After a disastrous first meeting, it was back into the workshop to investigate the problems with the clutch. The last two meetings from the 2013 race season had been at Croft which had been very muddy – perhaps this could have caused the problem.
Once the gearbox had been removed, and the clutch taken out the problem was obvious. Some of the loose surface from Croft had found its way into the workings of the clutch forcing it open, and not allowing it to release. Once the clutch had been dismantled half an egg cupful of dirt was revealed – this had caused all the problems.
With that sorted, and everything put back together, it was time to work out how to stop the problem happening in the future; the car is very much a hy-bred, with a Mitsubishi engine bolted to a BMW gearbox there are quite a few gaps between the two. Hence a plate had to be fabricated to stop the problem reoccurring.
That done, the car was all ready for my next outing - round three of the British Championship at Knockhill on May 11th. Hopefully that will be more successful than Blyton.
Huge thanks go out to the top mechanic and ace fabricator Peter Singleton for all the work on the car.
Once the gearbox had been removed, and the clutch taken out the problem was obvious. Some of the loose surface from Croft had found its way into the workings of the clutch forcing it open, and not allowing it to release. Once the clutch had been dismantled half an egg cupful of dirt was revealed – this had caused all the problems.
With that sorted, and everything put back together, it was time to work out how to stop the problem happening in the future; the car is very much a hy-bred, with a Mitsubishi engine bolted to a BMW gearbox there are quite a few gaps between the two. Hence a plate had to be fabricated to stop the problem reoccurring.
That done, the car was all ready for my next outing - round three of the British Championship at Knockhill on May 11th. Hopefully that will be more successful than Blyton.
Huge thanks go out to the top mechanic and ace fabricator Peter Singleton for all the work on the car.