gearbox oil seal & water pump pulley

Post by **Jefftav** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:34 pm

Hi All,
Is there an oil seal where the propshaft enters on the ford type 9 box as I seem to have a small drip of oil at the back of the gearbox on my Morris.

Also if I change the pulley on the water pump to a small one will this make the water pump more effective or will it not make any difference. Just asking as I have a small one from my 1098 engine and the 1275 has a larger pulley and the thought ran through my head to swap them over.

Thanks, Jeff

Post by **bmcecosse** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:39 pm

I used the smaller pulley on my Mini - and it helped the cooling there Jeff. But the Minor has a much bigger radiator - and it's s ensibly placed in the airstream (unlike Mini) - so I would use the larger pulley and reduce pump and fan revs !

Post by **Jefftav** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:55 pm

Thanks BMC, I have fitted the larger one but I just wondered, cheers for the tips, Jeff

Post by **mike.perry** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:10 pm

If you fit the small pulley you may not have enough adjustment on the dynamo bracket to take up the slack in the fan belt.

Post by **aupickup** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:18 pm

and then use a different fan belt

Post by **mike.perry** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:59 pm

The alternator size belt would do.

Post by **Jefftav** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:05 pm

Hi Guys, would anyone koow about the oil seal on a type 9 gearbox?