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Re: BJ8 gearbox "plungers"

To: "belfieldsp@juno.com" <belfieldsp@juno.com>, <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: BJ8 gearbox "plungers"
From: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 21:43:30 -0700
I must have an older catalog, because mine shows a part number and a price.

>From the listed price it is evident that their main purpose was to generate
revenue for MOSS: PN 329-525, price $26.95 each.

Bill Lawrence 


On 1/3/05 6:44 PM, "belfieldsp@juno.com" <belfieldsp@juno.com> wrote:

> In rebuilding a BJ8 gearbox (w/overdrive), I'm puzzled by 2 plungers in the
> 1st gear, along with the 3 springs and balls. One plunger was apparently
> jammed in operation, snapped off the tip and wore away most of the inner tooth
> of the gear. These plungers show up in the Moss catalog (diagram # 44)but no
> part # and NA. They don't appear in the BMC Workshop Manual.
> I don't quite see the purpose since they are not spring loaded. I can't
> imagine depending on centrifugal force against the gear oil to throw them out
> into the gear. Are they needed? Does anyone know a supplier?
> The archive had a similar question a while ago but I didn't see a definitive
> answer.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Steve Belfield
> BJ7 (w/ a BJ8 gearbox)




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