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Re: MGA Tranny

To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: MGA Tranny
From: Dave Quirt <quirt@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 12:53:06 -0600
Barney:

Here it is. It belongs to my Twin-Cam YD3/1437. Other than the
bellhousing, it is 99.99% the same as the 1600 gearbox.

Dave Q.

Barney Gaylord wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have a picture of the Twin Cam gearbox bellhousing?  I'd love
> to add it to my repertory.
> 
> You see, the reason I don't mention the Twin Cam very often is that the
> Twin Cam is so much different than the other MGAs that I tend to class it
> over there with the Magnette as a variant model.  <flamesuit_on>
> 
> And while I'm thinking about it, I thought the Twin Cam gearbox had a
> flanged output coupling similar to the 1600 gearbox, and that the Magnette
> gearbox had a sliding spline output coupling like the 1500 units, and of
> course the Magnette had the clutch lever up top.  Would someone like to
> fill me in on these details?  Or for that matter, anything else that may be
> different about either the Twin Cam or the Magnette gearbox.  Always
> willing to learn, and it's nice to know which parts might be
> interchangeable, and which not.
> 
> Barney Gaylord


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