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Up-dating my McCoy
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1st November 2015, 11:11
pompeyal
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The Gear Shift
The gear linkage from the Honda was longer than that of the mini and had to be shortened
To go about shortening the linkage I cut the ends of and fitted the to the car and then reshaped the link tubes in turn to fit between the ends
When each of the link tube had been bent into their new shape I trial fitted each in turn, setting the gear stick to a mid position and checking clearances under the car.
To hold them in place I cut some flexible split cable conduit and used that to hold the ends, I rotated each to their best fit and then marked them.
The areas to be welded were cleaned and the services of my welder were again called upon. I had them tacked first then checked them in the car and then once satisfied they were positioned correctly I had them fully welded.
I then cleaned back all the old paint and then re painted.
All I would need to do then was re-glass the original cut out for the mini gearshift.
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