More "great" news

[purpleliability]

Evening all

I'm due to go to Spa on Monday and wouldn't you guess it, the clutch line has sheared clean off the bell housing.



I have not a huge amount of time to sort this, most likely I need to drill out the old one and retap/helicoil and replace a new one.

The question is, can the bell housing (easily) be rotated without removing the gear box? Time is tight (as always) so any advice to cut down on hours would be REALLY appreciated.

Yours downtrodden,

Purpleliability

[a1rak]

You could try getting a longer fitting that screws into the bell housing, if there is thread deeper down then you may be OK.

[Latty666]

If there is room you could try get an easy-out in the broken bit and wind it out ?

[Latty666]

And the fitting looks pretty much like an ordinary hyd fitting so you could possibly get 1 from your local pirtek or hydraulic hose retailer

[esso]

Is this the bleed pipe your talking about? and if so are you losing fluid from the bellhousing? You will have to undo the gearbox and pull it back(you do not need to remove it)then undo the bellhousing to rotate or remove it.

[Tanguero]

Having had the same thing happen, don't waste time trying to fix it with the bellhousing in situ, it can't be done properly. Just drop the box off the back then take the bellhousing off the car where you can get at it. I wasted a lot of time trying to avoid taking it off and in the end it was far quicker and easier just to remove it.

You will also want a helicoil kit and the right adaptor to screw into the bellhousing. There isn't much metal to play with. I used an M10 x 1.0mm Helicoil and a matching adaptor to the clutch hose. You may get away with just helicoiling of the thread on your adaptor is OK, but in that case check the thread size that goes into the bellhousing first. Don't forget to plug the fluid channel in the bottom of the hole with a bit of tissue before drilling and tapping so you don't get metal chips into the slave!

[purpleliability]

All sorted thanks chaps, looks like I will be going to the ball!

[ukkid35]

Congratulations Barry, look forward to meeting you at Spa.

[purpleliability]

Thanks!

Excellent, look forward to seeing you there! I am heading over with some friends on monday morning then coming back on thursday morning, going on the tunnel.

See you soon