More on the Moss 4 speed- Top shot is of the rear of the box showing the long mainshaft and the distance piece. Second and third shots are of the assembled mainshaft and the constant motion shaft.
Last is of the front of the box with the bearing housing installed. This has to come apart again as the end float of the constant motion shaft is excessive and needs to have shim washers added. Other news: the new crankshaft and connecting rods have arrived and been delivered to the machinist. I'm going to have the lower end balanced. My current task is to locate new pistons, rings, wrist pins and clips. Also, I need to order a new rear crankshaft seal assembly. This requires machining the crankshaft. The original rear main bearing on the xk 120 did not have a real seal. It had an oil thrower that prevented oil loss when under power, but leaked like lots of British stuff when parked.
Josh asked some time back about the Triumph- It is a ' 58 TR-3A. The 3B came out for one year ( I think it was '61) and one of the major differences from the 3A was the use of a fully syncronized Moss 4-speed. I have installed a TR-4 fully syncro-ed box into the 3A so it's kinda like a B. The old non-syncro-ed box is where I am gaining parts to fix the Jag's.
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