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ME 109 wrote:

dwire wrote: I think I was right though, 63+ views in only a few short hours

That was my cat sleeping on the keyboard Doug.

You need to get him a flea collar.

robert wrote: You need to get him a flea collar.

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ME 109 wrote:

dwire wrote: I think I was right though, 63+ views in only a few short hours

That was my cat sleeping on the keyboard Doug.

let's do it up big, let's blame Duane for anything Pres Obombe does wrong!

wait may not be a good ideal, Duane is recovering from heart problems, don't want to push him over the edge.

Michael of the Jungle helped with one of my essays by typing 23 pages of the letter 'e' while engaged in some ... er ... under-tail pelt maintenance.

I don't think I can blame Duane for anything. O, hang on - when I was first interested in buying a BMW I did some googling and blundered on his website. He made it all sound so easy and straightforward ...

That's just it SteveD, this time I saw zero that were assembled; usually I see some - you know like the ones that say "excellent splines" and then they borrow the old trick from the B&W film romance era of globbing a bunch of Vasolene on a filter so you can't see how "ate up" the splines truly are... lol

What was funny is I think one of the cases that had been media blasted and such they were asking in the range of what I have seen entire early transmissions in "good or decent" working shape WITH SPLINES go for, about $125.00. I think my spare cost no more, but like I said it was just weird, a pile of parts and cases and not a single cover to be found... I'm just glad I never stooped to that after getting the "shaft" on that cover so long ago. I finally got a sample and a CAD drawing and then a shim; no destruction required... In all seriousness on the early period transmissions, I've seen people ask between $85-$100 to nearly $200 for them over the years.

In an unrelated annoyance category is the fella ruining all manner of parts by polishing them to chrome-like luster so they may never be returned to original condition and then charging extra for ruining said parts! FOR SHAME! (Just my take at least...) Also that perusal yielded about 4-5 "HIGH-FLOW air-boxes that had been turned into Swiss cheese. hmmm, I wonder why they are selling them? Couldn't JB-weld the holes shut? I know I cannot blame Duane for either one of those bone-headed ideas, dang it!

So I have this gearbox sitting in my garage which I ran for about 20-30 miles at interstate speed with no oil.

Do you think it is worth anything to someone? I suspect that the heat alone caused too many problems for a rebuild. But of course, I don't know.

It does have an excellent rear cover - on the outside.

justoneoftheguys wrote:Do you think it is worth anything to someone?

It was gold to us at the time.

Just kidding Rob.

justoneoftheguys wrote:So I have this gearbox sitting in my garage which I ran for about 20-30 miles at interstate speed with no oil.

Do you think it is worth anything to someone? I suspect that the heat alone caused too many problems for a rebuild. But of course, I don't know.

It does have an excellent rear cover - on the outside.

It's trash Rob.
How much would post be to Oz?
What did it run like once you put oil in it?
I bought a R100RS years back, got it home and immediately changed the oils everywhere. Trans had none in it ...It went a few years without any bother.