I know ther are no stupid questions but what is a CB or RB car? I have
never heard of those identifiers before
Safety Fast!!
Ross Overcash, 74B, NAMGBR 2-1172, Ayer, MA
http://www.tiac.net/users/jroverca/index.htm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Bert Palte
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 1998 3:09 PM
> To: Mike Lishego
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: OD Speedo numbers
>
>
> At 13:20 22-04-1998 -0400, Mike wrote:
> >Is there a numeric difference between a regular and overdrive
> speedometer?
>
> Straight from memory, without checking, Mike. (I've had my OD gearbox in
> cartons for about two years, now... Still not under the car...
> Lack of time...)
>
> For GHN5-cars the (gear ratios of the speedo) gears in the gearbox (or,
> at the rear of the OD) are different, depending only on whether you have a
> CB or RB car.
> AFAIK when you change from a non-OD to an OD box from the same
> 'group'(i.e.
> CB OR RB), you don't need to change the speedo.
>
> When you change from a CB non-OD box to a RB OD-box (like I did,
> or rather,
> intend)
> you have to change either the speedo or the gears. (I chose for
> the latter).
> The difference in speedo indictation is then only 1 percent, that is,
> negligible.
>
>
> >In a similar vein, can anybody tell me the approximate weight of an
> >overdrive transmission, without fluid?
>
>
> Ball park figure, without checking, about 100 lbs / 45 kg
>
>
> Bert
>
> who has a CB MGB and a RB OD box,
> thus now having the speedo gears for a RB OD box available for
> whoever needs them....
>
>
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