Thanks Ed,
Eh, so I got it assbackwards. About par for Monday! That's what happens when
I try to review a weekend full of email on 30 minutes!
What the man behind the curtain meant to say was early transmission with late
starter.
With the crowd in the corner,
Bruce Clough
CT2966L
Looking at a '65 Polara as a winter car...
> From fogbros@nb.net Mon Jun 29 16:54:19 1998
> Reply-To: "Ed Woods" <fogbros@nb.net>
> From: "Ed Woods" <fogbros@nb.net>
> To: "Bruce T. Clough" <cloughbt@batman.flight.wpafb.af.mil>
> Subject: Re: TR4 transmission
> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 16:52:33 -0400
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> Bruce,
>
> Review your reply to Bob
>
> Ed Woods
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce T. Clough <cloughbt@batman.flight.wpafb.af.mil>
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>;
> vancross@visuallink.com <vancross@visuallink.com>
> Date: Monday, June 29, 1998 1:20 PM
> Subject: Re: TR4 transmission
>
>
> >
> >Bob,
> >
> >You'll have to notch the bolt holes on the plate where the trannie mount
> (rear motor mount) attaches. The 0.5" must be made up there since the
> actual mounts on the trannie are moved by that much. Insure that the
> trannie is a TR4 trannie, and not a TR4A since the TR4A must have a couple
> of other mods done to fit it.
> >
> >Given you're putting on a TR4 trannie, don't worry about the starter,
> either fit. It's just when you're using an early starter with a later
> trannie that you have to drill a big hole in the bellhousing for the starter
> nose to stick through!
> >
> >Bruce Clough
> >CT 2966L
> >
> >> Listers,
> >> Two weeks ago I encountered some transmission woes.
> >> The 1st countershaft gear chipped a tooth. In the interim, I've been
> >> checking out several reputable rebuilders and one suggested that I
> replace
> >> my TR3 transmission with an all synchro TR4 tranny. An inviting idea
> indeed.
> >> I was told that it would bolt in with no alterations. Piggott says that
> the
> >> TR4 tranny is 1/2" longer but that shouldn't cause poblems. Since my car
> is
> >> a post 50000 serial #, the starter would be the same. My question
> involves
> >> the flywheel. Would the flywheel presently on the car be correct for
> this
> >> TR4 tranny? Would the starter gear match up with the ring gear on the
> >> flywheel? Anyone know?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Bob Van 60 TR3 56408L
> >>
> >>
>
>
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