08/03/2026
Ok, story time on how 2 transmissions failed in the in July and how we now have 2 functional transmissions lol.
1) First failure at Honda Meet on July 11th. As soon as we got home, our Master Transmission builder sent the chat a video explaining what he assumed the problem was. See said video, as it does an awesome job of explaining how the spring pin and shift rod does its job.
We took it apart and sure enough, he was right. It sheared off, causing the lack of gear selection as seen in the Reel from WMHM.
New Spring pin and trans is good as new.
2) Second trans that failed literally after driving the car around all day as soon as we were loading it on the trailer for Watkins Glen.
See the circled bolt?
See the plate that covers that area in the pic after?
Well it turns out that bolt backed itself out and was just grinding across that plate and finally wedged itself causing us to not be able to even move the shifter.
What a ridiculous failure that forced us to load up at the very last minute.
Threads needed some repair, but otherwise it was fine and itās back in the car!
TL:dr version: Both trans has abnormal failures that were relatively simple fixes. Went from no transmissions back to 2.
Yay carsā¦.
