What have you done with your marlin today

[Skittler]

Re: What have you done with your marlin today

Forgot how good it is to find nuts and bolts easy to undo the second time around!!
First task - Getting the gearbox out to replace the cog with the missing teeth!!

[b_caswell]

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Hi Brian,

Are you rebuilding your own box or using a recon ?

[Skittler]

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Hi Ben,
The plan,only one I've got, is to rebuild.
The missing teeth are on a reverse cog, a common problem I believe with the Marina box. I'm hoping the damage is high in the box and thus easy to fix!!!
There is a 'unit' on one of our industrial estates that can, apparently, replace any damaged cog.

[b_caswell]

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Errm you will have to see what they say, which box is it 1300 or 1800 normally the reverse idler gear and its shaft are the last bits to come out of a single rail box. Unless they have a tweak you may be in for a complete rebuild.

Best of luck

[Skittler]

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Hi
After a successful and busy weekend away with county team the box is now out and proudly 'standing' on the garage floor.

In truth an easy enough operation and made so thanks to the borrowing of an engine hoist from my local garage.

(It's an 1800 box.)

[CABRIOBOB]

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I uncovered the Cabrio from its winter dust sheets, started it and drove up and down the drive several times and checked for water and oil leaks.
Repositioned the drivers interior footwell light. Replaced the headlamp bulbs with new Osram H4 60/55 night breaker plus bulbs which is very bright white light (£11/pair off ebay) compared to the standard bulbs and even the 100/80 which gives an orange effect light. So ready for taxing and driving next weekend weather permitting.

[CABRIOBOB]

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The first drive out this year on the new 17" wheels/tyres and pushed it really hard on the country roads and what a fantastic difference with the electric power steering and being able to throw it in and out of corners and very smooth over bumps with no kick back through the steering compared to the 15" wheels and manual steering.
I would say its nearly as good as my VX Insignia SRI on 20" wheels/tryes.

[CosworthCabrioLee]

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Must say it did look good today when you left me )))

[chris_cussen]

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Another drive right across Dorset to Weymouth to got to work from the Somerset border. Some exillerating bits of road, coming into Sherborne there is a series of sweeping bends with an extremely smooth surface, then later coming over the Giants Head (a road that runs along the tops of some hills by the Cerne Abbas giant) there are some long straights with no junctions, you can really open it up, I must have got somewhere near 60 along there!

So long as it is dry when its time to go home

[bryannewell]

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Fitted My new wheels to add to the "bling" in the cabin recently added
Steering wheel Boss,gear knob,handbrake lever handle and panel for music amp all done in English Burr Elm to hopefully complement the dash
Bryan

[bryannewell]

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Photo's I forgot to attach!!
Bryan

[CosworthCabrioLee]

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Doubled the price of my car filled up £60.00 I feel a expensive weekend coming on at Stoneleigh

[CABRIOBOB]

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Lee, you will need another £60 on fuel before you get to Stoneleigh !!!

[CosworthCabrioLee]

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Charnock Richard services get the roof down boys !!!!

[greyV8pete]

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A novel way to keep the rain out Lee!