Reply to "ZF & Porsche"

I'm OK Deeb. Just one of those down times when it seems everything goes wrong at the same time when cash on hand is low. The Ferrari's & Lamborhini's didn't work out at all as daily drivers, that's why I got rid of them. All the Porsches did very well as daily drivers. The Pantera has been doing ok as well up until recently, but I am working on fixing that problem right now.

Took it over to a friends house today that custom builds ZF's for Corvette's and he took a look at was going on. Different ZF in the Corvette, but he knows both types very well. He builds about 50 Corvette boxes a year. Without going inside yet, he believes I may have a seperating clutch disc as I expected, He also thinks I may have a problem with the passenger side output drive axle, drive gear, pinon gear or cross shaft and that assembly area and possibly a 1st & 2nd gear Synchro's. He's not real sure yet and won't really know anything until he get's inside. But he's going to go through it for me while I watch, help and learn. The best part about it is he lives 30 miles from my house and he has a 1st class shop on his property.

So I am going to wait until we have it out and a part before making any decisions of what course of direction I'm going to take next as to doing a conversion or fixing the ZF. It's a real pity the Corvette ZF wouldn't work in the Pantera. They can be had all day long, very custom built with several enhancements for 3500.00 complete.

I plan on pulling it next week and the adventure will begin.

You've made out real well with the work you've had done. It must have been some time ago that you had all this done for 3000.00. The 3 gear sets and synchro alone today would cost you 2925.00 plus the 1200.00 for the labor, per Lloyd's post about pricing. Today that would cost over 4100.00 without the other parts you mentioned.

I haven't given up yet on the ZF.... :-)

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Originally posted by deeb:
Coz,
You're breakin' my heart. I won't change your mind, but I can't imagine any of those cars you've owned (except for the Porsches) being your every day driver: dropping the kids off at school, taking gramps to the doctor, sitting in rush hour traffic, rainstorms and all ther other things that would kill me, or my Pantera. But all I've spent on ZF in the past 20 years or so was $3,000 for the following:

2nd Gear
Thrust Washer
Split Shim
Bearing Bushing
Synchro Body
Thrust Washer
4th Gear Set
5th Gear Set
Safety Wire Kit
Gasket and Seal Kit
Stainless Vent Tube