ERA Toploader Re-seal/build

[DanEC]

Ready to start back together after the last of my parts arrived.

I installed a breather vent in the tail housing so I can close the one off in the cover.



I bought a new cover from David Kee that doesn't have the vent drilled (and the cover is straight as compared to my old one.



I did a little polishing of the detent reliefs in the shafts just to clean them up. They are apparently machined pretty rough on the original shafts so I guess a high degree of smoothness is not an absolute necessity.



Sticking with my current gears and input on the advice of the transmission parts guy I use - Larry at D and L Transmissions. I am replacing the shift forks due to wear - he had some NOS ones. I'm also replacing the synchronizer hub assemblies - these are not NOS but they are the Tork-Lock design type which helps prevent gear kick out.



And as a precaution I ordered new detent springs from David Kee which are a little longer than the ones in my transmission. Wire size and coil spacing seems pretty consistent so I suspect they will stiffen up the detent action a bit. Also ordered a new detent pin for the 3/4 position to replace the single, slightly short hatchet head detent pin in my transmission. Not sure but the short spring and short hatchet head detent pin may have, along with the heavy rubber boot on the shifter originally, contributed to the few 3rd gear kick outs I had. The new spring is the shiny one on the left.


As soon as I get caught up on yard work I'm going to start putting it back together.

[1795]

Dan,

Looking nice. Can't wait to hear how it preforms. With the vent on the tail housing, you may want to consider running a vent hose underneath the tunnel and coming up to the engine compartment. I doubt that you would need a catch can, just place a breather filter in the end of the hose to keep foreign material from making it's way into the transmission. The gap between the top of the oil in the shaft and the tali shaft vent is fairly small and increases the risk for oil being expelled due to pressure. If oil is expelled the air current under the car could distribute the oil on your rear brake rotors.

You could always wait and see if it is an issue; it may not be. However, it is a lot easier to place that hose now when everything is apart, then to try to take care of it later.

Jim