08-12-14, 02:09 PM
(08-12-14, 12:23 PM)Dead Eye link Wrote: So... life went bad for the MG over the weekend...
The new gearbox is mostly shot - god damn seller lied about its state...
Here is the damage to the cover surrounding the oil seal for the nearside driveshaft
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After a bit of investigative work on the old box I figured I could just swap over the casings and life would be good. This did not work. I struggled for a bit trying to get the cover off of the old box, eventually resorting to Google where I found that there is a circlip hiding behind a bolt that needs to be released. Did this and off popped the cover with little effort. I proceeded to remove the new box from the car to do the same thing... but no. Not a chance. Fucker won't budge. I've done everything exactly the same as the old box but the cover still only lifts about 20mm and no further.
Stupid circlip...
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Old gearbox
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The real concerns are that there is some not very nice stuff leaking out of the box that happens to include metal filings... a fair few of them... and then, just to add salt to the wound, suddenly I hear tap tap tap tap as a load of ball bearings decide to make a bid for freedom. Looks like the bearing carrier on the offside of the diff has given up on life, which just so happens to be the one I can't even get to without dismantling the entire thing
Then I get a call from the estate agents. They aren't impressed with my vehicular maintenance. So, after all this, I give up. Old box, despite its issues, is going back on. I'll admit that I've made a bodge of this project from start to finish... but you live and learn. I look forward to having a nice 2+ car garage in the future where I have all the space I need, heating, lighting, tools where I can do whatever the foc I want
up against it deadeye :\ .....been there myself a few times....going back many,many,many years when i was your age i had a mk1 escort with v6 3.0 ltr essex engine...one hell of a car.. :lol ....living with my parents and no garage meant working outside,it had a fierce appertite for rear diffs,gearboxes and head gaskets all fixed outside in all weathers,engine was a tight fit so to remove the gearbox that was engine out time,towards the end of my ownership engine in and outs were done in a day with time to spare
.....one car i shouldn`t of sold :'( ...time to walk away for a while matey,things will be easier when you go back......is the estate agent going to let you put it back together ?.........as iam a little :rolleyes [size=78%]older than you,i now have my own garage at the bottom of the garden with light and power,and just about all the tools i need....it makes it a lot easier,no need to tidy up at the end of the day,just close the door untill tomorrow,iam half way through a job on mrs reds car its cold and frosty and wet outside but no problem for me ..........you`ll get there mate [/size]
.........pm to self,stop reading noggys long posts :lol
One, is never going to be enough.....