Dan, that is a drain hole to allow any oil that leaks out of the tranny
input shaft seal to drain out instead of contaminating your clutch. The
cotter pin keeps the hole from clogging up with debris.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
'66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY"
'63 BJ7 HBJ8L/20111 "HEALEYUM"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
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From: DANIEL RAY <danray@bluegrass.net>
To: 'MG List' <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Transmission Leak
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 1998 10:54 PM
Listers,
I said that I'd have numerous questions, and I just couldn't wait for this
one!
The car has one leak, and it is coming from a small hole at the rear of the
bell housing on the transmission. I've looked everywhere for a diagram to
tell me what this hole might be, but all of them are depicted at a
side-angle.
Here is the scary part, besides the oil dripping out (which is not really
that scary on an LBC, is it?) --
What appears to be the bent ends of a cotter pin are dangling from this
hole!
Does anyone know what this hole is?
I have half a mind (which is a majority of my brain capacity) to take some
chewing gum, plug the little hole, fill the thing with the proper oil and
forget about it until the brakes, head and exhaust are fixed.
Any idea what this is? Any leads on a diagram that will show me what this
is? I have the major catalogs and the Haynes manual and couldn't find
anything.
BTW, the transmission works great, nice solid shifts, no grinds...."Like
Butta"
Help!
TIA
Dan Ray
'73 MGB
Ft. Knox, KY
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