Thanks for the comments, Barney.
I had already opened up the mount on the transmission before I got your
caution about future issues with the oversized mount. I think if I ever
have to replace the mount, I could wrap the appropriate thickness of
shim material around the new mount if it was too loose.
Anyway, it's in and it is nice and solid.
I'll report the problem to Moss so that they can check it out.
Thanks for the help.
Howard Battan
'57 MGA
-----Original Message-----
From: Barney Gaylord [mailto:barneymg@mgaguru.com]
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 1:52 AM
To: Howard Battan; mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: MGA transmission mount
At 07:21 PM 5/23/04 -0700, Howard Battan wrote:
>.... OD of the new mount bushing is supposed to be 1.875 inches. ....
The
>new bushing, however is 1.890 inches. That's 0.015 inches too large.
larger? Now two of the three primary working dimensions are wrong.
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>Anyway, the solution I'm working on is to use a brake cylinder hone to
>open up the mounting hole in the tranny to about 1.890 inches. I'm
almost
>there.
Man, I wouldn't do that. You then and forever after have a bastardized
gearbox housing that will never again accept the correct size bushing.
At
the very least you need to keep good notes on such modifications so you
don't become your own DPO a few years down the road.
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>Anybody else have problems similar to mine?
I hope not. Please report the problem immediately to the source. If
you
don't get instant satisfaction, send me the particulars so I can post it
on
my Faulty Parts web page.
Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
http://MGAguru.com
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