[Mg-t] clutch rod frustrations

[anngene at bellsouth.net]

Heat, bend and let it cool.  Shouldn't break.
Gene Gillam
Saucier, MS


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From: "Douglas Ormrod" <Douglas.Ormrod at Neurological.org.nz>
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2011 4:12 PM
To: "'John Seim'" <kingseim at earthlink.net>
Cc: <mg-t at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] clutch rod frustrations

> Hi John
>
> I got it through Moss USA via Bob Ford at britek. I am pretty sure I got 
> the
> original one through Moss US as well. I don't remember dealing with Moss 
> UK.
> Although I did get a few bits and pieces from Brown and Gammon so perhaps 
> I
> got it from them.
>
> Still debating with myself whether to re profile it - it cost $36 to buy 
> but
> $51 to post! And I am keen to get back on the road.
>
> Cheers
>
> Douglas
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Seim [mailto:kingseim at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Sunday, 16 October 2011 1:46 a.m.
> To: Douglas Ormrod
> Subject: Re: [Mg-t] clutch rod frustrations
>
> Doug, you may be right. It could be reversed.
> Originally, the clutch rod had a threaded yoke at the pedal end.
> If there was a difference between LHD and RHD, it would not matter with 
> this
> production, as there was a lock nut on the rod, next to the threaded yoke.
> It was changed with aftermarket production to being a welded yoke. It is
> possible that the supplier to Moss Motors reversed the orientation when
> welding the latest batch of rods.
> I have not ordered a new clutch rod, part no. 451-220, in awhile. Did you 
> get
> this rod from Moss Motors USA, or Moss UK?
> Moss USA might just have the LHD version, if there is a difference, while 
> Moss
> UK might have a RHD version.
>
> John Seim
> Irvine, CA
>
> On Oct 15, 2011, at 2:22 AM, Douglas Ormrod wrote:
>
>> Hi T people
>>
>> My shiny new Moss clutch rod arrived today so I off I went to fit it
>> this evening. After a neck wrenching  hour or so on my back I have
>> discovered it don't fit either way up - will not line up with the
>> pivot.
>> Comparing it with
>> my broken one (which was a new Moss one 7 or 8 years ago) I find the
>> new one looks like a mirror image of the old one and bends the
>> opposite way.
>>
>> So I am thinking their must be a LHD and RHD one, although Moss only
>> list one for this part. My car is RHD.  I think that with the
>> application of a little heat around the area of the bend nearest the
>> pedal and can make it the right shape. But thought I would check first
>> that there is a difference between the shape of the rod on the LHD and
>> RHD cars. Can anyone enlighten me?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Douglas
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