James Taylor book

[milothedog]

Got back from a nice walk with the dog's this morning and for some reason picked up my copy of the restorers guide and had yet another good read whilst having a cup of tea. I have read it before but must have missed these two things but thought it worth posting about.


In the cylinder head section he talks about heads that were out of tolerance after production being reworked instead of being scrapped. With cam bucket bores they were machined over size and fitted with over sized buckets. Apparently if this was the case the head was stamped "OS" adjacent the bore.

Maybe this could explain why some heads have the random noisy tappet issue sometimes.


The other thing I read was about transmission vibration issues on the auto's, a subject that comes up often on here. The fix was a change of sump pan on the BW35's I assume this was from the Tin pan type to the cast Ali one


Hope it may be useful info to someone.

Ian

[DJT]

Ian,

Wasn't it the engine sump pan that was altered to include the brackets for the anti-vibration straps that connected the oil sump to the auto-box?

[milothedog]

Ian,

Wasn't it the engine sump pan that was altered to include the brackets for the anti-vibration straps that connected the oil sump to the auto-box?

Page 61 Dave, maybe I am reading it wrongly but it's about modifications to the BW35 ? it does refer you back to page 51 (Engine) so as I said maybe I misinterpreted it

[DJT]

Just read the relevant sections Ian and see what you mean, it does refer to the box sump. Having just sold my old BW35 I no longer have one to refer to........

[milothedog]

Just read the relevant sections Ian and see what you mean, it does refer to the box sump. Having just sold my old BW35 I no longer have one to refer to........

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[DaveB]

Thanks Ian, I still have what I think is transmission vibration, having changed just about everything else, will have to dig out the JT bible and have a read.

[Jeff]

Got back from a nice walk with the dog's this morning and for some reason picked up my copy of the restorers guide and had yet another good read whilst having a cup of tea. I have read it before but must have missed these two things but thought it worth posting about.


In the cylinder head section he talks about heads that were out of tolerance after production being reworked instead of being scrapped. With cam bucket bores they were machined over size and fitted with over sized buckets. Apparently if this was the case the head was stamped "OS" adjacent the bore.

Maybe this could explain why some heads have the random noisy tappet issue sometimes.


The other thing I read was about transmission vibration issues on the auto's, a subject that comes up often on here. The fix was a change of sump pan on the BW35's I assume this was from the Tin pan type to the cast Ali one


Hope it may be useful info to someone.

Ian

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