Dickyboy
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| posted on 2/7/12 at 10:05 AM |
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Disaster (BL Mini)
Just moving the distributor drive round and it fell back deep into the gearbox, Aaaaaaagh, cant see it with an inspection mirror, nothing with a
strong magnet on a wand, so engine out again after just rebuilding, unless someone out there has a good idea, Please!!!!!!
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owelly
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| posted on 2/7/12 at 10:13 AM |
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Muh? Was there no camshaft to stop it? Or an engine block?
[Edited on 2/7/12 by owelly]
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Macbeast
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| posted on 2/7/12 at 11:45 AM |
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A mini ? get a couple of mates round, urn it upside down and shake 
I'm addicted to brake fluid, but I can stop anytime.
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 2/7/12 at 12:24 PM |
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This is what small children were invented for.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 2/7/12 at 12:59 PM |
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A friend and I did exactly the same thing many years ago. We had been working through the night to get his engine rebuilt and back in the car so it
was a soul destroying moment when there was an "Oh bugger" shortly followed by a "clink" as the distributor drive fell into
the depths of the gearbox.
We spent a long time trying to get the drive out with magnets etc. and failed. I think we eventually managed to get it out by unbolting the speedo
drive from the end of the gearbox and getting a magnet on a stick in from that end, but this was a good 20+ years ago.
quote:
Originally posted by owelly
Muh? Was there no camshaft to stop it? Or an engine block?
It's possible to put it in at an angle so the end of the drive misses the hole it should sit in and then the whole lot can fall into the
gearbox. This is the point at which you wish you had screwed a long 5/16" unf bolt into the end of the drive...
[Edited on 2/7/12 by MikeRJ]
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stevegough
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| posted on 2/7/12 at 01:46 PM |
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Sounds like a job for.......
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Luego Locost C20XE.
Build start: October 6th 2008.
IVA passed Jan 28th 2011.
First drive Feb 10th 2011.
First show: Stoneleigh 1st/2nd May 2011.
'Used up' first engine may 3rd 2011!
Back on the road with 2nd engine may 24th
First PASA mad drive 26/7/11
Sold to Mike in Methyr Tydvil 19/03/14
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minitici
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| posted on 2/7/12 at 02:01 PM |
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I did that with the Mini engine in the GTM 
Afraid it was an engine out and split from gearbox job to retrieve the drive.....
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DIY Si
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| posted on 2/7/12 at 02:07 PM |
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That's exactly what the rocker studs are there to prevent! Screw one into the dizzy drive and it can't drop in. Unfortunately your choices
are either spend ages faffing about with a magnet, which is unlikely to work, or bite the bullet and take it apart.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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Dusty
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| posted on 2/7/12 at 03:34 PM |
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I did the same 30 years ago at the end of a long hard day. Had refitted the engine/box and was just turning the crank to line up the slot in the dizzy
drive. I watched the drive turn as TDC came round, didn't notice it was rising out of its hole and just before tdc there was a wobble and it
disappeared into the bowels of the gearbox. I still remember the emotional crash which took one second to register that I was not about to complete
the rebuild but had actually just booked the next day to do the whole job again.
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AntonUK
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| posted on 2/7/12 at 07:22 PM |
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been there done that... and best (easiest) option was to remove the engine and split... half day job is your prepared and know you way round the
mini.
Also seen the damage done by not getting it out... Its a common cock up that people remove the dizzy for a mapped ignition conversion but forget the
drive shaft... thankfully I've never done it myself...
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