I have only had it back in for a couple of days, so it has only covered about 50 miles so for, but the box seems to be working correctly. Â I need to tweak the position of the overdrive lever mounting bracket, as it occasionally rattles against the box casing, but other than that, it […]
Gear Box Rebuilt
Just a very quick post to say that the gear box has been rebuilt a few days ago with a new third gear and the separate SIII 2nd and 3rd gear bushes, along with the new shims and circlips required. Â I just need better weather to refit it – it’s a bit wet around here […]
Gear Box Failure
I finally got the time to strip the gear box down today. Thankfully, the damage is limited to the main shaft’s third gear wheel, with no damage to the corresponding gear on the lay shaft or any of the other gears.Â
109 Off the Road Again
A couple of nasty problems have cropped up.
109 Wipers
Ever since the big rebuild, the wind screen wipers have been prone to over-sweeping on a wet screen, especially at high speed. I thought it might be due to worn wiper arms or spindle boxes, so they were replaced with brand new Genuine Parts some time ago, even though new parts had been fitted during […]
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