[DeTomaso] 2nd gear downshift grind

boyd casey boyd411 at gmail.com
Mon Sep 14 11:45:37 EDT 2009


Buy a six speed for $16 K and sell yours for $5K as is and you have a NEW 6
speed for $11k (sounds good on paper)

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>wrote:

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> Dan,
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> I think labor for pulling a ZF apart for inspection these days starts
> around $2500, the syncros run around the $350 mark each if I remember
> correctly and if you have the taller 5th installed at the same time it'll
> probably add $1500 to the overall cost. Either way I'd guess you are looking
> at sinking $5K plus into it.
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> Lloyd (RBT) is the go to guy to have all the parts and do it right.
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> Larry Stock sends his ZF work out to Intrepid Racing here in Reno and they
> are costly Dennis Quella apparently uses replacement brass syncros, which
> some argue against.
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> Julian
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> > From: dfcex at pacbell.net
> > To: detomaso at realbig.com
> > Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:01:02 -0700
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] 2nd gear downshift grind
> >
>  > It's sounding like The Beast needs 2nd gear synchros as it's grinding
> allot on downshifts into 2nd (at least until it's pretty warmed up);
> > If I have to pull the ZF already I might as well look into a taller 5th
> gear.
> > Anybody know what a ZF overhaul is going for these days, and the options
> (vendors) for a taller 5th gear?)
> >
> > Dan Courtney
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