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Small steel tube. Approx 1" long 1/4" diameter
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:17 pm
by Jordi
Said small piece fell out when the gear box hit me. Any ideas?
Will try n get a photo up. Im thinkings its either some sort of bush or spacer. Possibly for a bolt or something
Jordi
Re: Small steel tube. Approx 1" long 1/4" diameter
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:27 pm
by trotter
one of the top dowels that aids mating gearbox to engine poss
Re: Small steel tube. Approx 1" long 1/4" diameter
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:59 pm
by Edweird
trotter wrote:one of the top dowels that aids mating gearbox to engine poss
I thought the same. Where the bell housing bolts to the block some of the bolt holes have these 'dowels', basically a short bit of tube that locates the gearbox on the engine then a bolt goes through the middle of it.
Re: Small steel tube. Approx 1" long 1/4" diameter
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:07 pm
by Darrell
Like this ??????????
Re: Small steel tube. Approx 1" long 1/4" diameter
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:22 pm
by Jordi
Just like that
Re: Small steel tube. Approx 1" long 1/4" diameter
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:58 pm
by Darrell
- justlikethat.jpg (21.61 KiB) Viewed 5261 times
As said gearbox location dowels
Re: Small steel tube. Approx 1" long 1/4" diameter
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 7:28 pm
by Jordi
Cheers for all the help chaps. I was too busy tryin not to get covered in gearbox oil or hit by it as it dislodged to care what it was. Then i wondered how important is it?
Jordi