3rd February 2013, 18:16
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Originally Posted by davecymru
2nd job was to sort out the gear selector so that i could get it into reverse without having to replace all of the linkages.
So I modified the existing steel selector plate to get all of the pathways working and i quite like the angled dog-leg to reverse. I'm sure I've seen it on other old cars, now i know why!
Obviously the final one won't just have a big triangular hole for reverse and rather than try and weld a bit back into this, i happened to find a plate of 8mm aluminium in the odds-n-sods pile, so i thought "why not make a new one, how hard can it be!" VERY, as it turns out!
So starting with this:
trace the outline onto it, roughly cut it out and drill holes at all of the extremities to get this:
Then attack it with an angle grinder, dremel and a frankly absurd amount of filing to get it this far:
It's not finished yet, but i'm shattered now and the blister that all of the filing caused has just burst, so that's it for today!
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thats why they have invented machine shops for Dave, but well done for the effort
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