Mark -
I never suggested to buy a used gearbox from Ebay.... If I were doing this,
I would buy it used from Bill Bolton or someone similar who actually
rebuilds the units.
Best,
Alan
On Jan 14, 2008 9:43 AM, Mark and Kathy <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net> wrote:
> The chance of a good trany from Ebay is very small. Most need to be
> rebuilt, and good parts are extremely expensive. One has to ask
> themselves why anyone would actually sell a perfectly good Healey
> Transmission on Ebay when they could easily sell it locally to a friend or
> club member and bypass all the headaches in shipping these beastly things.
>
> I purchased 5 tranys on Ebay at various times and all had various
> problems.
> I was able to combine enough parts to make one good unit but still had to
> purchase many new parts to make it last and worth my time.
>
> At the time I really , really wanted to keep the car original in order to
> get the true Healey experience which I had never had before. I easily
> have
> $2500.+ invested to get one unit on the road, plus my time.
>
> Knowing what I know now, I would have taken a more serious look at the
> Smitty conversion.
>
> Mark
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