CAR SOS- Triumpg Stag

DaveHerns

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What did we think ? They bolted the torque convertor to the engine and then fitted the gearbox which is surely wrong . Was the "Clive" who rebuilt the autobox the same person who is not as good at autoboxes as he thinks?
 
DaveHerns said:
What did we think ? They bolted the torque convertor to the engine and then fitted the gearbox which is surely wrong . Was the "Clive" who rebuilt the autobox the same person who is not as good at autoboxes as he thinks?

Phil P said:
We had the gearbox in and out three times to sort the shift linkage. The torque converter fouled the bell housing something we only found when the engine was fired up. There was a cooling ring on the back of the torque converter that rubbed on a web inside the bell housing. DON'T ask!!


Provided the bellhousing was fitted to the engine as well as the converter, that's the way it should be done. Only problem was they used an early converter with a late bellhousing, so it fouled and they had to take it out again for that, and out again for the linkage, and out again for the linkage some more..... Time will tell as far as the gearbox reconditioner is concerned, but he certainly didn't tell them about the bellhousing problem..... They only had to ask me and I could have told them and saved them some of the bother...
 
harveyp6 said:
Time will tell as far as the gearbox reconditioner is concerned, but he certainly didn't tell them about the bellhousing problem..... They only had to ask me and I could have told them and saved them some of the bother...

Indeed a bit of consultation could save these people a lot of time and bother, perhaps you were down on their phone list as the go to handbrake guru :LOL:


Graeme
 
The state of their gearbox specialists workshop was appauling, rubbish filled garage working on a black and decker jobber covered in old cardboard,

I thought the episode itself was pretty good, I was really impressed with that trick pedal assembly. Also impressed with the finish they got with the vinyl dye, might try some of that on the mg midgets horrid brown interior!
 
Looked to me that they were pulling the box onto the engine by tightening the bellhousing bolts
I may be wrong but don't you have to align the torque convertor to engage the pump drive?
 
DaveHerns said:
Looked to me that they were pulling the box onto the engine by tightening the bellhousing bolts
I may be wrong but don't you have to align the torque convertor to engage the pump drive?

Doesn't sound good. I have to say that I haven't seen it yet, and won't for a week or so, but when I do I'll let you know.
 
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