Well, turn the vent into a drain plug. Then when you fill the diff, you'll have to do it by a mesured volume rather than just filling it until it runs out of the fill plug hole, since it's not exactly half way up the height of the diff.
On 4/6/10 8:15 PM, "Jonathan Freinkel" <[email protected]> wrote: > And plug the vent hole or your going to lose fluid. Make a new one as well. > > On 4/6/10, Chris Yee <[email protected]> wrote: >> Flip the differential upside down. you would have to rework the mount >> points of the differential for clearance. >> >> fast G wrote: >>> Can you re-build a Miata diff to run backwards? I am starting to plan >>> the building of a motorcycle engined Locost 7 style vehicle. The >>> common option is to use a Hyabusa/R1 engine mounted north and south, >>> running a prop drive flange where the gearbox sprocket should go. I am >>> thinking an option is an already shaft drive engine V-max, FJR1400 and >>> the like. This could be a more torquey engine with a wider ration >>> gearbox. One problem I have been told that the bike shaft drive runs >>> backwards compared to a car. So I would end up with 6 reverse gears, >>> bike engined cars have a issue with doing backwards, but this is not >>> the solution:) So the question is can you swap the crown wheel over in >>> a Miata? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Graham >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Miatapower mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Miatapower mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower >> > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
