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Puzzled

posted on 8/1/10 at 09:18 PM Reply With Quote
5speed gearbox HELP

Got myself a 5 speed gearbox from a scrappie. ( Doing a conversion on a 1960 MGA). Took inspection plate off and it looks in good nick. Got a refurb kit ( oilseals and gasketts)and started to strip it down. Took off the 5th gear locking plate, to discover that the spring and pin were missing. Thought to myself "Problem".

Took it back and the guy (fair play ) changed it for another one.
Took this one home, took off the inspection plate and it looks immaculate, no wear on cogs etc. started to strip it down. Took the plate off the side to remove the locking spring and pin----- guess what --- no spring or pin!!!!.

Am I missing something????

Should these parts be in the box?. If these bits are not there will it effect the smooth workings, and what would YOU do ???

Dont know anything about these things, help would be much appreciated

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Steve G

posted on 8/1/10 at 09:53 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Puzzled

Am I missing something????



A spring and a pin maybe?? :

Have you got the Manual with a full breakdown of the gearbox at all?? Its not that often that these boxes come apart so seems too much of a coincidence that they werent there on either box.

Next port of call for me would be a Ford dealer to see if you can identify the part on their system's exploded diagram. I've always found Ford very cheap and efficient for spare parts.

[Edited on 8/1/10 by Steve G]

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stevec

posted on 8/1/10 at 09:58 PM Reply With Quote
If you mean the long plate with 2x 8mm bolts holding it on, there is nothing in there to remove.
The spring and pin is behind the hexagon grub screw in the top left of the main case.
Steve.



[Edited on 9/1/10 by stevec]

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MakeEverything

posted on 9/1/10 at 02:01 PM Reply With Quote
http://pdfdatabase.com/index.php?q=ford+type+9+gearbox+manual

Download the manual here.

I thought i had one somewhere. Might be on another computer





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Richard.

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coozer

posted on 9/1/10 at 04:21 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by MakeEverything
http://pdfdatabase.com/index.php?q=ford+type+9+gearbox+manual

Download the manual here.

I thought i had one somewhere. Might be on another computer


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Puzzled

posted on 9/1/10 at 05:36 PM Reply With Quote
5 speed gearbox

Thanks for the help men. Started early this morning, stripped it all down, renewed gasketts,oilseals etc. When I put it back together there were no nuts or bolts left over. RESULT !!!!.
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