Thanks to malc though it's cost me less than £500 to get a whole new gear set, selector forks, new TRT prop (and mine
wasn't before) and reseal the engine. Just got to see if it works now.
Hi All
Went outside today to work on a small gasket issue on the exhaust, and some how, I've now gone to an engine out and new sump needed
see thread http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=110758&page=1#pid924411
How many times has this happened to you?
many thanks
Sounds a bit like me and my car. It's always had a slight knock, which I put down to being a BEC. One day it started to get worse, and I started
getting more false neutrals. Then I realised it was 4th gear going south. Only thing is it went away fully on a run out to a TVR meet, and I was
already 45 miles from home. Decided to carry on, and made it nearly all the way home just missing 4th. Got 3 miles from home when all the drive went.
I assumed a bit of 4th gear had jammed the clutch. Turns out the prop centre joint had stripped ALL it's splines out. So now I had no 4th and
needed a new prop. Thanks to malc though it's cost me less than £500 to get a whole new gear set, selector forks, new TRT prop (and mine
wasn't before) and reseal the engine. Just got to see if it works now.
just the excuse to give the misses as to why you are about to spend several hundred pounds on a dry sump system 
sounds familiar...went out today to try fixing dads car, ended up wiring in the fan, cutting some new vents in the bonnet and putting in a wee
deflector...
good luck fixing it up
Does your dad wee on the car often then to need a deflector?
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Originally posted by A1
putting in a wee deflector...
You will be old one day!
A1 - 12/4/09 at 04:00 PMnooo! a 'wee' as in small deflector...although its actually kinda big
haha!