Terry,
I doubt if many of your MMM friends drink schnaps but one never knows!
We're off in a few minutes but I'll try to answer some of your questions.
The casting is called the 'nose piece' and is a very critical piece of the
engine. It should have the engine number that it belongs to stamped on the
front face, or at least the last two digits. If the number is wrong you may
have an alignment problem. The engine and the nose piece started life as a
matched pair.
There is no gasket for the dizzy, but do you have the correct adaptor for
it? Thats the piece between the dizzy and the nose piece. On my cars there's
plenty of end float though I can't tell you how much, I've never measured
it! The dizzy and oil pump must not bind.
There's absolutely no way to guess the thickness of the dynamo shims, you
can only determine that after you've fixed the crankshaft thrust and the
dynamo drive gear. When that's all correct you can offer up the dynamo and
determine what shims (if any) it requires.
My wife is yelling that we have to leave ...............
I'll be in touch after Christmas.
Have a great Holiday, Cheers, "Bob".
> From: TATERRY@aol.com
> Reply-To: TATERRY@aol.com
> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 15:22:46 EST
> To: mg-mmm@autox.team.net
> Cc: THEBREED@bigpond.com
> Subject: fit ups
>
> Gents, may I interupt your Holiday Schnaps a moment to ask a few questions?
> I'm trail fitting the dizzy, h2o pump and oil pump to the engine nose piece(
> what do we call that casting?). I've never done this before, so please bear
> with me.
>
> 1. When I tighten up the oil pump and dizzy ( without gaskets) they bind.
> Since their shaft extentions nestle inside one another, their has to be some
> freeplay, but I fear not on my set up....am I missing something?
>
> 2. My water pump was overhauled by Pip and his guy in Oz (beautifully I
> might add) and was returned sans gear and hole for roll pin but with slot for
> key. I have my old gear but must drill the hole. How much of gap between
> the housing and gear should I leave?
>
> Also, does the gear tend to pull the impellor shaft downward? If I push up
> on it and turn, Tantau's fancy impellor hits the top of the pump casting.
>
> 3. I have no shims for the dynamo, could someone suggest how many and what
> size I'll need to set it up properly.......??
>
> I'm sure I'll more questions as I try to puzzle this thing out.....
>
> Happy Holidays
> Terry
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