That right all gears found, just had a small vacation ! Well i was right the casting was out of position thats now fixed the welding is nearly finished. A coat of black paint will be next.
So that brings the first mod to a close, a good tidy up of all my tools is in order I will then take some pictures of all the mods as i take the box apart for the final time. Yippe. That will be this weekend. I will also put it back together make sure all parts are clean i will pre lubricate the gears with a little oil before sealing the box for good.
There is one small matter to attend to when it's apart, a oil gallery has to be drilled from the selector housing into output shaft gallery as i have removed the oil seal on the selector shaft. This will allow a small of oil past it and that has to go somewhere. Now i cannot guarantee that that selector chamber is oil tight so i will have to seal over the welding i have done to make sure it is leak tight.
Next
I have finished the drawing for the adapter plate and will shortly be ordering the material getting the long abandoned lathe tools out of my toolbox in readiness for the take of turning the main adapter. This may have to wait for another payday we'll see.
So next month i will trial fit everything in the car sort the gearbox mount out. I will then pull the whole lot so that i can get the sump off the engine to baffle it and fit the spacer ring on the exhaust for my O2 sensor.
The gearbox is now finished the picture shows the ford gearbox and the original triumph box below.
So that brings the first mod to a close, a good tidy up of all my tools is in order I will then take some pictures of all the mods as i take the box apart for the final time. Yippe. That will be this weekend. I will also put it back together make sure all parts are clean i will pre lubricate the gears with a little oil before sealing the box for good.
There is one small matter to attend to when it's apart, a oil gallery has to be drilled from the selector housing into output shaft gallery as i have removed the oil seal on the selector shaft. This will allow a small of oil past it and that has to go somewhere. Now i cannot guarantee that that selector chamber is oil tight so i will have to seal over the welding i have done to make sure it is leak tight.
Next
I have finished the drawing for the adapter plate and will shortly be ordering the material getting the long abandoned lathe tools out of my toolbox in readiness for the take of turning the main adapter. This may have to wait for another payday we'll see.
So next month i will trial fit everything in the car sort the gearbox mount out. I will then pull the whole lot so that i can get the sump off the engine to baffle it and fit the spacer ring on the exhaust for my O2 sensor.
The gearbox is now finished the picture shows the ford gearbox and the original triumph box below.
1 comment:
Hi Nigel
Just found your blog and it looks a good design of adapter plate.
Don't know if youve seen the following site it shows a good picture of the Frontline plate with integral clutch slave mount.It looks like you'd need to grind away some of the bellhousing though.
http://www.justdrive.ca/gt6/josh/5speed.html
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