| Title: | Cars in the UK |
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| Moderator: | COMICS::SHELLEY ELD |
| Created: | Sun Mar 06 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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I own a 1967 AH Sprite Mk IV (1275cc) and I have just completed a
5-year bare metal restoration. In have had various mechanical problems
and have usually found a solution here in the cars notes conf.
So heres my latest problem:
The gearbox is losing oil, both from the front (theres no front seal
on theses type of gearboxes!!) and from the rear (i fitted a new seal
here 1 month ago) I had this problem with another AH Sprite I owned.
Has anyone out there experienced this???
Since theres no seal at the front what is supposed to stop the oil
coming out??
All suggestions welcome
Brian.
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| 2270.1 | PLAYER::BROWNL | A-mazed on the info Highway! | Fri Jun 10 1994 10:36 | 4 | |
Can't help on the rear, but re: the front; are you sure it's not
leaking from the rear of the crank? It's a common fault on these cars.
Laurie.
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| 2270.2 | Good old BL | PAKORA::BHAILE | Mon Jun 13 1994 05:40 | 9 | |
May be miles off here but on my old mk3 spitfire there used to be a
thrower disk at the inside front of the gearbox. The theory is that
when you are stationary the oil level is below the aperture at the
front and can't leak. When you are moving the disc rotates and
although the oil is sloshed about it is thrown away from the aperture
by the disc. Good old BL didn't consider what happens when you park on
a downward facing slope. I know... I had to replace my oil fouled
clutch.... Are you parking facing down hill by any chance?
brian
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| 2270.3 | NO not crank ... fortunately | ESSB::DOODY | Mon Jun 13 1994 10:50 | 17 | |
re -2 Luckily It's not leaking from g'box end of crank - But I've had
That problem so bad it used to dump all the oil on the ground
If you drove anyway fast. (When you stopped a huge oil puddle
would appear from the bellhousing - apparently the cure is to drill
out the oil return holes) When I started driving this car I left the
old oil in the sump for a few days, it was then I noticed the clean oil
leaking through the bell housing spilt pin.
re - 1 I think you may be correct about the front oil 'seal' at the
rere theres a rubber seal into which the driveshaft fits, the splined
gearbox 3rd motion shaft? starts out in a big bearing and runs through
a long phosphor-bronze bushing - there is some play in this shaft
so maybe thats where my problems lie...
cheers,
brian
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