Hi all,
My wife's ex-military S3 has developed a bit of a problem over the years. It's smoking, rattling under the bonnet (engine low end) and leaking left, right and centre. We've been lucky enough, years back I must add, to be able to buy a fully refurb'ed 2.25 engine for only a minor dent in our pockets. Thus my intention is to swap the engines so the wifie can continue truckin'. It is a military 8:1 unit, with a 237 prefix and an A suffix. It has the older mushroom engine breather in stead of the anti-pollution stuff that's on any regular S3 engine, it has a S2a head (with the 'sloping' thermostat housing) and a 9" clutch pressure plate (the one without the slats) so we're guessing it's a S2a unit.
My question to you is whether I can fit this engine to the current S3 gearbox, which still is in excellent condition. As far as I can see there are two pins sticking into the pressure plate of the recon engine now, where I think the S3 has three pins to hold it in place. Can I take the pins on the recon engine out and simply (...) put a 9.5" clutch plate, pressure plate and bearing on, or do I need some sort of adaptor for this? I know there are S2a's with half-synchro boxes around, which probably have 9.5 clutch plates, so it should somehow be possible, I guess. Or am I (very) wrong?
We're on a shoestring budget, so I would hate to have to buy a half-synchro 'box, especially since the current S3 full-synchro with a Fairey overdrive is working perfectly fine.
Anyone with any experience who might wish to share it? Thanks in advance!
Bommel in France
My wife's ex-military S3 has developed a bit of a problem over the years. It's smoking, rattling under the bonnet (engine low end) and leaking left, right and centre. We've been lucky enough, years back I must add, to be able to buy a fully refurb'ed 2.25 engine for only a minor dent in our pockets. Thus my intention is to swap the engines so the wifie can continue truckin'. It is a military 8:1 unit, with a 237 prefix and an A suffix. It has the older mushroom engine breather in stead of the anti-pollution stuff that's on any regular S3 engine, it has a S2a head (with the 'sloping' thermostat housing) and a 9" clutch pressure plate (the one without the slats) so we're guessing it's a S2a unit.
My question to you is whether I can fit this engine to the current S3 gearbox, which still is in excellent condition. As far as I can see there are two pins sticking into the pressure plate of the recon engine now, where I think the S3 has three pins to hold it in place. Can I take the pins on the recon engine out and simply (...) put a 9.5" clutch plate, pressure plate and bearing on, or do I need some sort of adaptor for this? I know there are S2a's with half-synchro boxes around, which probably have 9.5 clutch plates, so it should somehow be possible, I guess. Or am I (very) wrong?
We're on a shoestring budget, so I would hate to have to buy a half-synchro 'box, especially since the current S3 full-synchro with a Fairey overdrive is working perfectly fine.
Anyone with any experience who might wish to share it? Thanks in advance!
Bommel in France
