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RE: Copy of: Usefull (Useless?) info

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Subject: RE: Copy of: Usefull (Useless?) info
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:59:21 -0400
Rob Thomas wrote:

> but I cannot remember how to identify the Spridget box
>from the Morris.  Something to do with the bearings?  I can recall being
>shown how to identify the difference just by looking inside the side
cover,
>but that was a decade ago.  Anyone?

Hi Rob,

With the side cover off, the thrust washer between second and third gear is
visible.  On the Morris it's bronze, on the Spridgets it's steel.  Scratch
it with a screwdriver blade and you can easily see if it's bronze or steel.

Regards, Paul A

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