Greetings, all....ain't been around in a while so happy to see things
still active.
While coasting down a 3 mile hill, I heard a "clunk" from the rear
following by a whirring sound. Had a pretty good idea what the prob
was and prayed the thing would get me the next 50 miles to home. Made
it to 7 miles short of my destination when the rear end gave up the
ghost.
Now, I'm looking at replacing the rear. The car is a '91 with the
standard rear end. I've been abusing it for the last 63k miles, and
the car has 162k, so it surely doesn't owe me a thing, especially
since it's been running around 6lbs boost. Given current restraints,
I'm looking at the low-cost replacement part (an original) for around
$240 shipped. I'd love, however, to do the entire upgrade to the 1.8
rear, but so far all necessary parts seem to run in excess of $800.
Anybody heard of any good deals on the 1.8 rear drivetrain? Already
tried ebay, to no real avail.
DonB
'91 white
XS11E - 14 Jul 2005 15:48 GMT
Don Benton <wdbharmony@hardynet.com> wrote in:
> Anybody heard of any good deals on the 1.8 rear drivetrain? Already
> tried ebay, to no real avail.
Keep trying ebay every couple of days, stuff shows up from time to time.
Try here as well:
http://www.junkyarddog.com/
Mal Osborne - 14 Jul 2005 17:03 GMT
Buy a badly wrecked 1.8? Even a fire would probably leave the diff intact.
Mal
> Greetings, all....ain't been around in a while so happy to see things
> still active.
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
> DonB
> '91 white
Kempi - 14 Jul 2005 23:58 GMT
Try www.car-part.com
Look for "carrier" and "differential".
I got lucky and paid $425 shipped.
Kempi
> Greetings, all....ain't been around in a while so happy to see things
> still active.
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
> DonB
> '91 white