MG
The Classic Marque

I put non-foaming motor cycle oil in my Jackall system in 1997 ... and have done no further maintenance on it since then. Admittedly I had also rebuilt my pump prior to doing that.

Bjlp I would say stay with the recommended solution as there isnt much point in silicon to be honest.

Paul

No such thing as a trivial question in my opinion Bjlp - if you (or someone else) asks a question it is because you need and answer and so in my opinion it is important to try to answer that for the questioner.

Yes the boot hinge has definitely been butchered! I hope you can find an answer from Richard soon. If he no longer has any I will investigate the opportunity for getting somethin...

With these clutches I have found that over-thick linings result in the thrust pad (in the centre of the diaphragm) coming into contact with the driven plate before the latter is fully released. Any further movement then pushes the driven plate onto the flywheel. Unusual, but can happen.

To check, seeing as everything is out, put some bearing blue on the front face of the pad (the one f...

More to come out yet. Let's see what happens.

Burnham is smart enough - I think he'd become more moderate if he got PM. Labour need much better communications - currently hopeless.

Well, politics you know. Reckon any party would do what's needed to move things in the right direction for them. All you gotta do is play the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D6_5O-nUiZ_...

A search for the driven plate thickness got an AI answer of 7.2mm to 8mm which sounds about right, I was thinking 5/16". The friction faces need to be pressed together such as with soft jaws in a vice when making the measurement.

Yeah peanuts in the scheme of things. So is 5 mill. PRIVATE GIFT.

The difference is; RAYNER'S HYPOCRISY.

Matters not though. She's lost already.

Burnham's got a seat, assuming he wins it. Which despite Reform doing well there in the councils last week, I reckon Burnham's a shoe in. Then he'll beat Starmer and be PM.

But he's been banging on like a looney sociali...

The flatter side (uppermost in photo) should face the flywheel and it should be marked ‘flywheel side’.

I think, in the fullness of time, that 40k will pale into insignificance compared to Farage's apparent wheeler dealing....

The evidence is building.

Is the friction plate not marked 'flywheel side' or similar?

I do remember, about 40 years ago, a friend of mine fitted a new clutch to his 1275 Sprite. He couldn't get it to disengage. When he removed the engine and checked it, the friction plate had actually been assembled incorrectly, so when fitting it correctly as marked, it was fouling on the centre hole of the flywheel when the ped...

Well I have got the clutch to disengage properly, but only by fitting the old driven plate, and by putting it the opposite way round from what the manual says. I am wondering if the slipping was more to do with the pressure plate than the driven plate. The photo shows both plates, new on the left old on the right. You may be able to see that the new one is quite a lot thicker, and the gap with the...