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Page 37 of the 3000 MKIII drivers handbook says:
Gearbox and Overdrive (A)
Remove the magnetic ring, filter gauze and clean it.
Where is the magnetic ring?
I removed the large brass oil drain plug to find a red fiber washer around the treads. Resting in the center of that plug was the oil pump strainer.
It seems whom ever rebuilt the overdrive installed 3 black fiber washers under the strainer. The size was just about same as the outside diameter of the strainer. I didn't see those in the break down diagrams. So I took the setup to my Mechanic. He didn't know why they were there and recommended I leave them out.
Thinking out loud. Maybe it was an after market strainer and needed the washers to keep it pressed up to make a seal against the bottom of the oil pump body? Are there any after market screens that are not the right size?
However with the 3 stacked washers under the screen, the center ring of the screen did seem touch the raised center of the brass plug. It seems the 3 black washers covered a lot of the bottom of the screen. That's a lot of screen area that's not doing its job. Anyone run across this?
Anyway, back to the where is the magnetic ring. It is listed in the Moss catalog #866-220. However Moss does not show it in the break down diagram.
Gearbox and Overdrive (A)
Remove the magnetic ring, filter gauze and clean it.
Where is the magnetic ring?
I removed the large brass oil drain plug to find a red fiber washer around the treads. Resting in the center of that plug was the oil pump strainer.
It seems whom ever rebuilt the overdrive installed 3 black fiber washers under the strainer. The size was just about same as the outside diameter of the strainer. I didn't see those in the break down diagrams. So I took the setup to my Mechanic. He didn't know why they were there and recommended I leave them out.
Thinking out loud. Maybe it was an after market strainer and needed the washers to keep it pressed up to make a seal against the bottom of the oil pump body? Are there any after market screens that are not the right size?
However with the 3 stacked washers under the screen, the center ring of the screen did seem touch the raised center of the brass plug. It seems the 3 black washers covered a lot of the bottom of the screen. That's a lot of screen area that's not doing its job. Anyone run across this?
Anyway, back to the where is the magnetic ring. It is listed in the Moss catalog #866-220. However Moss does not show it in the break down diagram.
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