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Author Topic: Manual trans question  (Read 1952 times)

chukT

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Manual trans question
« on: January 14, 2019, 04:46:55 PM »

Just picked up another Capri, after not having one for a few years. 91 N/A 5 spd. Same as my last one.......sorta. Here's where the question pops up.

My last car was a non runner with an auto when I bought it. I fixed the crank snout to make it run, then put 30,000 or so more miles on it. I bought a junked 92 N/A car with a 5spd and a torn down motor to get parts to convert mine to a stick.

A forum member (here or yahoo, I don't remember) from Long Island was offering a pile of Capri parts for free, I offered to come get them, and got a small trailer full of parts from him, including a low mileage 1.6 with attached 5spd, spare knuckles and axles, top and some body parts.

I tore my runner apart and installed the low mileage motor and manual trans. I used the pedal and hydraulic clutch master n slave, and shifter from the 92 I had at home. I had to use axles from the pile of free parts, the 5spd had equal-length shafts.

My 91 that I just bought, and another parts car that I just pulled some stuff from have unequal length shafts.......hmmmmm.

I start reading up on these transmissions, it looks like the XR2 cars have equal shafts, but a cable clutch........hmmmmm.

I found some pictures online, of the jack shaft that the turbo cars used, and that looks to be the same setup that I put in my original car, but my transmission was a hydraulic clutch.

What transmission was in that pile of parts that I got from Long Island?

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Rocketman

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Re: Manual trans question
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2019, 08:32:35 AM »

Any way to post pictures? It sounds like a G-Type, but could be from an Escort GT.
Does the engine lean forward 15 degrees towards the radiator?
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1.8L Turbo All Wheel Drive Capri... the "GTXR2"


chukT

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Re: Manual trans question
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2019, 03:56:00 PM »

Sorry, no pics. The engine didn't move at all, I used all the mounts that I had from the auto, or replaced with better ones from my parts stash.

What was the G-type?
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