Recent content by Milo

Now the cars on the road after the local machine shop shaved the plates down to 1.3mm and all is running fine now. Admittedly would have been a bit cheaper to order from Fatsco even with customs and post but was nice to support the old skool machine shop down the road as there aren't many left now.

So i eventually got the car back on the road and runs good on the Eurol ATF 33 F/G , the oil doesn't get as hot as the Dexron did , 10℃ lower temp. Fitted a slightly thicker gasket (0.85 as opposed to the 0.50 ) on the rear housing with a smear of paper gasket sealant on it and no leaks so far.

I have meticulously prepped and fitted a new gasket twice now on the rear housing but still get drips from it so as i have the trans out i am going to have yet another go at it although design wise i think it would have benefitted from and extra bolt at the bottom but is anyone using a paper...

I think 1.3 is just rounded off from 1.3462 as Fatsco list standard as .068" and under size as .053" and JPAT list them as 1.7mm and 1.3mm . I assume the BW35 was made using the imperial system. I took the plates to my local machine shop and he said he could shave the 4 plates down converting to...

Turns out the clutch housing i bought was stocked as a standard one using .068" steel plates but after careful measurements i have confirmed the housing is for .053" steel plates as from the snap ring slot to the pressure plate there is a difference of .060" between the two housings. I thought a...

I got it confirmed today that the front clutch housing i bought uses the same clutch pack as the one it replaced, It turns easily with pliers on the spline so only lightly binding.

The only thing i changed was the clutch hub which is slightly different, measuring inside from the clip groove to the bottom the old hub is 0.25mm longer and after fitting the plates i have to push down to get the clip on but not with any great effort. Would driving it bed it in or is this...

Is there anything that can be done for a dragging clutch ? Makes sense that this is the problem as nothing else has been changed but as i am using a slightly later model clutch hub would this be the cause as if i bought a new set of clutch plates for a later BW35 they would be the same wouldn't...

I overhauled my BW35 (did work but was noisy and in a poor state) over a year ago and it ran fine apart from after the first week it wouldn't go in reverse after a long drive in the summer so i left it to cool down then it worked ok and i later readjusted the brake band and it never occurred...