Mitchell Cotts Gearboxes
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:47 am
Hi
A slight "rehash" of my previous posting on this subject. Having managed to get hold of a new MCT box at the right price I'm now hoping to pick other's brains on actually using it!
1st problem is the nosepiece0 Ford very kindly (!) have altered the diameter of the sleeve on the nosepiece which means that I cannot use the std release bearing/carrier and presumably fork. A couple of options possible I imagine-
Machine down the sleeve sufficiently (there is enough metal to do so) or-
Use a different fork/bearing/carrier.
Unfortunately I don't have immediate access to the std clutch fork so I don't know if the fork designed for the MT75 box is exactly the same in relation to pivot point/throw etc.
Any info on this from somebody "in the know"- possibly somebody who's used the std MT75 with the integral bellhousing might be able to clue me in- Spyder are quite difficult to get hold of and I get the impression from an earlier conversation that they only convert with MCT boxes using a co-axial release system (which I don't want to use).
Second question- the MCT box uses only two dowels to mate the gearbox/bellhousing accurately together- has anybody who's done a MCT conversion ever had a plate machined to fit into the recess on the front of the MCT box and to match the aperture in the bellhousing so as to enable a more centralised location system to be used?
All help mucho appreciated.
John
A slight "rehash" of my previous posting on this subject. Having managed to get hold of a new MCT box at the right price I'm now hoping to pick other's brains on actually using it!
1st problem is the nosepiece0 Ford very kindly (!) have altered the diameter of the sleeve on the nosepiece which means that I cannot use the std release bearing/carrier and presumably fork. A couple of options possible I imagine-
Machine down the sleeve sufficiently (there is enough metal to do so) or-
Use a different fork/bearing/carrier.
Unfortunately I don't have immediate access to the std clutch fork so I don't know if the fork designed for the MT75 box is exactly the same in relation to pivot point/throw etc.
Any info on this from somebody "in the know"- possibly somebody who's used the std MT75 with the integral bellhousing might be able to clue me in- Spyder are quite difficult to get hold of and I get the impression from an earlier conversation that they only convert with MCT boxes using a co-axial release system (which I don't want to use).
Second question- the MCT box uses only two dowels to mate the gearbox/bellhousing accurately together- has anybody who's done a MCT conversion ever had a plate machined to fit into the recess on the front of the MCT box and to match the aperture in the bellhousing so as to enable a more centralised location system to be used?
All help mucho appreciated.
John