After the hub repair we attempted to compete in the Divisionals. After six runs the starter refused to start the car.

So I removed it and had it gone through and reinstalled it and it again refused to start. The new gears were all chewed up. So was the ring gear, so the transaxle had to come off to get off the fw. The transaxle has the rear suspension attached. It all came off amazingly easy. I did it all by myself.

Unfortunately everything I take apart has 10% of the bolts stripped and 10% of the parts cracked and so forth. Normal I suppose for a 27 year old race car.

So today I am going to bolt the rear end back on the car and take it over to Anderson to get some thinkgs welded and so forth.

I also found out the distributor has been operating with the wrong cap on it which one can take and rotate about 1/4" and wiggle back and forth about 1/8". So yesterday I bought a slightly used Bosch distributor to install. I can fit it with a rev limiting rotor so I am hoping to increase performance, reliability and protect the engine from over revving at the same time.

Of course I will be replacing the ring gear, pp, clutch, pilot bearing and such along with all the rest.

Getting parts for the FF is not too bad once you figure out what they all are. Pinto clutch, fw and such. VW t/o bearing.

I am hoping to get it all back together in time for our final points event on the second weekend in September.

Today and the rest of the week I have off. I was planning to go to Nationals and compete but the car failing in cascades has turned that into an impossible fantasy.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.