So there I was, cruising down the highway at 110kph. Not a care in the world.
Suddenly I hear a grinding noise and the car begins to slow down. I see an exit up ahead and rapidly switch to the curb lane. I try to put her into neutral, but it was too late. The next thing I know the gearbox locks up and I spin 180 onto the shoulder (and out of moving traffic.
Whew! I'm fine, facing moving trucks and cars, but off to the side on the highway shoulder. Car is stuck in 5th and won't move. In a statement of the care for your fellow man, today, not a single person stopped to see if I was ok.
Police and tow trucks showed up as I was call my local AA, so we pulled her up onto a flatbed trailer and headed home.
Several hours later, and a very dirty me, the tranny was out and on the workbench. Trashed pump caused the needle rollers and 1st gear bearings to seize and melt onto the mainshaft!. Also chunk out of one of the teeth on the layshaft (although that may have been there earlier). Oh joy.
So, anyone within a day's drive of Toronto, Canada have a spare tranny suitable for rebuilding they'd be willing to sell? [V]
M.
