Gear Box Cover--Snug ( order of assembly)

[rashuno]

Good-day: Firstly, I had no floor boards left in the vehicle as the engine/tranny/etc. had been removed and the floor boards had been long discarded. Add to this, the gear-box cover was rotted and torn beyond use. I have a new cover (repro) which had to be reholed in two places to match the 7 bolt openings in the ramp plate but my queries are as follows:

1. Was the segment of the cover that rests atop the floor boards, aft towards the propeller shaft

tunnel, somehow screwed to the boards?

2. What is the order of assembly for the snug, metal cap, spring (the circlip is understood)?

The reason for Q. # 2, is that I have seen sequences with the snug under the cover , on top of the cover, and the metal cap under the snug ( which imho defeats the engraved "oil" inscription and the use of the opening hole in the cap itself.) I call upon the group to bail me out on yet another problem that has been created by age and confusion. Cheers for now then: Jack Emdall, TC # 6768.

[Dean Jensen]

To answer part of it, #l I believe the cover goes on top of the floor boards, it was held down with round head, slotted, brass screw with small steel washers under the heads. #2 I think that you are talking about the gear shift lever, some one else can correct me if I am wrong, but the chrome part goes down first, and the round rubber part goes on top, under the cover. This would seem wrong, but I think this is the correct way Regards Dean

[b]-----Original Message-----[/b] [b]From: [/b]tc48td50 tc48td50@telus.net> [b]To: [/b]T-ABCs mg-tabc@egroups.com> [b]Date: [/b]Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:00 PM [b]Subject: [/b][mg-tabc] Gear Box Cover--Snug ( order of assembly) Good-day: Firstly, I had no floor boards left in the vehicle as the engine/tranny/etc. had been removed and the floor boards had been long discarded. Add to this, the gear-box cover was rotted and torn beyond use. I have a new cover (repro) which had to be reholed in two places to match the 7 bolt openings in the ramp plate but my queries are as follows: 1. Was the segment of the cover that rests atop the floor boards, aft towards the propeller shaft tunnel, somehow screwed to the boards? 2. What is the order of assembly for the snug, metal cap, spring (the circlip is understood)? The reason for Q. # 2, is that I have seen sequences with the snug under the cover , on top of the cover, and the metal cap under the snug ( which imho defeats the engraved "oil" inscription and the use of the opening hole in the cap itself.) I call upon the group to bail me out on yet another problem that has been created by age and confusion. Cheers for now then: Jack Emdall, TC # 6768.

[LECH K ZAKRZEWSKI]

I'm sure if Dean is quite correct, the 1938 sales literature for the TA quite clearly shows the rubber snug as sitting on top of the gear box cover. On my TA there certainly would not be enough space to fit the snug between the gearbox cover and the chrome cover without permanently compressing the anti rattle spring, resulting in, I should think, very stiff gear changes. I'm guessing but imagine that it would be no different on TCs.

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] djensen@accessus.net [b]To:[/b] mg-tabc@egroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:57 PM [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [mg-tabc] Gear Box Cover--Snug ( order of assembly) To answer part of it, #l I believe the cover goes on top of the floor boards, it was held down with round head, slotted, brass screw with small steel washers under the heads. #2 I think that you are talking about the gear shift lever, some one else can correct me if I am wrong, but the chrome part goes down first, and the round rubber part goes on top, under the cover. This would seem wrong, but I think this is the correct way Regards Dean [b]-----Original Message-----[/b] [b]From: [/b]tc48td50 tc48td50@telus.net> [b]To: [/b]T-ABCs mg-tabc@egroups.com> [b]Date: [/b]Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:00 PM [b]Subject: [/b][mg-tabc] Gear Box Cover--Snug ( order of assembly) Good-day: Firstly, I had no floor boards left in the vehicle as the engine/tranny/etc. had been removed and the floor boards had been long discarded. Add to this, the gear-box cover was rotted and torn beyond use. I have a new cover (repro) which had to be reholed in two places to match the 7 bolt openings in the ramp plate but my queries are as follows: 1. Was the segment of the cover that rests atop the floor boards, aft towards the propeller shaft tunnel, somehow screwed to the boards? 2. What is the order of assembly for the snug, metal cap, spring (the circlip is understood)? The reason for Q. # 2, is that I have seen sequences with the snug under the cover , on top of the cover, and the metal cap under the snug ( which imho defeats the engraved "oil" inscription and the use of the opening hole in the cap itself.) I call upon the group to bail me out on yet another problem that has been created by age and confusion. Cheers for now then: Jack Emdall, TC # 6768.