Palio Rectangular hole on the bell house, nut fell in.
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Palio Rectangular hole on the bell house, nut fell in.
agreed..it'll PROBABLY sit in the sticky goo at the bottom of the bell housing without issue _ but IF it ever bounced up into contact with the spinning clutch - it could do some serious damage..,
your call really..!!
only real way is uncouple bell housing from engine and wedge apart ,
NOT a ten-minute job
Charlie
only real way is uncouple bell housing from engine and wedge apart ,
NOT a ten-minute job
Charlie
That would not be so difficult either? Support the engine and box, remove the rear and gearbox mounts, undo the bolts and pull apart?
How many cms could you pull it apart?
You have my sympathy.
There is not much free space in a bell housing. One little nut getting caught by the spinning flywheel/clutch is likely to break out through the casing. It MUST be retrieved, whatever the work involved. Fishing with a magnet on a string may work, but unlikely. It may have dropped to the bottom, or be sitting on the clutch somewhere. It is small enough to get into the clutch cover and jam its movement.
If there's no hole or cover underneath, it will have to be a gearbox out.
Are you sure it fell in there? Not sitting on top of the gearbox, or caught somewhere. Rolled into the grass off the edge of the drive, sitting in the corner of the garage, etc?
Good luck.
The little hole in the top used to be for the timing marks, they originally had a rubber plug in them. Once the problem is sorted, some masking tape might be a good idea to cover it.
There is not much free space in a bell housing. One little nut getting caught by the spinning flywheel/clutch is likely to break out through the casing. It MUST be retrieved, whatever the work involved. Fishing with a magnet on a string may work, but unlikely. It may have dropped to the bottom, or be sitting on the clutch somewhere. It is small enough to get into the clutch cover and jam its movement.
If there's no hole or cover underneath, it will have to be a gearbox out.
Are you sure it fell in there? Not sitting on top of the gearbox, or caught somewhere. Rolled into the grass off the edge of the drive, sitting in the corner of the garage, etc?
Good luck.
The little hole in the top used to be for the timing marks, they originally had a rubber plug in them. Once the problem is sorted, some masking tape might be a good idea to cover it.
Well done, very lucky. Have you bought a lottery ticket?
Now cover the hole up.
Now cover the hole up.
