How much?

[mfp4073]

Next year I'm hoping to swap my truetrac for a wavetrac. Any idea if it's worth putting up a 20,000 mile truetrac for sale, and if so how much?
I'm also after some door trim rubbers, the ones that run along the outside of the door at the base of the glass. The trouble is now MF have gone who would have these in stock?

Thanks in advance.

[leigh1050]

Try Walkinshaw for the rubbers.

[JAMESHSV1]

Whats wrong with the trutrac

[MedwayMonaro]

Those window rubbers are nla as I've tried to get them for mine. They can be had in the states if you search for pontiac gto but they are ridiculous money around £150 each I think they worked out to and so I decided to put up with the existing ones.

[mfp4073]

£150 each......Hells Bells!!!!!!! In that case for what they are the old ones will have to last.
There is nothing wrong with the Truetrac, other than the constant clunking at low speeds especially around the town. On the open road it's quiet.
There just seems to be so much slack in it, but it actually works fine. It would be ideal for someone to use on the drag strip, or even on track days. I hope to have a Wavetrac fitted in April, and it had better be an improvement or I will be a tad annoyed!!!!!!!!!!

[stevieturbo]

mfp4073 said:

Next year I'm hoping to swap my truetrac for a wavetrac. Any idea if it's worth putting up a 20,000 mile truetrac for sale, and if so how much?
I'm also after some door trim rubbers, the ones that run along the outside of the door at the base of the glass. The trouble is now MF have gone who would have these in stock?

Thanks in advance.

If your current diff is working and has no issues....that'd be an expensive swap for no real benefit ?

[mfp4073]

stevieturbo said:

If your current diff is working and has no issues....that'd be an expensive swap for no real benefit ?

Yes that is a big worry, but for me the constant clunking spoils the car.

[monkfish1]

mfp4073 said:

Next year I'm hoping to swap my truetrac for a wavetrac. Any idea if it's worth putting up a 20,000 mile truetrac for sale, and if so how much?
I'm also after some door trim rubbers, the ones that run along the outside of the door at the base of the glass. The trouble is now MF have gone who would have these in stock?

Thanks in advance.

Regal Autosport.

[stevieturbo]

Eaton Trutrac is a torsen diff just the same as a Wavetrac.

No torsen should ever clunk or make any noise.

And whilst Regal are a UK supplier, certainly do not believe them if they claim they have units in stock.

I placed an order for mine via their website which clearly showed in stock....only to be told they didnt have stock and needed to order in from the US. And even after arguing with them for a few days about this, them making all sorts of excuses...their website the entire time still shows units in stock.
Very poor show from them, although eventually they did supply....

Except I had also requested some steel clutch packs that are supposed to help prevent one wheel spin better than the carbon......and they supplied spare carbon plates instead. WTF.

Although the blame there can lie with Wavetrac in the US, who claimed they offered the steel plates...except not for my specific model it seems. Nice of someone to tell me this prior to it arriving here and me already having been charged.

[monkfish1]

stevieturbo said:

No torsen should ever clunk or make any noise.

Its because the internal spline on the centre is overly large on the application, so the stub shafts are too slack. The Wavetrac unit is spot on - as you would expect.

[mfp4073]

As far as I'm aware, the Wavetrac has tighter production tolerance's than a Truetrac, together with the stub axels having better support. I'm hoping that this will reduce the clunking to a manageable level. Performance wise I can't see that there would be much difference
I intend to (finances permitting) purchase the Wavetrac from AAS in Newcastle. If anybody can get a deal on a Wavetrac that's the place to go. Hopefully I will find out the cost after Christmas.
My car is off the road until April in any case so I'm fixing up a few low cost jobs first.
On a different topic, I have a stainless steel fuel line to replace the rubber one at the rear of the passenger side cylinder block, (the one that sometimes rubs through....and destroys the entire car! ) any idea where to get the tool to separate the fuel line?

John

Edited by mfp4073 on Wednesday 13th December 11:30

Edited by mfp4073 on Wednesday 13th December 18:39

[mfp4073]

Monkfish1,
.... nice to hear from you, I hope things are working out well on your new venture.
Merry Christmas and the best wishes for the New Year.

Regards John

[Mud_]

mfp4073 said:

...any idea where to get the tool to separate the fuel line?

John

Edited by mfp4073 on Wednesday 13th December 11:30

I'll send you mine if I can find it, but I don't think they're expensive. I might need an email reminder! I think I got it from summit, but might just have been eBay.

[monkfish1]

mfp4073 said:

Monkfish1,
.... nice to hear from you, I hope things are working out well on your new venture.
Merry Christmas and the best wishes for the New Year.

Regards John

Yes, all good thanks. Merry Christmas to you too

[mfp4073]

Mud_ said:

I'll send you mine if I can find it, but I don't think they're expensive. I might need an email reminder! I think I got it from summit, but might just have been eBay.

Thank you that's a very kind offer, but I'll get AAS to get me one as they deal with Summit Racing all the time.

Regards John

[Mud_]

mfp4073 said:

Thank you that's a very kind offer, but I'll get AAS to get me one as they deal with Summit Racing all the time.

Regards John

something like this I think: https://www.summitracing.com/int/parts/lil-35000

[mfp4073]

That looks like the one, thanks Mud.

[JimV8]

The LH window mouldings (92093580) are still available. I got some last week for £80 each. They were showing 16 more in the UK at the time. The RH (92093578) aren’t available anywhere (including Aus and US) as far as I can tell. Looking at the part it should be possible to make a close enough approximation of the RH part from a LH part.

Edited by JimV8 on Thursday 14th December 00:05

[mfp4073]

JimV8 said:

The LH window mouldings (92093580) are still available. I got some last week for £80 each. They were showing 16 more in the UK at the time. The RH (92093578) aren’t available anywhere (including Aus and US) as far as I can tell. Looking at the part it should be possible to make a close enough approximation of the RH part from a LH part.

Edited by JimV8 on Thursday 14th December 00:05

Thanks JimV8, I will look into that.
This looks like a good candidate for the after market to make a replacement part.

[MedwayMonaro]

JimV8 said:

The LH window mouldings (92093580) are still available. I got some last week for £80 each. They were showing 16 more in the UK at the time. The RH (92093578) aren’t available anywhere (including Aus and US) as far as I can tell. Looking at the part it should be possible to make a close enough approximation of the RH part from a LH part.

Edited by JimV8 on Thursday 14th December 00:05

Where from?