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Dec 16, 2007 10:46 pm
Dec 16, 2007 10:46 pm
Subject: Re: 2L clutch
Yes, and No ! Despite all you say about the 2 litre (and I should know, I've had mine for almost 50 years) not evey bit of the design is perfect and the clutch stop is a case in point. In fact it is a very poor piece of design. If you are not going to embarrass your self and hold up other traffic it is sometimes necessary to achieve a quick upward change. An improved clutch stop (see magazine 200) works wonders, replaces the existing with no other modifications, and could easily have been made in the 30's - if the factory had given some attention to it. I fully respect the "keep it as it was" brigade but in my view some "in period" modifications are fully justified.
Yes, and No ! Despite all you say about the 2 litre (and I should know, I've had mine for almost 50 years) not evey bit of the design is perfect and the clutch stop is a case in point. In fact it is a very poor piece of design. If you are not going to embarrass your self and hold up other traffic it is sometimes necessary to achieve a quick upward change. An improved clutch stop (see magazine 200) works wonders, replaces the existing with no other modifications, and could easily have been made in the 30's - if the factory had given some attention to it. I fully respect the "keep it as it was" brigade but in my view some "in period" modifications are fully justified.