Assembly by Bruce Abbott.
These photos were sent to me from the Man. I regret not having more photos of the case halves with crank, oil pump, and other related components sitting in place – but I know what’s in there – so I do have some peace of mind. Once we had the heads and cams, Bruce had this long block back together in a week or so.
About the same time, I decided to update the clutch items since I had been staring at the transmission on my shop floor for several weeks!
Check out this clutch fork. Looks like double or triple pass with the welding torch as a previous technician put a lot of metal and a lot of heat in this thing. In this photo, it looks a bit tweaked to me.
New components ordered and installed.
New Sachs clutch kit with aluminum pressure plate
And finally, a new stock flywheel. I had my original one machined, freshened up by a local machine shop for nominal fee. But, when I originally put this entire drivetrain back in COMPLETELY, my attempt to adjust the clutch cable failed! I was perplexed. I knew I had all new components with the exception of the machined flywheel. Perhaps it was now out of spec and too thin? I dunno. Some folks told me no way – it should work, but something was off and the small clutch lever arm would not get into correct position / spacing from Omega spring larger lever arm. Ordered new flywheel from Germany. Dropped engine / trans – broke them apart. Install new flywheel, clutch, etc. Re-install engine / transmission. Clutch works. Needs more adjustment as of Oct 11, but it works.
