Thanks, my friend. I only have one gear myself, so we keep plugging along until we can't.
Update 4/17/18:
Having failed to get him by phone this morning, I decided to try via text.
I informed him that I had decided to crate his transmission up as it had come and to return it; I further explained that I wanted to simply get a refund.
I figured he'd not be pleased about that, but he instead replied that this was acceptable to him.
I then asked that I get a "will call" prepaid shipping label, which he also readily agreed to.
I had already contacted the mechanic earlier in the morning and asked if he wanted to give my old transmission a whirl at fixing, which he readily agreed to and stated he would bring his own "expert" in on the process as well - but there would be no charge or estimate until they got mine apart and diagnosed.
Works for me.
Somewhat surprised, I told Jamie what the plan was with my old transmission and that I'd just like to go that route, rather than risk the shipment of yet another unit from him.
I mentioned my out of pocket losses of yesterday for towing and the mechanics' time; I told him the new plan was that once my old transmission had been repaired, we would tow the GTX back to the mechanic, where we'd remove the Passon unit from the car and put it back in the crate, then install my old one in the car, hopefully ending up with my car back as whole and the Passon unit ready for shipping.
He replied that he was fine with a simple return and that I'd be receiving a FULL refund of everything I had paid him; he asked that I let him know when the
unit was ready to ship, when he would email me the shipping stuff to get ready for UPS to come get it.
I was quite relieved to read that message, received while I sat in the waiting room of the endocrinology department of the major hospital in the area - as you might have surmised, the next episode of "Ed's body is failing" is currently in progress, but I digress....
I replied something like "atta boy, Jamie, there ya go" and he said that this had been the plan all along.
I replied that I understood that stuff happens and that I know he's busy as hell, but that the previous days' interaction had left me non-plussed to say the least.
I offered that he might want to get some help and he replied that he'd work on that and was sorry things didn't work out.
I am too, honestly.
Bottom line as of now:
1. My old transmission is already in the hands of the mechanic, who will contact me when they figure out what's up with it.
2. Jamie Passon stood up and is doing the right thing here.
What a difference a day makes, eh? Yes, I'm very relieved and content for the moment, especially in light of the news I got at the docs'.
It's always good to get a little bit of ones' faith in humanity restored and Jamie did so for me today.
Well, the health news isn't good or bad at this point, just that something isn't right. We'll see...
Had another nice conversation with Dan Brewer this morning; great guy, very helpful as always.
He wanted to know if we'd ever figured out what the noise was my old transmission was making (he saw my video on it)
and he'd remembered it. Told him nope, no idea yet, maybe the local guy will figure it out.
He also told me he's looking at a two month backlog on transmissions now!
He does it all himself, won't let go enough to hire someone else to help with that.
I can't blame him a bit on that. Told him backlog, to a point, is a good thing and him doing them all means a constant in the quality.
I asked him about my concerns over whether the crank was actually drilled for the input shaft of the 4 speed. He asked if the bushing
recess was there and yep, it is, bushing pressed right in. I asked if the crank wasn't drilled, could we be able to still install the tranny
without cutting the input shaft? He said nope, if the tranny installs and bolts up, the crank is drilled.
That gave me some peace of mind and eliminated a possible issue.
Love that guy.
Come to think of it, while all this is going on, I should go ahead and replace the slip yoke, eh?
I got under the car and rough measured the distance between the "ears" on the yoke and on the driveshaft and lo and behold, it's
2 5/8". Yep, that's the "small" u-joint type (7290). Not supposed to be, but since a former owner converted the car to 4 speed,
I reckon that's what they used. I'll stick with that, since there's nothing to gain just by changing the yoke part to a 7260 type.
They make some high nickel content u-joints in 7290 anyways and I'm not going to be drag racing anytime soon.
I reckon it's off to order a yoke.
Yessir, they're both the 2 5/8" measurement. Got under the car this morning to verify.Yoke inside dimension: 2-1/8" = 7260, 2-5/8" = 7290
Double check your 2 5/8" inside measurement because that is the big one and should be fine stock (as long as you aren't using wrinkle walls and sidestepping the clutch)
Well I reckon that's some good news. Thanks!The 7290 ( 2-5/8" ) is considered the heavy duty one
Wow. You humble me, sir. Very much appreciate that.
It was the one Dan Brewer sold me. There ya go, totally non-committal answer right there.
Yep, I already have the roller bearing type. Yep, we'll tear the whole clutch off and start from scratch, taking the bushing out
Glad to hear on both the transmission and the doc. Hang in there. Your on the right path.Update 4/17/18:
Having failed to get him by phone this morning, I decided to try via text.
I informed him that I had decided to crate his transmission up as it had come and to return it; I further explained that I wanted to simply get a refund.
I figured he'd not be pleased about that, but he instead replied that this was acceptable to him.
I then asked that I get a "will call" prepaid shipping label, which he also readily agreed to.
I had already contacted the mechanic earlier in the morning and asked if he wanted to give my old transmission a whirl at fixing, which he readily agreed to and stated he would bring his own "expert" in on the process as well - but there would be no charge or estimate until they got mine apart and diagnosed.
Works for me.
Somewhat surprised, I told Jamie what the plan was with my old transmission and that I'd just like to go that route, rather than risk the shipment of yet another unit from him.
I mentioned my out of pocket losses of yesterday for towing and the mechanics' time; I told him the new plan was that once my old transmission had been repaired, we would tow the GTX back to the mechanic, where we'd remove the Passon unit from the car and put it back in the crate, then install my old one in the car, hopefully ending up with my car back as whole and the Passon unit ready for shipping.
He replied that he was fine with a simple return and that I'd be receiving a FULL refund of everything I had paid him; he asked that I let him know when the
unit was ready to ship, when he would email me the shipping stuff to get ready for UPS to come get it.
I was quite relieved to read that message, received while I sat in the waiting room of the endocrinology department of the major hospital in the area - as you might have surmised, the next episode of "Ed's body is failing" is currently in progress, but I digress....
I replied something like "atta boy, Jamie, there ya go" and he said that this had been the plan all along.
I replied that I understood that stuff happens and that I know he's busy as hell, but that the previous days' interaction had left me non-plussed to say the least.
I offered that he might want to get some help and he replied that he'd work on that and was sorry things didn't work out.
I am too, honestly.
Bottom line as of now:
1. My old transmission is already in the hands of the mechanic, who will contact me when they figure out what's up with it.
2. Jamie Passon stood up and is doing the right thing here.
What a difference a day makes, eh? Yes, I'm very relieved and content for the moment, especially in light of the news I got at the docs'.
It's always good to get a little bit of ones' faith in humanity restored and Jamie did so for me today.
