A day in the life of a JC5

[Fred@BTM]

so little mr JC5 started today a happy bunny, and then came going home time

little mr JC5 decided to only want to work in 1st and 2nd gear, all others gave up

So, off to work we go

see anything missing?

2.5hrs later

pinky's JC5 is jammed in 3rd too

and not the "interesting" part

is this a worlds first?

(yes that is a JC5 in a shopping trolley!)
little mr JC5 at the platform

little mr JC5 on the train

(yes a train!)

just got home, damn you mr JC5

hopefully we'll make Spa/the ring!

Fred

 

[homer simpson]

i am gutted for you and yoz m8 i hope you get it sorted for spa

 

[Fred@BTM]

it lasted 18months of abuse (thats the longest yet!) so not bad

could've happened in the middle of germany at 3am, so its lucky in some way

 

[JR]

what a shitter fella.

been trying to contact you on msn

 

[rustybolt]

love the story book theme Fred. Could you post a pic up of JC5 cooking in the kitchen, and one of him doing the lawn..

 

[Fred@BTM]

yeah can do!

 

[Peperami]

LOL!

 

[rustybolt]

yeah can do!

what have i started, lol.

 

[Fred@BTM]

lets see how many stupid places i can put a gearbox LOL

 

[rustybolt]

one of him adjusting the TV aerial on the roof and ill pay for the rebuild myself!

 

[AliasOmega]

i have an idea for a braking mod that we can carry out fred, seen it on a nice car that was about last week..

might be what we all need..

pm me and ill tell you.. obviously you know more than me on this.

regards,

alias

 

[Christopher]

lol

i left you a message on your phone yesterday too Fred.

 

[Ali]

lol...I think you're lucky it went now!

 

[Neal 182]

I take it is being rebuilt now Fred lots of time before spa

 

[Michael172]

what, what happened in the end ? did they mate and make a baby JC5 ?

 

[R3OBC]

.............is a JC5 the gearbox number of a 172 ? lol

 

[bmh.01]

.............is a JC5 the gearbox number of a 172 ? lol

Yep

 

[cK]

I wanna see that gearbox in your bed. Tucked up and cozy.

 

[TeZ]

With a fake nose and tash from the joke shop lol that would be amazing.

 

[tommyboy]

 

[renclio]

Sorry to hijack any luck with the stickers yet fred sent you an email with my details.

 

[DH_GTI]

lol nice story !!!

 

[cbscup]

Totally off the subject but:

Is that Hippy's pink Mk1 Cup Racer in the backgound? (and if so, how is she?!)

 

[drhowser]

lets see how many stupid places i can put a gearbox LOL

honestly doctor, it was a bet.

 

[drhowser]

actually fred, did you have a look at frozen solid? if you're about to do a re-build, it's the perfect time.

 

[Fred@BTM]

what are you banging on about?

cbs - yes it is (well its ours now) i haven't seen her for a while

 

[Timmay]

lol at this thread!

 

[drhowser]

me? frozen solid are a cryogenic treatment company, they do jobs for most bttc and dtm teams. i thought i was speaking to you about them before? maybe someone else?
basically they can massively increase the strength and life of engine components, might be worth looking into?

 

[Fred@BTM]

nowt wrong with the engine components!

 

[drhowser]

no, but they can do gearboxes too. the main cost ( i believe is in the stripping/re-building) so if you are going to have it in bits anyway, you might be able to double (or more) the life of your box.

 

[Fred@BTM]

there's nothing worth doing to the box thats going to make it any better

the gears themselves aren't an issue, its the casings, bearings and synchros thats the probelm

 

[drhowser]

i'm pretty sure they treat the whole thing, it just has to be dismantled for the process to work correctly. i might completely have the wrong end of the stick, but i think this is similar to forging, but via a different process. i do know that it treats all the way through the metal, not just the surface. must be worth looking into?

 

[Fred@BTM]

its a heat treatment process that alters the molecular stucture of the material (such as normalising)

the problem is why spend £500 say for the process on a gearbox, PLUS the £300 or so to rebuild it when it can quite easily fail again? plus the labour time to pull the box out and whack it back in

if our rebuilds on the box last 18months again (which is the lifespan of the clutch anyway) then great

 

[drhowser]

fair enough i guess. i've no idea of the cost. i spoke to the guy a while ago, and i know he was massively increasing the life of engines and boxes, so i thought it might work out to save a bit of money in the long run.

 

[SteveC047]

FRED this is a classic post, I bet you had a few people giving you odd looks when you got on the Train with what looked like some sort of Bomb.

 

[rory182]

one of him adjusting the TV aerial on the roof and ill pay for the rebuild myself!

dangerous game that:

 

[Fred@BTM]

yeah the transport police had been called by the platform guys when i got on the train at Stafford so i had 4 coppers meet me on the platform in Birmingham! LOL

 

[rustybolt]

one of him adjusting the TV aerial on the roof and ill pay for the rebuild myself!

dangerous game that:

lol.

 

[Mike@Rentech]

Thank f**k Tesco supply them now might be a bit cheaper & you get clubcard points.

 

[Fred@BTM]

yeah but Tesco's own brand stuff isn't really that good