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Good job , another one saved.

Land

Sorry to but in but how tight should the cable at gearbox be.
Stevie.

Guys it’s screws into distributor then mounted on stat housing stud and carries on down to carb. Thanks.
Stevie
Mercmancdi

Rough

Thank you guys really appreciate your opinions, I have ordered all new linkage / springs etc anti rattle kit and ordered a Borg & beck clutch kit and got a engine hoist so lifting engine out as new water pump to go on , thermostat and new cover , all new hoses etc also putting new universal join...

You can easily replace the bushes and springs on the gear lever and this should remove some of the slop from the gear change. ESM and Moss both sell all the part in an anti-rattle kit. It is certainly possible to drop the gearbox under the car and to leave the engine in place. Removing the transmis...

Big question can a novice mechanic fit one of these kits them selves without needing a bearing press etc it MG Midget / Morris Minor 1098 / 1275 Gearbox Bearing Overhaul Rebuild Repair Kit Item contains The item contents consist of 1x Input Shaft Bearing, 1x Main Shaft Front Bearing, 1x Main Shaft R...

Application

Thanks guys. Will leave it off as putting temp gauge in from the stud blank under stat . It went nowhere and was just held on by
stat housing stud.
Mercmancdi.
Stevie G

Mounted on top of thermostat housing is a small copper / brass barrel with pipe coming off for few inches with the end bent over but see where this is meant to go or attach to. Thanks.
Mercmancdi.
Stevie G

Thank you philthehill / Yea see what you mean at moment after checking there's no real play in clutch pedal in car yet clutch pedal is quite low to floor so I suppose it’s gear box out the best I can do on my own is replace clutch , pressure plate and thrust bearing , would not know much about worki...

Can I ask if cars been sitting about and thrust bearing is noisy would it do any harm to put a spray of the likes of wd40 up in where the arm goes into the box to see if it helped.
Thank you
Stevie G

Bill_qaz wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 9:50 pm Try looking this video for clutch adjustment section
https://youtu.be/ScloEDuLI_w?si=61EziEgOz6DCgjyH

Thank you Bill very useful

Thank you very useful.
Stevie G

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I have got a 1970 traveller I am repairing , the thrust bearing is very very noisy I can get the gears ok but they are a bit flabby but when car is moving I can change gears ok carefully, anyway I can tell ifs it’s the clutch and thrust bearing or is it a bad gearbox , don’t want to fit new clutch e...

Hi can I get help how do I contact moderator to change my user name from my email address to Mercmancdi.
Thank you.
stevie25@me.com