[Mgs] Is this the Pilot bushing for a ford tranny on an MGB?

gordies garage mg_garage at comcast.net
Sat Aug 25 10:56:50 MDT 2012


That pic does look like the bushing adapter for the Sierra 5 sp.
I've installed a couple of them.

gordie
'62 MGA

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From: "Larry Colen" <lrc at red4est.com>
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:42 PM
To: "Larry Colen" <lrc at red4est.com>
Cc: "MG List" <mgs at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Mgs] Is this the Pilot bushing for a ford tranny on an MGB?

> An hour after I gave up looking for it, and posted that I was looking for 
> one,
> I may have found it.  It seems to fit in all the critical dimensions:
>
> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631231104590/
>
> How much space should there be between the shaft and the pilot bushing?
> On Aug 24, 2012, at 6:40 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>
>> After far too many years, I've finally gotten through enough of the other
> todo
>> lists to start work on putting my MGBGT back on the road.  I'm trying to 
>> go
>> through the boxes and piles of parts and figure out what I need, what is
> lost
>> and so forth.  It seems that one of the missing items is the pilot 
>> bushing
> for
>> the Ford 5-speed conversion.   Does anyone off hand know of a good source 
>> of
> a
>> replacement?  or the dimensions in case I need to fab one?
>>
>> On the off chance that anyone is within driving distance of the Santa 
>> Cruz
>> mountains and would find it entertaining to go through a ridiculous 
>> amount
> of
>> spares for MGBs (and Miatas), and possibly pick up some good deals on 
>> parts
> I
>> don't need for the project, I could use some help in the process of 
>> picking
>> and sorting, especially since a few months back I got a call from a 
>> friend
> who
>> desperately needed to clear out of his storage locker the next day and 
>> had
> a
>> small truckload of MGB parts that he needed to find a home for lest he 
>> have
> to
>> throw them out.
>>
>
> --
> Larry Colen lrc at red4est.com sent from i4est
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