Then this happened
The clutch failed and took with it the gearbox housing
It also damaged the radiator and took out a water pipe, this is not an issue and we have replacements.
However!
This might be an issue
the flywheel got some real heat by the looks of the clutch friction plate and there is distortion around 3 of the stud holes, quite hard to see on the photos but is about 1.5mm in towards the centre of the flywheel.
Looks a good car matereplacement gearboxes can be picked up for £25 or so, so that shouldnt be too big an issue.
Id suggest taking the flywheel to an engineering firm to see if they can skim the face up. If not then another flywheel will be required.
Just ask questions on here if you get stuck, plenty of friendly knowledgeable folk
Thank you rich, I had a look at a few different forums before settling on this one, I liked It's vibe, seemed a good bunch
Well I will show you our gearbox situation, hopefully without the accidental massive pictures like the ones above
The one on the right is the one that came off and had to take the stresses of the failure and so is being treated as broken. Also the floating shaft that the clutch friction plate sits on doesn't float, but does jiggle side to side more than the new one does.
Jesus that clutch really did let go in a big way eh?!
Yeah it really suprised me too, what would have caused that?
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