Practically Classics Forum

having got a shell out there is no obvious marks on the shell and as far as I know the crank has not been reground. shells are packaged at 0 - +40 going up in 10s I assume thats for ground cranks. How can one tell the shells to pick?

cheers

lee

thanks mate...my knowledge is increasing daily ...cheers

Hi there Harvey I thought about doing the shells as well and ordered a new set of them. makes sense to do that as a matter of course while I am under the car. I assume that I should remove a shell to see if they are +10, +20 which I assume is marked on them. I did not know about the seal size though...

cheers Harvey !! its a fool who does not seek help when he is not an expert in a particular field and also consults when he is not sure saves lots of damage and swearing. so I will start with the usual run though of the procedure obviously I have now dropped off the sump so I can get at the seal. I ...

anyone ever used a finger tool to remove seals with the crank still in place?

cheers

lee

Hi there JPB

well its the difference between need and want I guess. If I had the room I would think about it but I will stick to getting my old girl running properly. I hope to be adjusting cables and sorting out seals tomorrow...

best regards

lee

Hi there Harvey I will disconnect the kick down cable at the weekend and see if that has an effect. I set the idle to 700 revs this evening when I was around my dads. I will get my dad to disconnect it in the morning and make sure it is retracting fully before doing and engagement test. (will warn n...

Hi guys well we have disaster!!!......to explain.....firstly after all the work with the drive the gear box has redeveloped a nasty clunk again so much so that the car is moving slightly forward upon engage....... I'm a little perplexed now as it was fine for a small while now doing the clunk again,...

any one know a good source of door seals Im being quoted 115 quid for seals!!

cheers

lee

hi there Harvey I am thinking it was driver error as when I backed the car out it was smooth and I was using low revs. however I think I used a bit to much some time later and dropped the brake a bit to quickly. It was more like a surge forward. the engage was very smooth and the car did not clunk l...