Moles T-5R (Project Olive)

[t5 pete]

woohoo awesome on the queef there's a few now running them but iirc im sure some one still hasn't got one don't know who that is tho pmsl.
I quite like the fact your seeing what the 15g can do

[WOODY T5]

Nice lookingf bit of kit mate, hopefully one of those will adorn my gearbox one day. Don't listen to Frankie, stick with the 15g, it's the only way I'll beat you once my 18t is fitted.

frankie just worried the mole might beat is pb time lol

[WOODY T5]

we'll see what happens...my 15g has done well so far and there's a bit more to be had yet...

wot is your best time mate

[MoleT-5R]

woohoo awesome on the queef there's a few now running them but iirc im sure some one still hasn't got one don't know who that is tho pmsl.
I quite like the fact your seeing what the 15g can do

someone has to try and see what the standard turbo can do and then push then envelope a bit more

frankie just worried the mole might beat is pb time lol

To right, his time won't be as hard to beat as yours mate....lol

wot is your best time mate

best run was a Avon and 14.52, she has run better but not against the clock sadly, so I have to get it spot on for the next outing, no room for the annoying misfire I had at york,so slowly changing one component at a time till I nail the problem

[claymore]

someone has to try and see what the standard turbo can do and then push then envelope a bit more



To right, his time won't be as hard to beat as yours mate....lol



best run was a Avon and 14.52, she has run better but not against the clock sadly, so I have to get it spot on for the next outing, no room for the annoying misfire I had at york,so slowly changing one component at a time till I nail the problem

Just for your info, my misfire on the triangle turned out to be the vac pipe to the fuel pressure regulator had popped off.

[MoleT-5R]

Just for your info, my misfire on the triangle turned out to be the vac pipe to the fuel pressure regulator had popped off.

that's handy to know, will check mine today and I'm going to get this sorted quickly, even if it means a new set of plugs etc

[Nealevo]

that's handy to know, will check mine today and I'm going to get this sorted quickly, even if it means a new set of plugs etc

Ade, i have a new set of plugs here, (10 miles use) as i brought the wrong sort, i needed LPG ones yours if you want them!!!

[MoleT-5R]

Ade, i have a new set of plugs here, (10 miles use) as i brought the wrong sort, i needed LPG ones yours if you want them!!!

Thanks Neal Pm'd

[Wobbly Dave]

see you hid your HID balast in the same place as me. Great minds think alike.

[MoleT-5R]

see you hid your HID balast in the same place as me. Great minds think alike.

nope... blatant thief of of your idea, but I did credit you in the text mate, just a neat way to tidy things up a bit

[MoleT-5R]

Well cracked the 10v gearbox open this evening and was pleasantly surprise by the limit of the damage, but will have to replace one part I hadn't bargained on, one half of the case.....Damn

For those who've not taken one a part before, it is relatively easy, the selector roll pin needs knocking out and the selector removed, then lay the box on the bell housing flange and remove all the casing bolts and carefully prise the case apart, rotate the big gear selector as you gently lift the casing of and it should come away easily.



And the damage






So I will be having to replace a few cogs and half of the case, that will teach me....don't forget when you've drained your new gearbox of oil, as this will happen in approximately 30 miles if you even get that far

[Jamest5r]

Think I did about 7 on an empty box, didn't like it very much but then again the m59 likes eating it's own innards

[MoleT-5R]

Well a bit more progress made this evening, not too sure on a couple of the bearings on the layshaft and reverse/fifth hub. The gears on the top of the input and layshaft both are a bit hammered, but that is only to be expected as they appear to have been trying to convert the layshaft bearing rollers into milled swarf, of which a large proportion was caught on the magnetic disc in the bottom of the gearbox.

[t5 pete]

Certainly been munching do you have another box Adrian

[MoleT-5R]

Certainly been munching do you have another box Adrian

I have a spare m56 box with standard ratio's, Pedro has kindly offered some internals from a 10v box, so it is just a case of moving them here and finding a spare case, as I don't really wish to have to strip the spare box if I don't have to. A swap of the crown wheel and pinion swap isn't as straight forward as you'd think on these boxes, as you need to swap 2 pinions (1 on the layshaft cluster and the second on the reverse/fifth gear shaft) so a bit more stripping and swopping would be required, but then I would lose the lower 1st and 2nd gears if I swopped the final drive into the m56 I have here

[M-R-P]

Looks complicated...


Is there a prize for spotting the difference between the 4th and 5th pictures?

[claymore]

Looks complicated...


Is there a prize for spotting the difference between the 4th and 5th pictures?

I think picture 5 has James Branstons cousin in it:

[M-R-P]

I've not seen Mr. Branston for a while Colin, you haven't cut him up and used him for bracing have you?

[stribo]

To put it technically, that's ££££ed.

[MoleT-5R]

Looks complicated...


Is there a prize for spotting the difference between the 4th and 5th pictures?

lol.....sorry no prizes, but I am amazed how simple and easy to dis-assemble the box is, in comparison to the rovers and mini gearboxes I used to mess around with years ago