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[Jordie]

Minispares parcel arrived...


Along with my next interior modification..... might try fit under the heater or under the passenger dash rail





Jordie

[Jordie]

Does anyone read this? If so, can anyone confirm if i need anything else, im changing the diff final drive ratio and may aswell do the diff pin etc whilst there.

Ive got
- 3.1 crown wheel and pinion
- New tuftrided diff pin
- Pair of new bevel gears
- 2x thrust washers with little tab
- 2x fibre washers (for the output shafts)
- 2x driveshaft oil seals
- 1x gear linkage oil seal kit
- all the engine rebuild gaskets, clutch seal etc etc.

Do I need to replace the 2 big bearings on the diff? Or if theres no problems, can i reuse them?

I am only changing FD ratio because the engine is coming out to fix some oil leaks (gaskets) so im taking the opportunity to do it. Gearbox drives fine, no crunching or any problems to be honest, just the 3.44 diff is abit too revvy for me cruising at 60+mph most journeys.

[BritishRacingGreen]

CUP HOLDERS! such a great idea...

And you can swap the diff bearing on the crownwheel over, but personally I'd replace them for piece of mind. Only think i can think of that could be missing from that list is the lock tabs for the pinion retaining things

[Jordie]

Thanks for that, I will see about getting the bearings.

[Jordie]

well todays the day....engine out.

[Teapot]

Good luck with that then. Huey is having partly the same treatment here
http://www.theminifo...-picture-heavy/
The old-style bearings e/s of the pinion/diff assembly each had a plastic sleeve retaining the ballbearings and one broke while being drawn off. (Or, not being drawn off, really.) Otherwise we would have put it back on again as it seemed ok.
I thought Huey had a 3.44 f/d but it turned out to be a 3.1.

[Jordie]

ive ordered the bearings aswell. i seen your topic.....i love this part...ie working on the engine. its my thing compared to bodywork etc which im less good at.

[Jordie]

well its out, took about 2hrs from lifting bonnet to sitting it on floor.

started to remove all the outer bits such as water pump etc. will start the main strip down later in week. need to steam clean it and paint.




Jordie

[Jordie]

Engine stripped

can now finally identify the cam,......KC800

[Jordie]

Most items here, awaiting few bits still.

clean the engine and work on diff tomorrow. :)

New wiring loom cloth tape is here, so can work on the loom and tidy it all up and recloth while the engine is out.

Jordie

[davej]

Good work mate, are you happy with the cam if you didn`t know what it was? Never heard of a KC800 before. What colour are you painting the engine? Red for the extra 5bhp?

[Jordie]

yeah im happy. its a kent cams fast road profile.

engine going green n black.

[Jordie]

gearbox done. diff changed to 3.1 with new pin thrusts fibre washers bevel gears etc.

all gaskets n seals changed and a coat of black paint.

jordie

[davej]

Ah right nice, a good productive day then, look forward to some pictures.

[Jordie]

block back onto box. pics soon.

gave in as its getting cold so build rest up tomorrow.