With all this talk of OD's and what can go wrong with them, I realize that
I know ABsoLUTEly nothing about OD's. I have a '72 OD tranny sitting in my
garage waiting to go into a '67 MGB that I'm theorectically restoring (haven't
touched it in about six months).
Yes, I know that the shift arm is longer on the later tranny. Bill Schloss-
nagel in El Cajon, CA has agreed to shorten the shift arm for me like he did
for the '74 tranny in the '67 B I'm currently driving. His price of $75 has
not gone up in the last 10 years or so since he did my last one.
So, the questions are:
1) Is the driveshaft out of the non-overdrive '67 B (with later rearend)
going to work with the OD fully synchro tranny? I sure hope so because
I've already put new U-joints in it and had it balanced. And it won't
go in my other '67 B (which is probably a '66) because it has the early
rearend.
2) What do I need to check out about the OD before I actually stuff the
engine and tranny in the car? I was told by the previous owner of the
OD tranny that it didn't work because the solenoid was bad, but he looked
very sheepish when he said this. I make a habit of not believing anything
anyone says about a part they're selling me so that I'm never disappointed.
I justified buying the thing by telling myself that once I had the case, I
could replace anything inside that was bad. So I'd like to know what to
look for so I'll know which inside parts I need to replace beFORE it's in
the car.
All advice will be greatly appreciated!
Denise Thorpe
thorpe@kegs.saic.com
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