trialsman
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| posted on 27/7/15 at 01:46 PM |
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Type 3 bell housing to trannmission seal
In the upper part of my bell housing where it mates up to the Type 3 British tranny is a square sided round rubber seal. It lines up with a hole in
the tranny that appears to go into the tranny and just bottoms out. Is this an important seal? It is pretty flat against the bell housing (as opposed
to standing proud) when up against the tranny and I seems useless. Why is it there and is it important to to replace. There are no seals available
here in the US of A like it. I am trying to put it all together and just now noticed it. The recess is too deep to put an "O" ring in.
Russ
[Edited on 7/27/2015 by trialsman]
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Paul Turner
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| posted on 27/7/15 at 01:58 PM |
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All type 2 gearboxes had an integral bellhousing. Which gearbox do you actually have?
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trialsman
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| posted on 27/7/15 at 02:03 PM |
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Sorry it is the type 3 with the separate BH
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 27/7/15 at 02:55 PM |
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All I ever remember their being, between any Ford Gearbox and the bell-housing, is a thick Paper Gasket.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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trialsman
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| posted on 27/7/15 at 03:04 PM |
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This one measures about 20 mm OD 15mm ID and 3.25 mm thick. It probably was 4 mm thick when new. It is black rubber and very ridged. It appears to
have a metal core like larger seals do. For the life of me I can't see why it was there. Wish I was computer smart enough to post some pics.
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trialsman
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| posted on 27/7/15 at 03:15 PM |
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Eureka!!! I think I found out what it is for. Looks like the shifter shaft is in the bottomed out hole and this seal keeps stuff from getting in
there. So it looks like a bit of liquid gasket around it should seal it. Russ
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