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Kidneb
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Plenty of good advice and suggestions here, but there's one thing I don't see mentioned; Plates are oily you say, that could very well indicate leaking clutch pushrod seals. That would allow gearbox oil to migrate right into the heart of the clutch. You could of course be experiencing multiple leaks on the old girl ! Why did you take it apart, slipping clutch,- dripping oil ? |
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Mike H
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He says (in OP) to replace crankshaft seal. Normally not easy for oil to get into the plates from there, but this is a fancy lightened clutch, so who knows; even so you still may have a point. |
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GuzziPaul
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Yes, I think that may be it, it does look a bit oily round there and the bottom jubilee clip was loose. I've ordered an o-ring to slip in there as well as a new gasket for the breather which I also think is leaking.
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GuzziPaul
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The central bearing carrier area is dry and clean so I don't think it's coming from the crankshaft seal. The central area of the clutch is also dry so don't think its coming from the gearbox. The clutch wasn't slipping, it was (mostly) the oil at the back of the engine, on the stand etc. I've also identified that the UJ boot was split and that "may" have explained some of the oil in the area outside but not at the bottom and right of the bellhouse. I cleaned it up last night and I'll give it another long hard look tonight.
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swede
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I had mine like that and it turned out to be melting waxoyl, that I had sprayed on the engine (for an Elephant rally) finding it's way down, into the clutch housing, from up between the V. Presumably, an oil leak would do similar? When you put it back, I cut 2 pieces of hardboard, the length to fit across the centre plate splined holes in the middle, and made them interlock by cutting a slot half way across their centres so the two interlocking pieces made a cross which fitted though the splined centres of the two plates and kept the plates lined up. Hope that makes sense! Use longer bolts to start pulling the ring gear plate in untill the original screws reach. Note the painted mark on the flywheel and crank centre or your timing marks will be wrong on the rim.
There is a mark, also (indent, not paint) on the plain centre plate teeth to flywheel inner splines. My flywheel centre screws have been ok not replaced but toque them correctly and loc-tite them (154000 miles so far) I super glued the springs into the recesses in the back of the plain centre plate as the springs can not locate into them and it makes getting the plates and things back together easier with only 2 hands. I use a smear of high content moly-grease on the moving parts. ( get it on ebay) I hope that all helps, I've done it a few times so it's what I've evolved by trial and error and by being a mechanic for over half a century.
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swede in the shed
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simonnorthroad
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Yes Ill second putting sealant or better JB-Weld round the circular camshaft-tunnel 'coreplug' rim, at the top of your picture.
Mine popped-out of place in Normandy en-route to Dijon under routine crankcase pressure and belched all its oil everywhere = game over
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swede
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I don't think clutch push rod seai an option. it will leak into that centre piece that the push rod pushes forward and, on your picture, that looks dusty dry.
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swede in the shed
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Kidneb
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Yes- you're right of course. I just had the oily plates in mind and forgot to look at the picture.
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GuzziPaul
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Think the leak is a combination of the opening for the top of the two breathers and the brether feed, so ordered a new gasket.
Going to use the clutch hub centre to line the plates up, managed to find the centre bolt from the last "special tool" I made 34 years ago for my first Le Mans. Had to make my own special tools to get the centre nut off. Is the hub centre threaded on because I'm have no look getting it off )I have removed the washer. |
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Mike H
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If you can/have ascertained it is engine oil. I just remembered, in the factory workshop manual it says, bearing in mind it is translated from Italian, "if the oil smells bad then it is from the gearbox" |
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GuzziPaul
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Trying to find the torque settings for the 6 flywheel/crank bolts. I've got this http://www.thisoldtractor.com/mg_manuals/torque_specs.pdf but can't identify the appropriate component bolt. I've got my Loctite ready, new HT bots and a choice of three torque wrenches. Just no idea how much "grunt" to give them.
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Chris950s
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My workshop manual (which covers G5. Le Mans II, 1000 SP and T3) gives "Bolt, flywheel to crankshaft 4,2 kgm (30 ft/lb)"
I hope this helps
Edited by Chris950s - 15 Dec 2018 at 12:38 |
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Chris and Karen - Essex
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GuzziPaul
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Found it eventually. Only to realise the new HT bolts I ordered from my usual place are the wrong pitch 1.0 rather than 1.25. So that this weekends plan out the window.
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GuzziPaul
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What pitch is the internal thread at the end of the crank so I can pre-compress the clutch? It's M12 but not !.25 pitch
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sardineone
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The pitch on my 86' Lemans is 1.5 and I'd be surprised if yours is different. I made my own pressure plate compression tool with a M12 1.5 pitch bolt.
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George
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