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Thank you mate, ill have a go in the morning

Hello again James, The bit i need to get at is the bit where all the gear shifting goes on, the transfer box i think i got covered, its the next 2 sections im looking at the bit with the remote mounting and the real gearbox. once the trans box is off if i pull the next casing off will it...

Right back to the story line,,,,, The gearbox was beaten in to submission and is now lay on my drive with a wood stake through the heart. So to strip is it a case of undo the caseing bolts and pull or are there any booby traps,,,,, once out i did the usuall and turn anything i could get my...

Dont know mate but could ask my great aunt he did do the Hurricane stunt flying in the John Greggson film Angels 2 Zero, and before the war he flew in the Snyder trophy races think he won one,,,, wartime he started out on Hurribacks and went on to Mosquitoes as a night fighter had 5 confirmed...

My g/f lives in Bourne near Stamford, we often see the Lanc and Spit ,,,, mostly week ends, saw a DC3 one day so low you could count the rivets. lol been to Duxford that much i now have to pay counsil tax. ive got a few links with the RAF and Hawker Sydley, My great uncle was a test pilot for...

Seem to remember years ago a guy putting a merlin into a kit car, had to run it on tank mags,, and RR werent happy about him putting an RR grill and badge on it,, to be honest it looked a bit odd, red thing i in grp, but was fast in a straight line

James you did it again,,,,,,,,,, never thought of using the crain, just off to rob the son/laws workshop :D

Never mind the fuel,,,,,, just listen to the music,,,,,,,,,,,all 27ltrs of it,,,, nothing sings like a Merlin well maybe 4 Merlins lol 2 spits or a lanc

James my mate,,,,,,,, well ive made progress,,,,ish already to pop the transfer box off to find 2 bolts with much rounded heads,,,,, think ill need to drop the lot in one ho hum, bugger it for now,,, its a large JD and soak in the bath. Tomorrow will be the big push lol lol ,,,,,,,,,,Same bat...

Cheers Wammers, refitted it to the sensor and wired it tight then lockwired the lot,,, Figners crossed i see some improvment when i got gears again. ps. like the aircraft,,,,,,,,, couldnt build me a Spitfire could you lol C type wing i just love the 20mm cannons

Think i may have have found the gutless prob,,,, under the intake manifold there a braided hose about 10mm dia 3mm bore its just hanging in mid air,,,,, cant see where its come from and will deal with it later,,,,,,,,, is this the much spoken about hose can but hope lol

Cheers matey, biggest prob i have is all my decent tools went with my 110,,, so struggling with the old tatt,,, plus whoever butchered it used a diff nut and bolt on everything,,,, took 3 diff spanner sizes to drop the propshaft,,, lol exhauts bolts one 13mm 2 14mm one 5/16 whitworth...

Could well be mate, just a bit of a struggle on my own but ill get there, times ive helped mates out and where are they when you need um, tell me can the bell housing be split from the clutch housing on the motor,, the smaller i can make each part the more chance i can manage on my todd...

Your right about the box all gears selected fin no crunch, no odd sounds, the prob i think was with the adjusters on the remote and the small bearing pads on the stick the r/h side was very worn and i think giving the wobbley stick,,,, driven careful it was fine but the other evening i had a boy...

Hello Mate, Not sure about other probs other than its very gutless slightest incline and im dropping down 2 even 3 gears to hold 40mph, its not to bad low down but mid range isnt there, comes back in a little above 2,500 but not enough to live with, the best way i can discribe is this, i used...

Well this morning gona try and rip the box out, got a big hammer and a crowbar so im all set........... then its over to Craddocks for a recon box,,,,,,,,, just about had enough of bloody P38s gona fix it and its got to go in favour of another defender, my old 200tdi never missed a beat

Well rain stopped play with the pigeons,,,,,,,,,,, back to the gearbox

Hello James, Without a diagram having trouble keeping up with you ,,, ive sent for a CD so that may make things clearer for me........ well must go got a pigeon problem on some layed wheat,,, little buggers having a birthday lol the old Coggies will fix that, talk to you very soon mate, cant be...

youve lost me now ,,,,,, my idea was to slacken the grub screww and see if i could gently tap it back into place lol i sooooooo dont want to drop the box if i can help it. ps, it was between 5th and reverse i had the probs pps, just had a pumbers camera in the box, couldnt see much but...

Hello mate no nothing has freed up, ive had a look at the bias adjusters, springs not broken but r/h adjuster seems badly worn with a about 30% of its leading edge missing ( enough for the ball to rock about, also ball seats on lever seem badly worn, i think this is enought to give the sloppy...