The Knobs
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| posted on 28/1/15 at 06:48 PM |
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Ford Type 9, how easy to rebuild with new gear kit?
Is it worth buying a gear kit from BGH or Quaife and doing the rebuild myself? I have built numerous engines but stayed clear of the gearbox as it
looks like a lot of work. Is it worth paying the extra for a built unit or is it not as bad as it looks to DIY?
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Oddified
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| posted on 28/1/15 at 07:49 PM |
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Simple enough, get/find a manual covering the box first though, i use an old Haynes book for the 2.8i capri and that tells you everything you need to
know.
Ian
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steve m
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| posted on 28/1/15 at 07:57 PM |
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I rebuilt a type 2 4 speed gearbox a month ago, and can honestly say its a breeze
I did cheat a bit as had an old junk box that I could use for checking
It does help keeping everything together, and clean, but no different to any engine work
and rubber bands come in handy when its all going back together
plus the Haynes manual was 100% correct
steve:
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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arrow-engineering
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| posted on 28/1/15 at 10:21 PM |
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you'll need a puller for 5th gear, good circlip pliers for inner and outer circlips, punches, ideally a press for putting the bearing on the
mainshaft. uprated kits usually mean grinding the casing for clearance aswell.
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snapper
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| posted on 29/1/15 at 07:06 AM |
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BGH also do some case modifications to help oil flow as well as clearance
There are photos on the web about grinding the shaft oil ways to promote better lubrication
If your going to do it yourself it's worth incorporating all these extra mods
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I breath to pi55 my ex wife off (and now my ex partner)
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 29/1/15 at 05:19 PM |
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When I was thinking about rebuilding my type 9 I worked out how much it would cost then got a price for a rebuilt box from BGH , after asking for a
discount it wasn't worth doing it myself
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Mog72
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| posted on 29/1/15 at 07:43 PM |
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I looked into buying the gear kit, but wasn't confident enough in doing the lubriction mods
By the time i haggled a little, there wasn't a great saving, so I went with a built BGH type 9, to say it transformed the car ( as well as my
bank balance ) is an understatement 
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 31/1/15 at 07:10 PM |
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Read the new PPC magazine
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