During the disassembly/inspection/reassembly process on the 365 Gearbox you will recall that I went on a journey regarding the sourcing of the 2 taper roller bearings for the differential; the "journey" is on this forum.
The transaxle is now back together, (I do not like to have things disassembled for long periods of time as I "forget stuff"), but there are 2 issues with the unit which I am uncomfortable about - I address just one of them here.
Upon removing the 5th gear housing I noticed that the detent plunger for the 5th Gear was not there, (the external plug was, but there was no spring or plunger, items 23 and 24) - please refer photo and parts page. Neither was it floating around in the gearbox.
My question is, (and perhaps a stupid one), should it be there and if so, what does the Lotus external 'Heath Robinson' indent arrangement do? (item 26) - or does the latter make the original Renault indent redundant?
Finally, the million dollar question, if the plunger and spring, (items 23 and 24), should be there, where can I get them? (Anybody got a redundant/destroyed 365 in pieces?
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Obviously they can be fitted with the box assembled, which is why I pressed ahead and put the whole unit together.