Here is my take on the shifter.. It is a late full syncro tranny. The cover
has
been moved back a bit and the gap it left has been covered up with huh..
Something.. Someone has fitted the early shift lever to it. You can see this by
the three bolts holding down the early pieces and the crook in the lever. The
early tranny had these pieces held in by a circlip. You need to get the correct
shifter and related parts. With the late trannys shifter being a few inches
further back installing the carpet kit gets weird. A late kit wont work. You
need the early kit. The tunnel piece needs to be fitted back a bit to match the
shifter. I had to trim a few inches off the the back of the tunnel piece and
make up a piece to fill in the gap it left at the front. The fit is still a
little sloppy and some carpet padding in the right places help it to look
smooth.
Dennis Cox
67 MGB
Max Heim wrote:
> Rear brakes sticking sounds like it might be a rear cylinder leak, with
> fluid on the shoes. Messy job, but not technically difficult.
>
> I can't quite figure your transmission situation, either. There is no way
> that the four synchro shifter would line up with the hole in the original
> cover -- it should be 1-1/2 to 2 inches too far to the rear. And that
> crooked shifter lever looks like the 3-synchro lever -- the later one is
> straight and larger diameter. It almost looks like the cover is riveted on
> in the photo -- is that correct? Mine used bolts, into fixed nuts in the
> tunnel.
>
> After close examination of the photos, I would guess that the cover has been
> moved or modified -- it doesn't seem to sit quite right. So that could
> accommodate the lever position.
>
> But the three bolt arrangement doesn't look right at all. At the least the
> bolts are wrong -- the heads are too big and they are probably too long to
> fit (based on your description). Have you tried replacing them with
> smaller-headed bolts? Maybe you have some other sort of British tranny? Or a
> different shifter extension?
>
> on 5/24/02 9:17 AM, Patton Dickson at kpdii@earthlink.net wrote:
>
> >
> > My rear brakes occasionally stick. What I mean by that is they sometimes
> > grab then let go after I try to move. This usually results in a little
> > spinning of the wheels a seen by the marks at the bottom of my driveway!!!
> > Is this something related to sitting for a while and I need to putt the
> > wheel and clean, or does this point to something else.
> >
> > On the transmission shifter housing there I have the ball cover that looks
> > like an inverted bowl, there are three bolts that seem to be there to hold
> > the cover on, but they are not (nor can be) bolted all the way down. The
> > exploded transmission picture in the Moss and Vicky Brit catalog does not
> > show bolts for the 67 transmission but it seems to use a clip. I see the
> > later style uses screws, but it does not use the bowl shaped cover but
> > instead a flat one. Driving down the street and back tells me I have the
> > later all sync transmission. I think I have a DPO problem here since
> > there is no way to tighten down the heads of the nuts without them rubbing
> > on the coupling. I took some pics with the digital camera and posted it to
> > the link below, so people can look.
> >
> > Does anyone have any idea what I need to do, leaving them loose can't be
> > right. Please look at the pictures at the following like and let me know.
> >
> > http://carport.virtualave.net/shifter.htm
> >
> > Also, though not a pressing issue. I think I still have the early
> > transmission tunnel with a cover to work with the later style, can you guys
> > tell from the pictures in the above link? When I order carpet for the car,
> > what do I need to order if this is non standard (early carpet kit vs a
> > later carpet kit. Can I still get the molded tunnel carpet?
> >
> > Next, I was going to send my new number plate off to Todd Clarke, but
> > hadn't gotten around to it. Has anyone done it themselves? What did you use
> > (I see Harbor Freight has a cheap stamp sets, but I don't know what size
> > would be correct). I will need this done before inspection.
> >
> > Does anyone know the nut size for the rear bumper for my 67 MGB so I can
> > mount that?
> >
> > I also have to bolt the wind shield down and get the flashers working, do
> > you think I need to worry about installing the vent windows and side
> > glass? I don't think I need them for inspection, but I am not sure. When
> > I got the Corvair inspected it was lights, horn, flashers, wipers and that
> > was all, but it was obviously a complete car.
> >
> > I am sure that I will come across other problems. Hopefully I can get
> > most of this knocked out over the next three days and I can technically
> > have the car on the road for British Car Week
> >
> > Patton
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> > Patton Dickson - Richmond, TX
> > 1965 Corvair Monza 110/4sp 'vert
> > 1967 MGB MK I Roadster
> > http://carport.virtualave.net/
> >
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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