Section 18
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17 The main components of the belltank-
housing are:
• Belltank-housing.
• Bottom plate.
• Clutch actuator fork.
• 5/8" gauze union.
• 5/8" x 5/8" union.
• Oil temperature sender.
• 1/2" blanking plug.
• Breather elbow.
• Swirl tower and dipstick assembly.
18 Fit the 5/8" gauze union into the bottom of
the belltank-housing with a 5/8" crush washer
against the belltank-housing ensuring that the
washer locates properly on the shoulder of the
union.
19 Apply a bead of silicon to the bottom of
the belltank-housing and bolt the blue bottom
plate down using four M5 x 12 countersunk
screws.
20 Fit the 1/2" blanking union or plug into the
side of the belltank-housing neck, seal with
PTFE tape.
21 Fit the oil temperature sender in the lower
side of the belltank-housing. Do not put silicon
sealant on temperature sender.
22 Locate the clutch actuator fork over the
plastic sleeve and fit the clutch actuator fork into
the mouth of the belltank-housing. To fit the
fork, heat the plastic sleeve with hot water or a
heat gun and remove the sleeve, position the
fork with the clutch release bearing plate of the
fork facing outwards and the V-shaped end
around the pivot pin. Reheat the plastic sleeve
and push down over the pivot pin, ensuring that
the sleeve goes down between the edges of the
fork, to ensure isolation.
23 Fit the 5/8" x 5/8" union into the side of
the swirl tower neck with the 5/8" crush washer
next to the tower.
24 Fit the swirl tower to the top of the
belltank-housing using six M5 x 16 mm caphead
screws. Place a bead of silicon sealant between
the faces.
25 Attach the belltank-housing assembly to
the gearbox using four M12 x 110 mm hex head
bolts with spring washers and tighten to 40 lbft
(54 Nm).
NOTE
5-speed units have a paper gasket between the
belltank-housing whereas, 6-speed units use an
'O' ring around the selector rod and a smear of
silicon sealant on the mating faces.
Final assembly
26 Attach the gearbox/belltank-housing
assembly to the engine, Section 8, Para 9 to 14
refers.
27 Place the engine and gearbox assembly
into the car, Section 9 refers.
28 Bolt the RH engine mounting bracket to
the engine through the oil pump cradle using two
M10 x 100 mm hex head bolt and tighten to 20
lbft (27 Nm).
29 Connect the shorter of the two steel
braided hoses between the bottom of the
belltank-housing and the front of the sump,
connect the other steel braided hose between
the top of the swirl tower and oil pump.
WARNING
Use appropriate eye protection whilst
carrying out drilling operations.
30 Locate the breather bottle wedge shaped
mount and secure to the vertical face of the
scuttle panel using rivets. Fit the breather bottle
to the bracket. Drill a 13 mm hole no lower
than 20 mm from the top of the breather bottle.
Fit the breather hose into the bottle and to the
breather elbow on top of the swirl tower cap.
Secure using a 17-25 mm hose clip. Drill five 5
mm holes in the black plastic cap, to prevent a
build up of gases and fit to the breather bottle.
