clutch linkage

Post by **emmerson** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:24 pm

This is a memory test! My mate used to have a minor many many years ago which he insists had a chain in the clutch linkage. Now, I've worked on/owned Minors since 1958, and I don't remember ever seeing anything different to what I've got now, but he is absolutely adamant that there was a short chain in there. Anyone else remember this?

Post by **glyna2006** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 8:56 pm

Never in my yars did I see a chain on the clutch could be someone did away with the rod and used a chain and strong return spring regards glyn

Post by **bigginger** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:48 pm

It was a bodge, if it's true

Post by **Cam** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:28 am

The post-war Morris Minor never had a chain. Even the very early sidevalve cars had a rod linkage.

The next earlier car which had a chain was a Morris 8 Series E. It is of course possible that a Series E gearbox was transplanted into a sidevalve Minor and the linkage modified.

Post by **emmerson** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:35 am

Cam, I think you've cracked it - prior to the Minor, he had an E, and his old memory is playing tricks!!

Post by **Cam** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:20 pm

Happens to the best of us.

Post by **MarkyB** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:09 pm

I like the idea of a chain in the clutch linkage.
As a get you home bodge I used a couple of cable ties to replace a broken rod and the clutch action was much improved.
A piece of chain should give the same flexibility and you could put a plastic tube over it and fill it with grease to protect most of of it from the elements.
If you used a small shackle at the front and a bit of the old rod with thread and nut at the back (with a hook bent in it to attach the chain) you should get the best of all worlds