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T5 mid-swap questions...

EivlEvo

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Lads. Car is a 1993 245.

I yanked my auto box today and have my T5 all prepped and ready to go in.

With the wiring on the automatic shifter... what wires do what? Can I cut them? Do I need them? I have to assume one is for reverse, but the box has a reverse light switch on it. Some of the others are prob the neutral safety switch? I remembered someone saying these were sweden colors, but it seems there are more wires... so I'm unsure.

Flywheel issue seems solved.
I have JohnV's billet flywheel, and a Kennedy Stage 2 Pressure plate. Thing is... this pressure plate looks like it's for a dog dished type of flywheel, but JohnV's wheel is flat.

Am I missing something? I was under the impression that Kennedy Stage 2 was Kennedy Stage 2... do I have a non-compatible pressure plate?

Also... does anyone have a torque spec for the flywheel bolts? Should I use threadlocker? Couldn't find a spec in the book.
 
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Flywheel to crank bolts are specified at 70 Nm or 50 ft lbs. Threadlocker if you want, I wouldn't.
Pressure plate to flywheel I'd use a small dot just for my own peace of mind so preference there too.

I'm unfamiliar with JohnV's flywheels so I can't speak on that.

Don't forget about bridging(shorting) the neutral safety switch so the car starts.
 
No I do not have those aluminum risers? Where might one have acquired such things?
 
The flywheel came with zero hardware... I had a whole thread about it that I'm not trying to rehash... but, seeing that makes perfect sense. I also need way longer hardware it seems.
 
This also seems like a pain in the ass to get after the fact regarding... how to balance it?
 
John can supply the risers. Everything is zero balanced and the risers weight next to nothing. I have 0 vibration issues with mine.

You wouldn't by chance know the dimensions of such a thing... or the thread pitch or bolt size would you?
 
The bolts I used are m8x1.25x35mm if I remember correctly. Make sure they are grade 10.8

I see there are spacers for the dowels as well. Did you just get extra pins or long dowels?

I assume the spacers aren't threaded? I wonder if I could make such a thing out of some bar stock... spacers that is...
 
I see there are spacers for the dowels as well. Did you just get extra pins or long dowels?

I assume the spacers aren't threaded? I wonder if I could make such a thing out of some bar stock... spacers that is...

I received everything from John. Came with an extra set of dowels. Spacers are not threaded.
 
I see there are spacers for the dowels as well. Did you just get extra pins or long dowels?

I assume the spacers aren't threaded? I wonder if I could make such a thing out of some bar stock... spacers that is...


Saw this.. I just zoomed off to post office and although lobby was open their "automated postal center " was gone..:oops: Tried another Post office and i could see the machine but doors were locked.:grrr:. Sent you a Pea EM...:-P
 
Saw this.. I just zoomed off to post office and although lobby was open their "automated postal center " was gone..:oops: Tried another Post office and i could see the machine but doors were locked.:grrr:. Sent you a Pea EM...:-P

John. Your PM is full. I emailed. That's all fine. LMK what I owe you.
 
Thread jack a little bit, but why do you call that sketchy for the ignorant like me.
Anything pedestal mount makes me nervous. I've seen a couple come apart and it is not pretty.
Both times the cars were totaled from the carnage. Ever see pieces of flywheel/clutch come through a floor board, dash and out of the cowl then fly 50 yards away?

Looks fine to me, common practice for multidisc clutches. Same as a fueler slipper clutch.
Common to use "10.8" (10.9?) bolts from your local Ace Hardware and aluminum spacers/pedestals?
 
Only 50 yards? There are YouTube videos of idjits damn near cutting cars in half with stock clutches. How are they any safer?

Any clutch explosion is something I have no desire to be anywhere near!

Just because it's open makes it no less safe as the forces unleashed in a clutch explosion would easily peal the plate off a dog dish flywheel.
 
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Back when I was an idiot and my stock dog dish exploded at PIR in the burn out box it took a chunk out of the track also besides the pieces that flew 50000 yards over to the horse track and killed a grayhound dog.

I remember when they used to let you pass on cornholio's pass. Now double yellow a hole way.
 
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