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| Author: | 9YaTaH [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Offering up a Gearbox to a Long Motor....... |
The best way to make sure the two gaskets and the C Seals are correctly fitted seems to be to carefully lower the gearbox onto an inverted motor (even the Doc agrees!).  
The best way IF you have a nice clean Box to mate to the engine...if it is a used one and you onvert it without cleaning first then you risk getting old oil and crud all over your nice new engine and gaskets.... |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 7:39 pm ] |
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Last long one one I did, I slung it evenly on a hoist. Used superglue to hold the 2 gasket strips on the block, and Loctite 515 on the rubber 1/2 moon seal to the motor. No problem. 
Another way is turn the whole thing upside down on a couple of old mattresses, then brace it somehow (steel fence posts?) to keep it steady while you drop the box on. |
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| Author: | kazjim [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:48 pm ] |
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"steel fence posts?" And Makka calles ME agriultural ! J |
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| Author: | 1310/71 [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:02 pm ] |
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Wouldn't an engine stand be a better bet? They can be had fairly cheaply at Supercheap and the like on special. I made a little mod to mine recently. Got an old alternator mounting plate at a garage sale (thanks Kazjim!) and welded a length of pipe (Scrap from work) to it to suit the diameter of the engine stand. Then drilled a few holes for the safety pin and voila. I was worried if the two bolts would be enough, but Mini World had an article on engine build-ups recently and that's what they had. It's also in Vizards book (Admittedly they only showed the engine block not the whole motor on the stand). KB |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:21 pm ] |
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Yeah I've seen A series motors mounted by the alternator bolts, hey those bosses on the block are not real strong... I'd be wary of doing it with a gearbox on too. Maybe brace it to the oil filter mount, that's a lot stronger.
kazjim- you'd be amazed what I can make from steel fence posts, or angle iron, or water pipe... hey I grew up on a farm.. had a welder when I was 16! 
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| Author: | miniVan [ Tue Mar 22, 2005 10:52 am ] |
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where would you normally hold a mini engine on an engine stand with the gearbox on? |
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