Now where do I put a cotter pin to keep the air vent in front of the
windshield clean and the rain water freely flowing somewhere besides my
feet?
Dave 72 B
-----Original Message-----
From: David Lynes <cdlynes@hotmail.com>
To: djmrozinski@home.net <djmrozinski@home.net>; mgs@autox.team.net
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: Clutch Bell Housing Question
>Ah yes, a recurring question... Let me take this one...
>
>The hole is to let the oil and rain water, whatever gets into the bell
>housing, out. The rather large cotter pin is there loosely, to prevent
>anything settling there and gumming up the hole. So as you drive around,
it
>vibrates and moves about and keeps the hole clean.
>
>What an engineering marvel! They knew the rear seal would leak, so they not
>only made a place for the oil to go, but a self-cleaning oil hole at that!
>:-)
>
>YMMV
>
>Next?
>
>David Lynes, Woodstock, GA
>73 Midget
>78 MGB
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