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Further to this - Milton Racing supply an adaptor plate to mount a Type 9 5 speed box to your original Ford 4 speed gearbox bell housing, you can then keep the starter in the same position and retain the hydraulic external slave cylinder.


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That's handy to know.
What about cable and rod operated clutches? Both are on Morgans...


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Not too sure about rod operated Graham but you can no doubt rig up a cable clutch. I'm not really a fan of cable operated clutches hence I'm keeping the hydraulic external slave cylinder. Retro Ford do a bellhousing and concentric slave cylinder if you prefer that set up.


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OK, thanks.

Mine has a cable clutch and the 4/4/4 I'm hoping to acquire (presently engine out) is rod operated. Did think it would make sense to look at a gearbox swap as the car is partly dismantled anyway... smile


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Originally Posted By Graham, G4FUJ
Mine has a cable clutch and the 4/4/4 I'm hoping to acquire (presently engine out) is rod operated.


Is the cable clutch on yours original or has it been modified? I ask because the rod operated item is a pig to adjust and I've often thought about doing the conversion.


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Cable on a '76
The 4/4/4 I mention is a '73 (not mine yet - but it's the first Morgan I sat in). Not sure how long rod operation was used, but I seem to remember somewhere pre-'71 it was cable operation. Rod operation only came in for a few years, before returning to cable...

I prefer hydraulic, but having said that, I've had no problems, so far, with my cable operation (I do carry a spare though - a foible from my TVR days! smile )


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A "4/4/4" Graham?


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I was told by John Worral recently (he supplied me a spare clutch cable as I thought I should have one on the shelf)...

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the earlier pre 76 Kent engined cars used the Clutch Rod system..they changed to a cable when Power Torque modified the Bellhousing prior to delivery

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My 1969 4/4 with the X Flow Kent engine has a hydraulic clutch; the slave cylinder mounts to a cast-in bracket on the bellhousing on the passenger side and pushes the operating rod backwards towards the bulkhead.The slave cylinder is a Mk 2 Cortina item and is quite expensive if you need to buy new or re-manufactured.


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4/4 with 4 seats J! smile


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