[s-cars] DSY saga

[Paul Krasusky]

Rob B. kindly offered:

<<<The DSY, while having a "C" center case, uses the small or narrow first
according to ETKA and the DSY I sold to Peter Blaser had one, but I had it
changed to the wide one.  What this means for you is that your newly
installed and cost effective DSY is prone to early first gear wear.>>>

Ugh.  Not this again.  By "this" I mean conflicting information.  Ugh.

I write this not to discredit you Rob, you've been nothing but VERY helpful
to me and many others to date, this is not at all my intention.  More to try
and get to the bottom of a LONG running issue that I THOUGHT I had resolved.
Ugh, again.

Snips from a recent email of yours to me:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert B. [mailto:rbraun at foni.net]
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 11:34 AM
> To: Paul Krasusky
> Subject: Re: 6 speed transmission(s) needed...
>
>
> Hi Paul:
>
> All DSYs have the wide first gear, don't panic.
>
> Gotta run. We're going to a movie...
>
> Regards, Rob

After this, I believe I had also confirmed this from a few others and
thought I'd reached a valuable consensus on this.

Also troubling to my "cause" is Elijah's recent report of the dowel
configuration on the DSY bell housing do not mate to our AAN's.  More snips
from another email of yours:

<<<All 4, 5, 6 and 8 cylinder bell housings for the 01E are the same and
will bolt up to any engine. Some cases have a pump (the V8 models, for
example), some don't. Otherwise, they are identical.>>>

Again Rob, I'm posting this to the list more to try to get to the bottom of
all this once and for all, not at ALL to point any sort of finger at you.  I
respect the fact that you do your leg work over there for a lot of people
here, on a volunteer basis, and truly appreciate having you as a willing and
trustworthy resource.

BUT, I *do* need a 6gang, one that fits, one that will last, and one that I
can AFFORD, reasonably soon, and these recent conflicting reports are MAJOR
setbacks for a couple of us here.

Anyone with any thoughts on these 2 conflicting issues, your guidance is
greatly appreciated.  And, again Rob, thanks for your help, patience, and
understanding.

-Paul 6gang research hoar K.
CT
'95 //S6 in need of 6gang
'58 TR3A would be better if had OE overdrive