Big week this week, the engine & gearbox have finally arrived. I'm really pleased with the work that Jez at CPP has done, I think it looks great. I didn't get a lot of time this weekend, not least because it was Stoneleigh, but I have unwrapped it all and managed to get the engine up on to my trolley.
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| Engine! |
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| Hydraulic Clutch Bearing |
What did confuse me was the clutch release bearing, I almost contacted the supplier to tell 'em they hadn't included the clutch release arm. Going through the documents I found that they had built the gearbox with a RAM hydraulic clutch release bearing. I've not come across this before and I couldn't see one used in any other installation. A quick look on The Net turned up an installation & set up video from the manufacturer, it was fairly simple to set up. There are two ports on the bearing, with adapters supplied for standard 3/8 fittings. The upper port is for the bleed screw, I felt this would be near impossible to reach once the bell housing was on and engine installed (and I was worried about dropping fluid inside the bell housing when bleeding the system), so I made up a small extension to take the bleed screw outside the bell housing. The advantage this gives me is that I don't have to buy a slave cylinder. If time permits next weekend I'll get the engine / gearbox installed.
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