car is a colossal PITA if you aren’t in a shop and don't have a real lift. 

sony1492 > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/13/2020 at 21:33

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A wild 1uz lurks in the backround

Snuze: Needs another Swede > sony1492 03/13/2020 at 21:41

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Yes it does, but I did not retreive it, I was on a mission. 

sony1492 > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/13/2020 at 21:46

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Not yet

Snuze: Needs another Swede > sony1492 03/13/2020 at 22:17

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The 1UZ is a great engine, but I have my eyes on other things. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/13/2020 at 22:46

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Agreed. We dropped the transmission in my mom’s Civic to change the clutch. We were in an unheated plumber’s shop in Oklahoma in January. It was freezing in there. We had to do it again a week later. The replacement clutch was the wrong size and the throwout bearing slipped through the spring fingers.   

Snuze: Needs another Swede > TheRealBicycleBuck 03/14/2020 at 08:43

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That sounds like a royal PITA.

I think 2nd gear in my Cruze is starting to let go. Im dreading it. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/14/2020 at 09:55

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It was! Good luck with your Cruze.

cmill189 - sans Volvo > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/14/2020 at 10:21

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You doing a white block swap into something? 

Snuze: Needs another Swede > TheRealBicycleBuck 03/14/2020 at 16:56

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Thanks!

Snuze: Needs another Swede > cmill189 - sans Volvo 03/15/2020 at 11:05

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Yeah, helping a friend with a hot rod project. 

cmill189 - sans Volvo > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/15/2020 at 11:16

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That's cool. Finding a 960 is no easy task. 

Snuze: Needs another Swede > cmill189 - sans Volvo 03/15/2020 at 11:19

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I know. And my local yard has 3 of them! Im tempted to go get a second one in case something happens with this one w hile the cars are still there - t hey tend to hang on to cars for about 60 to 90 days

cmill189 - sans Volvo > Snuze: Needs another Swede 03/15/2020 at 12:49

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Wow, that's wild. If you can make time I would grab the other. Whether you use it or not someone will want it. 

Snuze: Needs another Swede > cmill189 - sans Volvo 03/15/2020 at 23:11

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Well I’ d also like to do a 240 project car with a swap so the second bellhousing would be for me, if we don’t screw up the first one.

We also need oil pans - to do a RWD T5 its apparently easiest to take a 2.9L I6 oil pan & pickup tube and shorten them.

With all thi s Corona stuff going on, I may be looking at some time off work. If that’s the case I may grab my buddy, who gets every other Friday off, to go to the junkyard with me so we can snag another bellhousing and get an oil pan or two. It really should have been a 2 person job and I’m probably an idiot for doing it myself.