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17 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said:

maybe not , will check the solenoid setting , shaft is underway 

paused for a cuppa

had to make a 3 syn dummy layshaft and drop the cluster which wont refit now it has a bearing inside the input shaft  the one i used is 4 synchro and its 10mm too long 

silly small evovolution as the years go by 

of all my baulk rings i only have 1 unused so will select the best of your 3 well 2 as one is def stuffed ( the bag full are wrong diameter ) 

no probs  all ok

Blimey!

 

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1 hour ago, Pete Lewis said:

just cleaned (use that work reservedly )  50 yeeers of guuunge from the OD filter magnets     I need biscuits 

new mainshaft if they have packed the right one could be any time today ,  its on UPS  ......Ultimate Parts  Slowly 

flywheel bolts 42 -46lbft   no washers , no tabs  so add as said some loctite 

 

Pete

Is that why it took 30 seconds for the OD to kick in?

Fancy biscuits on shopping list along with Loctite!

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30 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said:

So good, they posted it twice!

Double De-Clutch!

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Clutch arrived.

Looks very nice.

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It’s the remains of a bush. Maybe a past bodge? 
 

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Tea and biscuits always helps!

Here are the pictures.

Looking forward to round 2!

 

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2 minutes ago, johny said:

what about the bush and input shaft waggle?

The brass bush was great. Input shaft is like this.

Pete is going to look at the box and sprinkle fairy dust over it.

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Ok.

New clutch ordered and new rear mounting.

Everything else looks ok.

Off to Luton we go!

Might even give it a bit of a wipe

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1 minute ago, johny said:

Bit of threadlock as well?

Ok. I have some somewhere

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Speaking of oil.

What's the recommended Gbox oil? 

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1 minute ago, KevinR said:

Looks OK to me - even if it was wiped before  the photo.

When retightening the flywheel, make sure the bolts are done up f**kin tight, you really don't want them working loose at a later date.

Understood!

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I think it looks pretty good. The back of the flywheel was dry

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Just now, johny said:

Im sorry I forgot about the backplate which of course would have to be removed to get to the rear seal housing. Yours is a lip seal but does look dry as if leaking I would expect to see oil on the housing (those two small holes in it are used to push the seal out from the other side of the housing once its removed). Maybe its not worth continuing as you have enough on your plate as it is....

I did give it a wipe before taking the picture. 

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Which is it?

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1 minute ago, johny said:

If its a lip seal its worth putting a new one on now as although the flywheel has to come off its not a difficult job...

I'll take the flywheel off now

 

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3 minutes ago, johny said:

oh and I hate to add jobs to the list but is your rear crank seal a scroll or rubber lip seal type?

I don't know. there's quite a bit of oil in there.

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One of these then

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Engage smug mode.

So I think the clutch looks ok? Probably need a new rear mounting bracket?

Any thoughts?

Took about 3 hours in scary winds.

 

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said:

yes thats still on the calendar  ....when ????

Pete

I don't know. 

The government have not mentioned Gearboxes once during this whole crisis.

Such an omission!

I suppose it's up to you really. When you are happy to have a visitor i'll pop up.

 

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32 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said:

if its a mike papworth 4 sync  box its going to be far better than many out there .all the gears and synchros are usable 

all the internals are exactly the same as any 4syn   3 rail  box but does need the main shaft swapping for your OD one , easy  enough.

there may be  a MP 18mm mainshaft spigot  upgrade ???  no idea  , doesnt say  ,   that would be good but no use in your orig  OD  box  .

Pete

 

 

Looks like sticking with a trip to sunny luton is still on then. 

It would have been a shame to miss out on that anyway. 

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39 minutes ago, dougbgt6 said:

Except you had already looked in the box and still weren’t sure! 😳

Doug

I was going to say Schrödinger’s poosum. But that's playing dead not alive?

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3 minutes ago, johny said:

Yes gearbox repair is really satisfying, well it is if it works afterwards🤔

I was immensely proud of my remote repair until I found out it hadn’t fixed the thing! 
I’m sure there’s something Schrödinger’s cat about that. 
( And yes I had to google that)

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1 minute ago, johny said:

It could be used with your overdrive but it's a major job. Also bit pricey for a non 2L box with no guarantees....

Yeah. I’ll stick to plan A of getting my box up to Pete.

It’ll be fun anyway! And I get to keep the original box, which is nice.

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I’ve just found out it’s Non Overdrive.

That’s a shame.

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There’s this that I’ve just seen on Facebook would this be a good idea instead of repairing mine? 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/116689651680167/permalink/3691742260841537/