My KLZE Festiva Build Thread

[DriverOne]

I know eh? this is now the 3rd internal failure and i've only had to replace the case once lol and everytime i managed to drive it home haha hopefully i don't have anymore break downs tranny wise lol

Thank God you didn't forget it was a 5-speed! I've done that, after having been used to the 6-speed in the Beetle, and damn near threw the Conquest in reverse at 55mph. Oops.

[Hot_Wheels]

so the mfactory bolt was fine? it looks like there is a head of a bolt laying on your work bench its hard to tell from the angle? i hope the bolts are good, there custom! only place to get a spare would be mfactory.

[Damkid]

I know eh? this is now the 3rd internal failure and i've only had to replace the case once lol and everytime i managed to drive it home haha hopefully i don't have anymore break downs tranny wise lol

[walth]

I'm glad you get all these lucky breaks!! no pun intended...looks great Chris, can't wait to see your next updates!

[Damkid]

So i got some garage time tonight




Once i got the 5th gear off, i noticed some metal shavings, i didn't have any issues with the tranny before i pulled it so i thought the shavings were weird, so i knew i would be checking things out once i split the case apart and here's what i found



One of the bolts i used to hold the ring gear to the diff actually broke! I have no idea how only one bolt broke but once i got the diff out i started looking for the bolt halves and found them easily enough, then i started looking for any damage and i noticed this piece of steel



And i quickly realized it is the safety catch so you can't go straight from 5th to reverse, so it didn't hurt my feelings to see it broke and i was very relieved that was all of the damage, so that was enough for me to make sure i used locktite on the Mfactory bolts before i installed it lol




And now the tranny is all back together working properly with the Mfactory installed man i can't wait to drive this thing lol

[Damkid]

Lol thanks for the warning but it's not needed

I run a 26 spline diff with this setup, so everytime I put a tranny in it, I have to swap diff's, so I've got plenty of experience tearing down G series trannies

[dueces]

be careful with the ball bearings and springs inside the case, they can be a pain.... Do you have alldata or anything that you can look at for disassembly?

[mckabe]

Nice! Git er dunn!!

[Damkid]

So today I took a spare 28 spline diff to work with the 4.38 gear (to match the gearing in the tranny) and got the ring gear off it, scrapped the diff and bolted the ring gear to the Mfactory

Hopefully tomorrow I'll get a chance to split the tranny and install the Mfactory

[Damkid]

^^Yes you should :evil4:

[mckabe]

I should do a kl stiva...

[Damkid]

Lol won't be running tomorrow, I wish though lol

Before I can really get it back together I gotta buy some header wrap, and I won't have the cash for it for probably close to a month

So in the meantime I'll at least get the Mfactory installed, engine back in the engine bay and finally get the MS assembled lol

[timmay89]

Is there anything else that has to happen after the diff to get it running with the turbo?

[dueces]

so you will have this running tomorrow??? ha ha, looking good man, keep it up!

[Damkid]

lol sure i can take pics, although the pics would basically just be of a torn down tranny, which i've posted lots of those pics before lol