In a message dated 95-08-03 10:10:48 EDT, gmapes@ball.com writes:
>Another area to check if you are using a Marina crank is to be sure
>the hole
>for the pilot bushing is large enough for the first motion shaft. A
>friend
>of mine found this out the hard way when he went to mate the motor
>to the
>transmission and found the pilot bushing hole in the crank was much
>smaller
>than the diameter of the first motion shaft. He had to disassemble
>the
>entire engine and have the hole enlarged.
The Austin Marina with automatic transmision has the correct crank
for the MGB,the manual transmision Marina does not,because it had to mate
with a Triumph transmision.Hope this helps.
Gordon Strickland 1-800-654-8132
The B Hive
Clemson S.C. 29631 NIL SATIS NISI OPTIMUM
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