um,

oops!

I got mixed up and confused 0.05" as 5 thou! You know like 0.01" is 10 thou!! I don't think I counted the decimal places.

Cheers
Matt

I`ll let you off this time,,,

you had me there for a while tho,,,had to go back & actually read my own posts,

I really do try to type & proof read my posts to make sure i don`t give the wrong info,,,cause it`s all there in black & white & anyone doing something that i wrongly typed, then i`d feel responsible for it,,,

i know we`re only human (well some of us) & we all make mistakes,,,,take my dad for example, he made a big mistake sleeping with my mum that night & look what happened, he made a "Mini Me", now that`s a big mistake!!!

ok,,,i`ll shut up & stop dribbling sh!t now

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Jam

Are the gearbox case and fly wheel housing the original ones or has one been changed?

Steve

you're still comma happy tho,,,,,

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,,,yeah,,,bad,,,habit,,,i`ll,,,correct,,,it one ,,,day i,,,reckon,,,,,,,,,,,



it`s really a speach impediment studder,,,that`s rolled over onto my typing,.,,,,

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

studder ?

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Too many cars, and too little time.

Yes they are. Primary gear may be from another motor though....

at least the teeth are clean

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Verdict is in.......stripped out the clutch and flywheel this morning....

Idler gear is too tight!

Motor out over Xmas......

Maybe I should wack my GT motor in instead???

Would that make it a GTS ?

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Too many cars, and too little time.

Anton
How far have you stripped it ???
Maybe the answer is fairly simple. The shims on either side of the idler gear come in varying thicknesses to cope with vary thickness in the transfer casing.

So how far have you stripped it

Ahhh well mate, live and learn. Next time you will know. So whats the plan? stick it back together and play with it round xmas or go the GT. well my choice would be go the GT!

Cheers

Aaron

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Yep they do, but to swap them the motor needs to come out. He's just jacked it up, & pulled the flywheel off.

He's tickling a few other things at Xmas whilst it's out.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

yea I will probably just pull it out come xmas holidays and fix the idler, plus a couple of other things that you do while your motor is out