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Jul 02, 2015 8:18 am
Jul 02, 2015 8:18 am
Subject: Re: 2ltr clutch
Done ! last Saturday and Sunday all went back in. Every muscle was hurting afterwards. The clutch pack (see picture) that has to be moved in while working under the dashboard weighs 23kg! It has to be put in as one pack and it only worked by lifting the rear side of the engine by more than an inch.
Relining of the plates had been done by Midland Brakes, total cost 80 GBP for the two plates (linings included, they provided them). Somehow they managed to put one of the linings on the wrong side despite they were doing 2 other 2ltr clutches at the same time. So one more shipment back and forth but they did a good job at a very reasonable price.
Why it took 2 days to mount it? next time I will be faster and when you creep in and under your car you find always several other things that should be fixed or improved. I must say I really love the mechanics of the 2ltr, still vintage design. At least as an engineer this is most delightful, much more fun than working on later cars for me.
I did not put shims to the clutch springs. In the end I thought it should be enough with new springs and also was recommended this by a Club friend.
I lifted the engine 2-3mm by putting additional rubber under the mountings, because the pushrod to the clutch brake was fouling the brake cross bar (see picture clutch adjustments).
Yesterday I did the test drive, seems all ok. I will probably check again for the settings of clutch ejector, clutch brake and may be even alignment of the engine to the gearbox after a short while. This alignment is important because if it is not good, there may be some tilting of the clutch plate when disingaged.
See also attached drawing of clutch and clutch ejector.
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Done ! last Saturday and Sunday all went back in. Every muscle was hurting afterwards. The clutch pack (see picture) that has to be moved in while working under the dashboard weighs 23kg! It has to be put in as one pack and it only worked by lifting the rear side of the engine by more than an inch.
Relining of the plates had been done by Midland Brakes, total cost 80 GBP for the two plates (linings included, they provided them). Somehow they managed to put one of the linings on the wrong side despite they were doing 2 other 2ltr clutches at the same time. So one more shipment back and forth but they did a good job at a very reasonable price.
Why it took 2 days to mount it? next time I will be faster and when you creep in and under your car you find always several other things that should be fixed or improved. I must say I really love the mechanics of the 2ltr, still vintage design. At least as an engineer this is most delightful, much more fun than working on later cars for me.
I did not put shims to the clutch springs. In the end I thought it should be enough with new springs and also was recommended this by a Club friend.
I lifted the engine 2-3mm by putting additional rubber under the mountings, because the pushrod to the clutch brake was fouling the brake cross bar (see picture clutch adjustments).
Yesterday I did the test drive, seems all ok. I will probably check again for the settings of clutch ejector, clutch brake and may be even alignment of the engine to the gearbox after a short while. This alignment is important because if it is not good, there may be some tilting of the clutch plate when disingaged.
See also attached drawing of clutch and clutch ejector.
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