MG
The Classic Marque

Just for completeness, I can report that I purchased the CV joint puller for a mere £5.99 and it performed its task faultlessly.

The job itself was a nightmare, as mentioned in my other thread, but when I installed the puller, I turned the nut by hand, with a socket, and it just popped apart.

I gave up on the ball joint and unbolted the inboard end of the bottom arm.

David, Bearing in mind I am working from underneath, so only get access to about 1/3rd of the circumference, I haven't been able to shift it. The closing cap is a bit like a paint tin lid with a lip around the edge one can get a thin tool (old wood chisel followed by broad flat blade screwdriver) and then lever upwards. So far all I have achieved is to bend the flange upwards. Its pretty tight!

Has it got an electronic trigger in place of the points? We have found that some kits raise the rotor enough to cause this sort of contact, and yes it causes a misfire. Solution if this is the case is to trim a mm from the bottom of the rotor.

During this thread I've been wondering if the gearbox speedo output shaft is substantial enough to allow tapping it to remove the closing bung. I've fitted a few to various Ford gearboxes and they've never been tight, a bit of Hylomar to seal and tap them into place. Any thoughts?

Friends

What is the diameter of the rear flash of the XPAG crankshaft - is it metric or imperial?
The attached photo was taken quite some time back and the shaft is now doing its job in the engine....

Metric: 95mm
Imperial: 3 3/4 "

Regards
Anton, YT 4420

BBS won't accept my photo ??

Not quite plain sailing as the socket is slightly too small to accept the cable properly. I can get about 7mm of engagement though as the socket ends is a bit chewed, there is probably only 4mm actual fixed in there.

Pushed the rotor down - seemed to be fully seated.
The rotor is 16mm high.

Have swapped out the cap with a spare - and will see if the misfire appears.

No picture Guy.

But from your description, a very clever solution. 👍👏👏.

Saved a lot of work, and is as good as a replacement.

Guy
In terms of length of engagement into the gear, from doing mine then as an approximation it’s the length that the gear protrudes from the casing plus approx 6mm. That’s what I seem to remember anyway!