Forgot to post a photo of the oil that I drained from the transmission. The transmission uses SAE30 weight oil, you can see the state of the oil that came out of her.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_scMSK_N6E3w/TC...2010.06.22.JPG

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I noticed that , too. Thought it might be his wallet.....

Alex,

Very good point. That fan really is quite powerfull. When your standing near it when the engine is reved up you can feel air rushing past you. It really must be quite efective when the engine hatch is on.

That piece of material that came off the top of the radiator was a piece of felt. It was glued on top of the rad. The fan puled it off. It didn't pass through the fan, got lodged down below just before hitting the blades.

Cheers

milky oil , are the band in those transmision held on with glue or rivet in these thing? nice work so far , i like them feret

The brake bands are riveted on thankfully!

I made a short video of the transmission shifting between gears. In each gear I am depressing the change lever several times to observe the movement with out shifting gears.

Click here to watch video on Youtube.

June 23rd Update:

Just to keep you all up to speed…

All fluids have now been changed. Fluid flywheel was down about three liters!!! Topped that up of course.

I cleaned up the adjusters on 1st and 2nd. They did not seem to stick and the rust that was on them mostly wiped off with a rag. Very odd.

I reassembled everything (counted the turns on the self adjuster nuts when I removed them to re-install the same number of turns). Popped the top back on the transmission and re-filled with oil.

Started right up with no problem and after checking the fluids again (engine oil and gearbox) I tried 1st and 2nd and absolutely nothing. Third is very strong, enough to drive her around in and out of the shop. 4th and 5th seem strong as well.

Tomorrow I will fabricate the wilson pre-select gauge and double check the gearbox settings. I know its going to have to come apart, but it would be nice to take her for a proper drive before I tear it apart.

First drive...

Took this video about an hour ago. Keep in mind, its starting off in third gear. The home made muffler is a bit loud, but the exhaust tubes are leaking as well which adds to the noise. Seems to back fire through the carb, will have to play with that a bit.

Click here to watch video on Youtube.

GBox adjusting
 

Hi,

I've read somewhere that regularly when in service (but not while driving) the driver is meant to select each gear in turn and press and release the change pedal a surprising number of times which operates the adjuster for each band/speed selected. If you haven't got a manual then check the NET for 'Doug's Heavy Metal' website as he discusses this with some emphasis (can't always trust my memory). Thanks to Doug's site my Dad got our first Ferret's dizzy timed up and the motor running nicely (Thanks Doug! :thup2:).

Regards

Alex

Hi Alex,

Your referring to what some call Pedal Up. Before starting each day its advisable to pump the gear change pedal at least 6 times in each gear to take up any slack in the automatic adjuster for each of the selected gear brake band.

The adjusters take up any wear on the brake band. Its quite an interesting gearbox. When used correctly they work like a dream.

I think the gearbox in this Ferret has been abused and the result is a worn out 1st and 2nd gear brake band. You do not use the gear change pedal like a clutch, as some often do.

Cheers

Gear box works like a dream.
 

Whilst rebuilding one as an apprentice,I was told that Mr Wilson eventally went mad. No surprise with all those epicyclics moving around in his head.