last couple of questions at end of rebuild

malpaslane · 05-23-2010, 12:47 AM

Hi All, well i,ve just fitted my engine back in my car after my rebuild and i have acouple of questions about the air hoses and the clutch lever,
first the air hoses, i,ve fitted the right hand side from the blower across the engine and down though the tin ware to the heat exchanger, but i can,t work out how the left hand side hoses fits, i know the hose comes from the blower down the tin ware, but i have one connection in the tin ware that i don,t know what fits to it and not sure which one the hose comes though from the blower, see photos.

Next question is about the clutch lever on the trans, i took the lever off of the shaft and it was parallel to the part of the trans where the cable goes though it,but in the 101 projects book and acouple of others photos i,ve seen the lever seems to be at more of an angle going towards the part of the trans where the cable comes though it, is this how it should be?, my clutch worked ok,but the cable seemed very tight, any help would be great.

cheers
Rik

TR · 05-23-2010, 01:07 AM

That picture looks weird, the pipe should simply go from the heat exchanger through that hole in the picture and up to the connection near the fan. where did that ther bit come from with the hose attachment end?

can you send some photos of the clutch lever?

malpaslane · 05-23-2010, 01:33 AM

Hi, that piece of tinware has aways been on the car since i,ve had the car and i,ve had it about 10 years now, i,ve been scratchin my head about how or what fits to it or how the hoses fit, the cars been off the road with the rebuild for about a year, so i,m not to sure about if anything was there or not, i quess it,s been put on by another owner in the pass and it was from a different model.
I,ll take some pics of the clutch lever and post them soon.

many thanks for the help,
cheers
Rik.

TR · 05-23-2010, 01:41 AM

Is that your 2.7 lt car?

TR · 05-23-2010, 01:52 AM

Think it is because you are running backdated exhaust. Isn't that pipe connection for the heat exchangers which connect through to the single inlet muffler. The air hose is in a different place. you can get rid of it with some older engine tinware.

malpaslane · 05-23-2010, 02:08 AM

yeah, ive backdated the exhaust, i think on the old exchanger, the hose came off it and went up though the side tinware, thinking now i don,t think there was anything on the piece at the back, i,ve posted some pics of the clutch lever, looking at the pics my lever is at abit of an angle,but not like in the 101 projects book, but i,d like to know what others think.

TR · 02:26 AM

The clutch lever looks like its set like that because the cable is too short. Are you sure it is the correct cable for the car?

With a longer cable you could take the lever off and set it more parallel with the cast which secures the cable outer sheath.
Note the adjustment rod is nearly all the way back to the bend, doesn't look right to me.

Check our hosts site for cables see if it's different to yours. It might be for the model with the spring helper.

malpaslane · 05-23-2010, 02:26 AM

hi, the cable is the right one for the car, it changed on my year of car and the other cable doesn,t fit, i had that one supplied wrong when i changed it not long before i took the car off the road for the rebuild, it just looks like the lever needs to come around one spline on the shaft, by looking at other pictures i,ve seen, but i want to make sure before doing it.

TR · 05-23-2010, 02:36 AM

one more spline looks right to me too.

Walt Fricke · 05-24-2010, 11:30 PM

I have never liked that style of clutch release lever. I think that sharp bend in the cable is an invitation to premature breakage.

With not much effort you can rework it to accept a shorter cable. Or you can use what you have and just make a spacer out of a bit of small tubing to act like a big pile of washers so you are in your adjustment range.

I made the holes in the square tubing a little bit too close to the groove in the arm, which required some extra widening of holes and filing of the arm end. With a little more care that could be avoided. This worked just fine for me when I needed the simpler style straight arm but didn't have a spare and had to use this kind.

And yes, your arm looks like it is set off by one notch. However, if the clutch pedal does the job as things are, I don't know if you need to fuss with it. You will have a shade less mechanical advantage, but I don't think the angle change is enough to be a bother if you get full disengagement with the pedal some reasonable distance off the floorboard.

Walt

malpaslane · 05-25-2010, 11:16 PM

Thanks both, i,ve had another look at it and think i have it sorted, many thanks for the help.
cheers Rik