hi guys, firstly a big thanks to everyone on the forum who has helped me out. Today i took the gearbox out and found out what caused the horrid noise. I used a spacer kit as im using a v6 gearbox, and the supplied bolts have come loose. Looking at it closer i can see the bolts dont come right through the threads on the gearbox even though they are the longer ones. Anyone know where i can get even longer ones? Need to be about 10mm longer than the ones retro ford supply.
Adam

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I got some long ones from Namrick on the net think they are 12 x 1.5mm.

Glad to hear it may not be too serious, check for the bell housing bolt when you open it up though

i did, ive had it all apart and there is no damage to clutch or bell housing, or slave. Quite lucky really.

That's great news

Great news

Looks like nothing major and an easy fix.

Measure the bolts and post here what you need, I might have some in the garage, either hex or allen head as I have a lot of long M12 metric coarse stuff

thanks, i think they are fine thread as there m12 x 1.5, stuff in b and q are 1.75 i think. Im after some at least 70mm long.

Adam

A little drop of threadlocker would help as well..

No local fastener suppliers?