Re: (ET) FW: tranny questions..

["RJ Kanary" <rjkanary nauticom net>]

You will have to fabricate shims, for the axle housing mounts, to gain the
needed clearance to install the 2300 Peerless in an M chassis. Washers 
might
work, but plates would more evenly distribute stresses.


RJ Kanary
Member TRNi  Since 1998
ASE® Certified Master Auto Technician

rjkanary nauticom net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chapin, Tim" <tchapin umich edu>
To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 9:47 AM
Subject: (ET) FW: tranny questions..


> > I just picked up a e12m last week.
> > The shifter was snapped off right at the retaining cap.  The previous
> > owner got it that way.  In fact he didn't even know it had a 4 speed in
> > it. (shifter was broken off in gear).
> >
> > My original plan was to pull the shifter out of a e15 parts tractor.
When
> > I got it off, I see that the retaining cup was bigger around and taller
> > from the e15.  There goes that idea....
> >
> > It looks like the tranny in both machines are about the same.  Has
anyone
> > ever stuck a e15 tranny in an e12m or the other way?
> > It looks like I would need to line up the drive pulley and brake disk
and
> > notch out the shifter hole for the low gear, other than that, I think 
> > it
> > should work.... Any comments...
> >
> > I am going to try giving Bill G. a call today and see if he has the
shift
> > lever for the e12m, but I want a fall back position in case he doesn't
or
> > there is more wrong with the e12m tranny.. (maybe the shifter was broke
> > off in gear for a reason).
> >
> >
>