Stuff you have fixed today

[Windy Miller]

The end fell off my paint pole so I saved the £4.99 on a new one and fixed it
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and they said buying a lathe was a waste of money.......

I fixed the bog brush handle using a similar technique the other day. Definitely well worth buying the lathe!

 

[Morrisman]

Not fixed, but just started the fixing process. I recently fired up the Essex motor in my hot rod, but after getting the timing set, tweaking the carb sorting a couple of water leaks, I’ve got an ATF drip from the bellshousing. Front seal on the autobox is leaking.

Engine and box are now on the floor, ready to pull apart tomorrow.

Anybody here know much about Ford C3 automatic transmissions, perchance?

 

[dobbslc]

I had the autobox input shaft seal go on my 2.0S Capri a week after buying it it really did shat itself,
Not sure if it's the same box but was 3 speed
I only had to replace the seal and it was done without stripping it down
Don't know weather this helps or not.

 

[dobbslc]

From Wikipedia,
The Bordeaux Automatic Transmission Plant, in Blanquefort, France (in the Bordeaux metropolitan area) produces automatic transmissions for a variety of rear-wheel drive vehicles. The facility opened in 1973 and was shortly followed by an expansion, the Bordeaux Transaxle Plant, in 1976 to focus on automatic transmissions for front-wheel drive Fords. Bordeaux Automatic Transmission's first product was the C3 3-speed automatic transmission for the Ford Pinto. The C3 design was succeeded by the A4LD 4-speed automatic during the mid-1980s and was in turn succeeded by the 4R44 and 4R55 4-speed automatics during the mid-1990s. The Bordeaux Automatic Transmission Plant's current products are the 5R44 and 5R55 5-speed automatic transmissions.
Looks like it was fitted to the Pinto that was in the Capri so you might be in luck!

 

[Morrisman]

I had the autobox input shaft seal go on my 2.0S Capri a week after buying it it really did shat itself,
Not sure if it's the same box but was 3 speed
I only had to replace the seal and it was done without stripping it down
Don't know weather this helps or not.

Fingers crossed it’s simple then. I need to do the shifter arm seal too, that is dripping, so the oil pan needs to come off, so a new filter screen and gasket will go in.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@Morrisman I suppose it's too late to make it a manual?

 

[Morrisman]

@Morrisman I suppose it's too late to make it a manual?

I‘ve looked around a year or two ago to see if anybody wanted to swap gearboxes, auto for manual, but had no luck.

‘Real men shift their own gears‘ etc etc sort of thing.

 

[My Old Landy]

I thought it about time to change the belt on the wood lathe I got from @Bladevane as I have put many happy hours on it and it looks original
Whilst I was there, I replaced the rear bearing as that too is original and has started to grumble

As you can see, the bearing was made in England so original from the 1970's

 

[MattF]

‘Real men shift their own gears‘ etc etc sort of thing.

Until their left knee starts giving up. Call me pussy. I like autos.

 

[Morrisman]

Until their left knee starts giving up. Call me pussy. I like autos.

Especially when 90% of the drive is sitting in nose to tail, which happens annoyingly often in this country.

 

[cheb]

I'm not sure if it counts as fixing. I was given a petrol powered Belle mixer because it didn't run. I dumped the fuel from the carb and filter, made sure the fuel was flowing, squirted some petrol into the inlet tract and it runs. It's scabby but then they all are after builders had had them.

 

[dobbslc]

Especially when 90% of the drive is sitting in nose to tail, which happens annoyingly often in this country.

I've asked for an auto van this time round, doubt I'll get one but I had to ask!
Bad lower back and left knee from constantly sitting in stop start traffic.
Sadiq Khan and TFL have made it far worse since covid by shutting lanes and entire roads (unless you're a bloody cyclist) everywhere

 

[Morrisman]

I've asked for an auto van this anytime round, doubt I'll get one but I had to ask!
Back lower back and left knee from constantly sitting in stop start traffic.
Sadiq Khan and TFL have made it far worse since covid by shutting lanes and entire roads (unless you're a bloody cyclist) everywhere

I heard they have neen ordered to remove some of those stupid cycle lanes, for some reason, either they were illegal or against some regulation or other.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I heard they have neen ordered to remove some of those stupid cycle lanes, for some reason, either they were illegal or against some regulation or other.

Some down here are being removed as the cyclist are not using them. They are still cycling in the area set aside for cars etc.

 

[mike 109444]

I‘ve looked around a year or two ago to see if anybody wanted to swap gearboxes, auto for manual, but had no luck.

‘Real men shift their own gears‘ etc etc sort of thing.

Find a nice 5/6 speed manual box (bmw rwd) and get/make an adapter up (see bmw's have there uses )

 

[Morrisman]

Find a nice 5/6 speed manual box (bmw rwd) and get/make an adapter up (see bmw's have there uses )

There are a few different well proven swaps around, I’ve seen them mentioned on the Scimitar web site. I’ll see how this autobox goes, but even then, I don’t see me doing a lot of miles in an open top hot rod in this country. I’ll probably sell it on when it is sorted and road legal.

 

[Melvyn Best]

There are a few different well proven swaps around, I’ve seen them mentioned on the Scimitar web site. I’ll see how this autobox goes, but even then, I don’t see me doing a lot of miles in an open top hot rod in this country. I’ll probably sell it on when it is sorted and road legal.

Mazda 6 speed boxes are cheap and adaptor to Ford engines readily available . Ford type 9 boxes for the V6 look very similar to the diesel Sierra boxes which don’t have suitable ratios , both have the longer first motion shaft and deeper bell housing than the 4 cyl versions

 

[Morrisman]

Mazda 6 speed boxes are cheap and adaptor to Ford engines readily available . Ford type 9 boxes for the V6 look very similar to the diesel Sierra boxes which don’t have suitable ratios , both have the longer first motion shaft and deeper bell housing than the 4 cyl versions

I just googled a bit.... and soon realised I don’t have room for three pedals in this tiny little car.

I could possibly shave an inch or two off the transmission tunnel if the new bell housing was slimmer, but not a lot.

 

[Nick DV]

(........unless you're a bloody cyclist......)

Oi! Nothing wrong with us cyclists Especially us MIMIL's

 

[Nick DV]

Find a nice 5/6 speed manual box (bmw rwd) and get/make an adapter up (see bmw's have there uses )

An interesting and original concept - a BMW part in a car that has working indicators!