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Post by Monkey on Jan 31, 2015 18:54:01 GMT 1
There is a piece of history that I was not going to mention because I assumed that every one here would know already. However, in view of the young ages of some of you (I'm 65) maybe I should: When Opel/Vauxhall went FWD in the 1980s they had a design that allowed the clutch to be changed without splitting the engine and gearbox. You removed a plate on the bottom of the bell-housing, inserted a few special clips to keep the clutch compressed and opened bolts around the plate. Then the clever bit, there was a sliding main shaft in the gearbox that could be pulled back from under the wheel-arch and the clutch just dropped out where you took the plate off the bell-housing. During the 1990s this feature disappeared and I think the reason was to do with a new type of flywheel. Now here is the point of the story: for a number of years after the change they continued to use the same gearbox even though the sliding shaft feature was redundant. Nick says his car is 2002 so it might be worth investigating to see if he has one of the older type gearboxes. If he has, it might be possible to do the job by splitting the engine / gearbox and just moving them apart slightly. He could them pull the shaft and drop the clutch out. (Now I'll get my pipe and slippers, and a mug of coco and that friggin' dog can go for a walk on his own!) I changed a few of these when I was still at school! (My parents bought me some old cars when I was young to mess about with and it went from there!) Such a good idea! (The clutch I mean, not getting involved with cars!)
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