It sounds reasonable to me, even the complete set if that would be
less costly than jigging up for three different 3rd gears. You could
put me down for one or two.
-Roland
'53 BN1 with 3 sp that will work, I hope
On Tue, 30 May 2006 11:30:27 +0800, you wrote:
::Indeed -
::
::The BN1 gearbox in many respects is superior to the later 4 speed box,
::save for the 3rd gear problem. If a replacement gearset and synchros
::were available using modern, stronger materials, i'm sure there would
::a couple hundred takers, including yours truly. Unfortunately since
::the factory produced three different sets of gear styles for the box,
::the best thing to do would be to just do a complete gear and synchro
::set new, but that would be expensive I am sure of it... but heck it
::couldn't be much more than a Smitty conversion.... at the end of the
::day.
::
::Regards,
::
::Alan
::
::'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
::
::
::
::
::On 5/30/06, Douglas W Flagg <dwflagg@juno.com> wrote:
::> It seems to me a sad commentary when, someone such as Rich, to whom we
::> all turn for technical expertise, asks the list about
::> some possibilities for "things might we have enough of a need for, maybe
::> things could in fact be produced" ....
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