[Mg-t] clutch rod frustrations

[Carl Fritz]

As a TC owner, I have mercifully  been spared having to deal with the TD's
"improved " rod-operated clutch linkage.  However, I seem to recall that the
early TDs had a short length of multi-strand flexible cable somewhere in the
clutch linkage system.  Again as I recall it, this worked quite well, was easy
to adjust, and rarely broke (even then gave plenty of warning, and could be
replaced on the roadside with a couple feet of baling wire, wire rope/cable or
equivalent)  Maybe you TD folks should look into a bit of retrograde
engineering.
Regards,
Carl Fritz
TC 6756
VA 2009 Saloon
Gainesville, Florida



> From: Douglas.Ormrod at Neurological.org.nz
> To: kingseim at earthlink.net
> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:12:30 +0000
> 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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