It has to be Sod’s Law or some other law that seems to appear when things are starting to work out. I had finished the Ford engine and had a report from the owner that it was starting well and no oil spatter from the exhaust! So, I was well underway working at getting the MF 135 together.
Massey muck
The oil covering the clutch was coming through the input shafts. I have stripped and cleaned all the oily muck from the clutch parts and reassembled it with a new PTO plate so that it is all ready to fit back onto the flywheel. I was about to fit the piston assemblies into the engine block when I discovered a small crack at