Mike
I have a Mk1 and I rebuilt the front suspension years ago. If you have any
trouble removing the rubber bushings, a little heat makes it easy when they melt
:-). Thats how I had to get mine out. Lots of good luck. JB weld does wonders.
Pat
63 Spitfire(in works)
74 Spitfire(daily driver)
68 Chevy C10 (in works)
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MikeC wrote:
> I've got the opposite problem Jeff has. I got a rebuilt trans awhile ago
> and it has the hole for the reverse light switch. My car is a MK1 and I
> don't need it. I can't find anything to plug the hole with, anyone know
> what size and thread it is? If all else fails I'm going to JB weld a short
> bolt in there.
> On the lighter side, I'm getting better at pulling and replacing the trans
> in a Spit. Less than 2 hours from the time I started to pull the radio
> until the time I was driving the car again with the new trans, although I
> didn't install the tunnel cover yet. The new trans works perfectly, no
> more grinds. I just put a piece of duct tape over the hole until I can find
> a plug for it.
> Tomorrow, full front suspension rebuild.
> MikeC
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