Hi Joel,
I do a lot of these front cover mods for folks such as you.
Yes, you'll need to drill 2 more holes in the smoothcase front cover. One is
right on the edge of the materiel. In order for that one to be tightened up
securely without bending over the stud, I grind a portion of a 5/16" nut away on
it bearing surface, until it will rest with the unground portion on the trans
case and the ground portion on the slope of the front cover. Works just fine.
You will also need to use the smothcase throw out arm and the spring clips to
hole the TO bearing on the fork if you are using a 1098 or 1275 engine. On a
948
you can use the coil spring ones, but you should also use a 1098 type engine
backing plate instead of the this stamped one.
To correct for the change in geometry on the TO arm, I also sell a Clutch
Operating Mechanism upgrade kit whereby you can get a soft clutch pedal with
good
modulation and the removal of the dreaded rubber bush on the chassis side of the
clutch swivel arm.
Paul A
Pamela Holmes/Joel Holmes wrote:
> Morris owners
> Recently I had a generic ribcase transmission rebuilt for a pick-up
> project that is coming together soon. As trans and engine were about to
> get bolted together I realized that the clutch throw-out arm was on the
> R.H. side of the case and was the wrong one for the Morris application.
> I had done this conversion in the past and had not come across this
> problem because the transmission was out of a late model Morris and
> already had the correct throw-out arm. After a few phone calls I found
> that I needed a front transmission cover and throw-out arm which is used
> only on the Morris L.H. drive application. These seem to be about as
> common as hen's teeth so I had to do some serious bush beating to find
> the appropriate parts.
> My question is, what have the rest of you Morris owners done to make
> this conversion? One suggestion I received was to modify the smooth
> case cover by drilling two different holes in the cover and using this
> on the late style transmission. The problem with this (besides being a
> little hoaky), was that the pivot point on the cover and throw-out arm
> is in a different place so it changes the mechanical advantage of the
> clutch pedal.
> I would like some input on this conversion.
> Cheers, Joel Holmes 60 Morris 2-door
> 58 Morris pick-up(in the works)
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