On 02-11-2001 17:12, Dave Swingle wrote in DMC News: > --- In dmcnews@xxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> wrote: >> On the very front end tip of the gearbox (manual) there's a cap the >> size of a bottle top which is loose but won't come out. It looks as >> if someone's tried to bond it back in using JB Weld or similar - >> can anyone tell me what this thing is and what we need to do >> about it? > Uh Oh. There is not supposed to be anything there. Couldn't this be the location for the speedo-pickup in the original configuration (=front-engined, FWD-car) of the gearbox? I remembered reading something like that, so I checked the archives and in message# 17697, dated Dave Swingle (yes, you!) wrote: > There is a location for a mechanical speedo take-off on the > manual transmission, but it is in the area of the ring gear. > Since the ring gear was flipped over in the transition from front > to rear drive application, the back side of the ring gear is up > against the take-off point. Therefore, the pick-up point is plugged > in the DMC application. I remembered, because it was one of my own questions that triggered that particular thread. I was frustrated about the Angle-Drive system, since I had to fix it then. I'm even more frustrated now, because within 6 months of this +$300,- repair the speedo has failde again. I'm not sure how it's failed yet; I'm going to figure that out this weekend. Greetings, JAN van de Wouw Thinking Different... Using a Mac... Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean... #05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000 ------------------------------