Scott Tilton wrote:
> With the bracket fitted to the car, does the long part of the cylinder body
>pass
> through the bracket (fittings end first) or does the piston end pass through
>the hole?
>
> That was the best way I could figure to ask the question.
> Hope it makes sense.
>
> Scott Tilton
> Stuck in Leesburg, VA
Hello Scott,
Yes, the fitting end does pass through the bracket such that the flange of the
slave is on
the transmission side of the bracket. This looks contrary to the way it should
be as the
slave is machined on the wrong side leaving the as-cast side to abut the
bracket. The hole
in the TR-6 bracket is quite large in comparison to the slave, and should fit
just fine.
One question that comes to mind is the possibility that you have a TR-3/4 slave
and bracket
on your car now. Easy way to tell the difference is to look at the area where
the bracket
meets the bellhousing. Is that edge of the bracket radiused to match the
bellhousing, or
does the bracket overlap the rear motor plate in a sort of triangle shape? IOW
can your
bracket be bolted up on the rear side of the bellhousing flange - or will it
only fit such
that it is on the engine side of the rear motor plate? On the 4 cyl. TR's
there was no
rear motor plate, the transmission bolted up directly to the back of the block.
The area
below the oil pan rail was covered with a thin sheetmetal stamping that had a
radiused
edge. The radiused edge prevents the slave bracket from sitting flush and that
being the
case, the bracket for the slave had to attach to the rear-most side of the
bellhousing
flange and was radiused to clear the body of the bellhousing. A steady rod
was used in
place of a bolt on one side of the slave and the other end of the steady rod
attached under
an oil pan bolt. On the 6 cyl. TR's, a 1/4" thick rear plate goes in-between
the engine
and bellhousing and the slave bracket mounts from the engine side of the plate.
The
triangular overlapping area on the TR-6 bracket gives it enough support that
the steady rod
was eliminated.
Good luck!
Brian Schlorff
Power British
610-270-0505
http://www.powerbritish.com/~britcars
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