Dick Axtell
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 posted on 25/10/13 at 02:43 PM |
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Post - IVA Niggles!
Have been on the road a few times, now I'm "street-legal", and fully registered. Now even more concious of the stiff back end. Car
off road, to remove rear coil-overs, removed the springs in prep for new ones.
Now, when my car was sitting in the lock-up, there were no oil leaks, not even from my ancient Xflow 1600. The sump has been bashed, ever so slightly,
in getting the car to and from the VOSA test station (twice!). Yet still no leaks - great!
After a couple of 10-mile road trips, now the sump leaks!! This is not good. Moreover, as I had suspected, from my speedo failure, the 90deg adaptor
has popped out from the gearbox drive, leading to another potential leak point! What is worse, the gearbox will have to be extracted, in order to
endure that this adaptor is securely replaced.
SWMBO has adopted the "now you've finished your car....." approach, so dodging off to the lock-up isn't quite so easy. Looks
like it'll be an "engine out" job, just to deal with the gearbox prob, unless it can be fixed from underneath. Might search for
somewhere with a hoist.
Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!
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loggyboy
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| posted on 25/10/13 at 02:54 PM |
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TRy undoing the gearbox mount and using a trolley jack to angle it back, might give you a few extra cms to work with.
Sump leak is likely to have been enduced by a few heat cycles that caused it to shrick and contract. Add some flexible gasket sealent to the
cork/rubber if thats what you have at the moment.
Mistral Motorsport
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 25/10/13 at 03:10 PM |
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I cut a nice big hole in the tunnel over the gearbox outlet, and pop-riveted a neat aluminium panel over it. In my case, I had made an electronic
sender for my speedo that went through a phase of coming unglued at random times, so it had to come out and get fixed several times - and it
wasn't as easy to fit as a cable.
As for the leak - welcome to the world of x-flows! 
I took advice from 'rusty nuts' and fitted a competition sump gasket with a smear of non-setting goo. No leaks since (he says, touching
wood frantically).
[Edited on 25/10/13 by David Jenkins]
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ashg
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| posted on 25/10/13 at 07:20 PM |
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There is an easy way to cure the swambo issue. She moaned that we didn't spend enough time together when I was building the car. When it was
finished I made an extra effort to spend time together. We spoke over hollyoaks EastEnders corri and lots of books and other TV shows. She
eventually gave in and said can't I build another car, jokingly, so I did :-)
Anything With Tits or Wheels Will cost you MONEY!!
Haynes Roadster (Finished)
Exocet (Finished & Sold)
New Project (Started)
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Dick Axtell
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| posted on 25/10/13 at 07:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
As for the leak - welcome to the world of x-flows!
Yeeeeeah!! Thanks for that, David.
quote:
I took advice from 'rusty nuts' and fitted a competition sump gasket with a smear of non-setting goo. No leaks since (he says,
touching wood frantically).[Edited on 25/10/13 by David Jenkins]
Competition sump gasket?? Burton-Power.com maybe??
Ashg - nice move!!! Will have to see how this issue can be resolved. Could encourage SWMBO to spend a few more days out with her buddies.
[Edited on 25/10/13 by Dick Axtell]
Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 25/10/13 at 08:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dick Axtell
Competition sump gasket?? Burton-Power.com maybe??
I used this one... it's noticeably thicker than the standard cork jobbie.
Linky
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Dick Axtell
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| posted on 25/10/13 at 09:06 PM |
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David,
Thanks for this pointer.
Work-in-Progress: Changed to Zetec + T9. Still trying!!
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