I recently purchased my first Formula Ford on ebay. Its a 79 royale rp 26. When I went to pick up the car, I unfortunately found out the clutch wasn't working. I've now replaced the master cylinder, slave cylinder, and throw out assemby. While apart I notice that the clutch shaft has quite a bit of play in it and the oil seal looks bad. Most recently, I noticed that the differential section of the gear box is dry of oil with a lot of metal shavings on the plug. The gear cluster portion of the box has only 3/4 of an inch of oil in the bottom with metal shavings on the plug. The car had been sitting for a year and a half. So I'm feeling kind of screwed. I'm guessing I have to take apart the whole transmission and replace all bearings and seals. I would appeciate any words of wisdom regarding this situation. I hope to make drivers school next spring.
Thanks, Dave Loken