Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 23:13:24 -0700charset="iso-8859-1"
Thanks is advance for your help and advice. I'm just pulling into the back stretch on the 14-year disassembly/reassembly process of my '71 Midget. Question 1: I'm installing a 276 cam and slot drive
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 06:44:09 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
My '65 had no shims on dis-assembly either. Which really means nothing in the grand scheme of things, does it? The exploded diagram in Haynes shows a piece called a 'seating' which looks like a shim.
<< He remembered hearing, or thinking, or feeling that the shims were important to the proper alignment of the steering rack and column. >> Check your manual. Haynes outlines how to set up the steeri
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 22:21:23 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
Well, there you go! I peeked a little further into the Haynes and see that " ... the rack will have to be aligned on USA and Canada models, or on Midget MkIII cars from GAN5-11 ... and 1500 cc cars"
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 20:21:14 +0100charset="iso-8859-1"
back the conundrum is is Does the drive seat correctly all the way to the bottom of the hole that it is meant to seat in? Is there any crap stuck behind it? Bent shaft? Bearing plate on the camshaft
Hi Phillip, Try this sequence. You say the cam rotates smoothly with no pump, so try mounting the pump with the bolts loose enough so the pump will shift slightly easily. Rotate the cam while watchin