Timing Cover - BMW Mini-Cooper 1968 Workshop Manual

THE ENGINE
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Refitting
(7) Reverse the removal instructions.
NOTES.-Pull the gear lever up into the interior
of the car before the engine is lowered into position.
Keep the sliding joints pushed well onto the drive
shaft splines while the flexible couplings are moved
into position.
COOPER
Removing
(1) Carry out the instructions (1) to (10) and (15) in
Section A.I2.
(2) Remove the fresh-air motor (when fitted).
(3) Disconnect the oil gauge pipe.
(4) Take off the distributor cap.
(5) Remove the carburetters and air cleaners (Sections
A.I and A.2).
(6) Remove the exhaust pipe assembly (Section A.3).
(7) Remove the three bolts securing the rear extension
mounting to the floor (Fig. A.I2).
(8) Unscrew the gear lever knob and take out the
screws with the rubber cover and plate.
(9) Remove the gear-change extension. Disconnect
the hydraulic and vacuum pipe and remove the
brake servo (Cooper'S').
Refitting
Reserve the removing instructions.
:Section A.14
ENGINE ~OUNTINGS
Removing
Left-hand
(l) Remove the radiator (Section C.3).
(2) Support the engine to take the weight off the
mounting.
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Fig. A.l2
The securing points for the Cooper gear-change exten-
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(3) Remove the nuts securing the mounting bracket
to the transmission casing and the two set screws
securing the mounting to the sub-frame sjde-
members; withdraw the bracket and mounting _,"'-','
assembly.
Right-hand
(4) Remove the clutch cover and engine mounting
together as detailed in Section A.II.
Refitting
Reverse the removing instructions.
Section A.1S
TIMING COVER
Removing
If the fan cowling is not the later split-type the engine
will have to be removed as in Section A.12; otherwise
proceed as follows.
(1)
Remove the radiator (Section C.3).
(2) Slacken the dynamo bolts and remove the fan belt.
(3) Withdraw the crankshaft pulley.
(4) Remove the cover securing screws and lift off the
cover.
Refitting
(5) Reverse the removing instructions when refitting
the cover. The oil seal in the cover must be re-
newed if it shows signs of deterioration, .usins
Service tool 18G 134 together with adaptor
18G 134 BD.
(6) The oil thrower behin41ht crankshaft pulley must
be fitted with the
fa,~marked
'F' away from the
engine. Fill the annular groove
of
the seal with
grease and use Service tool18G 1044 to centralize
the cover to the crankshaft. .
NOTE.-Tbe early type front
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cover and oil
thrower must only be used together.
~e
oil thrower
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must
be
fitted with its concave side facing away:
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Use Service tool18G 138 to centralize the s_to
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the crankshaft or use the crankshaft pulley.
(8) Fill the groove '~of the seal with grease, lubricate
the pulley hub and rotate the hub through the
cover oil seal.
(9) To ensure correct centralization the covel'.a,nd hub
should now be fitted together, aligning the keyway
in the pulley with the key in the crankshaft.
Cl
0) Insert the cover retaining screws and tighten them
evenly.
(11) Refit and tighten the crankshaft' pulley bolt to
the, torque figure given in 'GENERAL DATA' and
tap over the locking washer.
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