Re: plug on gearbox (was: My FIRST proper questions!)

["David Swingle" <dswingle@xxxx>]

The plug mentioned as the dummy plug for the non-used speedo drive is 
on the side of the transmission - I think on the passenger side of 
the car. He mentioned his problem as being a "cap" on the end of the 
trans, I'm assuming on the end of the trans that faces the front of 
the car (in the DMC). 

I've heard of one of the 5-th gear retaining nuts backing off (they 
are normally staked in place, i.e. the center of the nut is dimpled 
against the flat on the mainshaft to keep it from unscrewing) and 
drilling thru the rear housing. The hole is supposedly so clean that 
it looks like it belongs there. My guess is that happenend and has 
been repaired. 

Dave 

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> wrote:
> Thanks Jan! Dave, can you confirm where this plug is? I imagine 
since I stated that the
> plug I'm looking at is at the frontmost tip of the gearbox, it's a 
different thing???
> 
> I will try and take a photo today.
> 
> In fact, both Rich and I have accumulated a small number of 
unidentifiable parts which
> have no evident home where they were found! I'll put a little quiz 
on the website :-)
> 
> Martin
> 
> Jan van de Wouw wrote:
> 
> >
> > 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.