George Weatherley wrote in message
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wonder if anyone can help me out whats the best way to tell if the clutch
is going on a morris oxford farina cuase when i hill start and when when i
pull away on the flat i seam to get a judder but the car selects it gears
first time everytime

Hi George,
As you've covered my first instinct of checking the engine mountings, it
sounds as though you might have oil contamination on the clutch lining. Are
there any traces of oil leaking between the engine to bellhousing joint?
This would be an obvious sign, though enough oil to cause problems could be
present withaut an external leak being evident.
Cheers,
Bill.

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Hi All,
wonder if anyone can help me out whats the best way to tell if the clutch
is going on a morris oxford farina cuase when i hill start and when when i
pull away on the flat i seam to get a judder but the car selects it gears
first time everytime when the clutch was going on my austin a60 cambridge 10
years ago it would not engage gears and was awuful when changeing up and
down but the oxofrd just seams to judder i can hear a fair amount of noise
when i push down the clutch and then let it idle but on the move everything
seams ok but on hill starts and pulling away it seams juddery. I have dirven
and been driven in farinas for for aorund 200,000 miles between mine and my
fathers cars but have only every had to replace one clutch cause they seam
so hard wearing any one any ideas.
thanks
George
P.S i have checked mounting and rubber bushes all seams well.
Thanks for your help

"George Weatherley" wrote in message
...
Hi All,
wonder if anyone can help me out whats the best way to tell if the clutch
is going on a morris oxford farina cuase when i hill start and when when i
pull away on the flat i seam to get a judder but the car selects it gears
first time everytime when the clutch was going on my austin a60 cambridge
10
years ago it would not engage gears and was awuful when changeing up and
down but the oxofrd just seams to judder i can hear a fair amount of noise
when i push down the clutch and then let it idle but on the move
everything
seams ok but on hill starts and pulling away it seams juddery. I have
dirven
and been driven in farinas for for aorund 200,000 miles between mine and
my
fathers cars but have only every had to replace one clutch cause they
seam
so hard wearing any one any ideas.
thanks
George
P.S i have checked mounting and rubber bushes all seams well.
Thanks for your help



You may have a distorted or worn flywheel. There may be a propshaft or back
axle or spring bush problem.

MrCheerful

Thanks gents for your sugestions, i got right under the car on saturday and
only then did i notice one of the bushes on the gearbox steady was round the
wrong way and the ment the clamp that holds it was round the wrong way so it
was not holding it much at all there i also looked at the slave cylinder
that had looked perfect when i looked before but i found the 2 bolts were
not even finger tight alowing it to move as it was used, since talking the
car on a couple years ago i have found loads of lose stuff i have since
sepnt alot of time going round check everything!! i have only had time to go
round the block in it the clutch does seam smoother but there is still a bit
of noise when i press the pedal and relese it but it all seams more steady
when pulling away i think if it can get round to next spring i will whip the
clutch out and have the flywheel checked as per your susgestions cause i
work outside the weather is abit ruff now to start doing that.
Thanks again guys I will let you know the outcome.
George

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:32:07 +0000 (UTC), "George Weatherley"
wrote:

Thanks gents for your sugestions, i got right under the car on saturday and
only then did i notice one of the bushes on the gearbox steady was round the
wrong way and the ment the clamp that holds it was round the wrong way so it
was not holding it much at all there i also looked at the slave cylinder
that had looked perfect when i looked before but i found the 2 bolts were
not even finger tight alowing it to move as it was used, since talking the
car on a couple years ago i have found loads of lose stuff i have since
sepnt alot of time going round check everything!! i have only had time to go
round the block in it the clutch does seam smoother but there is still a bit
of noise when i press the pedal and relese it but it all seams more steady
when pulling away i think if it can get round to next spring i will whip the
clutch out and have the flywheel checked as per your susgestions cause i
work outside the weather is abit ruff now to start doing that.
Thanks again guys I will let you know the outcome.
George

Sounds like a case of finger-tight restoration to me!
R

"R Strong" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:32:07 +0000 (UTC), "George Weatherley"
wrote:

Thanks gents for your sugestions, i got right under the car on saturday
and
only then did i notice one of the bushes on the gearbox steady was round
the
wrong way and the ment the clamp that holds it was round the wrong way so
it
was not holding it much at all there i also looked at the slave cylinder
that had looked perfect when i looked before but i found the 2 bolts were
not even finger tight alowing it to move as it was used, since talking
the
car on a couple years ago i have found loads of lose stuff i have since
sepnt alot of time going round check everything!! i have only had time to
go
round the block in it the clutch does seam smoother but there is still a
bit
of noise when i press the pedal and relese it but it all seams more
steady
when pulling away i think if it can get round to next spring i will whip
the
clutch out and have the flywheel checked as per your susgestions cause i
work outside the weather is abit ruff now to start doing that.
Thanks again guys I will let you know the outcome.
George

Sounds like a case of finger-tight restoration to me!


Handy tip coming up . . .

If you are not going to tighten something properly straight away, never ever
leave it finger-tight, always leave it obviously loose. Otherwise you or
somebody else will assume it has been properly tightened when it hasn't.

BTDT :-(

Ron Robinson

"R. N. Robinson" wrote in
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"R Strong" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:32:07 +0000 (UTC), "George Weatherley"
wrote:

Thanks gents for your sugestions, i got right under the car on saturday
and
only then did i notice one of the bushes on the gearbox steady was
round
the
wrong way and the ment the clamp that holds it was round the wrong way
so
it
was not holding it much at all there i also looked at the slave
cylinder
that had looked perfect when i looked before but i found the 2 bolts
were
not even finger tight alowing it to move as it was used, since talking
the
car on a couple years ago i have found loads of lose stuff i have since
sepnt alot of time going round check everything!! i have only had time
to
go
round the block in it the clutch does seam smoother but there is still
a
bit
of noise when i press the pedal and relese it but it all seams more
steady
when pulling away i think if it can get round to next spring i will
whip
the
clutch out and have the flywheel checked as per your susgestions cause
i
work outside the weather is abit ruff now to start doing that.
Thanks again guys I will let you know the outcome.
George

Sounds like a case of finger-tight restoration to me!


Handy tip coming up . . .

If you are not going to tighten something properly straight away, never
ever
leave it finger-tight, always leave it obviously loose. Otherwise you or
somebody else will assume it has been properly tightened when it hasn't.

BTDT :-(

Ron Robinson


Ron,
I think who ever had done work on my car in the past had got a really bad
memory everything I touched was lose the bumpers, link pins, 1 shock
absorber the wipes stopped working the second day I had it due to were the
cable goes in at the top being lose and coming out I had checked all the
safety items when I first realised that the whole car was half un bolted but
must of missed the slave cylinder.
George