Re: [HSS] Super Six Gearlever

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Hudson29@aol.com wrote:

>

> As the time gets nearer to install the "new" motor in the '26 Coupe,

> there are a few issues to resolve that I hope someone might know the answer

> to. The gear lever on the Coupe needs replating. Does anybody know if it was

> originally finished in bright nickel or in butler finish?

***Nickle plated. What do you mean ""butler"" finish?

> How does it come off the car? It looks like the dust cover is held on by

> a pin and can be readily removed. The lever looks to be held into the top of

> the gearbox by a threaded ring with a segmented crown for some sort of

> special tool.

> What can I use to remove the ring? Is there any more to it?

***The cover is held on by a taper pin. There is a lock wire through

the pin and screw cap. Take this out and the ball cap just unscrews by

hand usually.





How does the

> propellor shaft come undone at the back of the transmission? It looks to have

> some sort of ball cover to keep lube in the U-joint. If I unbolt the cover,

> does the connection have some sort of splined shaft like a modern box?

***The joint just unbolts at the flange. Don't unscrew the ferruled

seal cover from the rear or slide the joint off the shaft unless you

first of all not the position of the arrows on the shaft and spline,

otherwise you will get hem back in the wrong position, which leads to

vibration and wear. The covers are held on by round head cap screws.

>

> Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com

Watch out for the key that the shaft goes through. This is all

described in the '26 workshop manual. It's pretty simple really, once

you have done it!

Geoff.

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