Brian & Gary, I think you also need an "inspection port" to get at the
solenoid and other O/D controls, too, don't you? Unless you plan to pull
the entire cover. I'm interested cause as soon as the O/D arrives, I'm
going to be doing the same fitting process. The new tranny & new plastic
cover are waiting patiently, if I'm not!
I had planned to cut the cover and make an aluminum plate to bolt up
with a few trapped nuts, with a little RTV under the edges.
I'll use my old fibreboard/fibreglass cover as a guide to cut a hole to
get at the drive-shaft/U-joint lube points (and plug it with the usual
rubber grommet), but this was a non-O/D car, so I don't have a guide for
this access panel. I'll have similar problems I'm sure.
Correct me if I'm wrong listers, but wasn't the bulge by the handbrake a
carryover from earlier cars (2, 3 and/or 3A), it wasn't cut away on the
4? (Not on mine, at least.)
Alan Myers
San Jose, Calif.
'62 TR4 CT17602
Brian Johnson wrote:
>
> Gary
>
> I had trouble when I fitted a Triumph 2000 Overdrive gearbox to my 4. The
> angle drive I had to use was sticking in to the gearbox cover. I slit the
> cover to make it open up and fitted it by heating the plastic slightly (gently
> with a gas torch !) and 'moulding' it so that it was not touching the angle
> drive . After fitting the cover I stuck 2 inch black tape over the hole.
>Hey
> presto no air leaks. Whatever you do though, don't cut out the part of the
> cover that looks as though the cable will pass along it. I may be wrong but I
> think that this is there for a TR4A (and 5 and 6 ?) speedo cable, (unless
>your
> car is a TR4A-5-6 of course.) The handbrake gasket seems to have a piece
> that fits into the cover, but I could never make it fit ! As it doesn't cover
> anything I see no reason to make a cut in the gearbox cover. I did but I
> stuck it back and taped it.
>
> Of course if anyone else has managed to fit the assembly correctly - we would
> be interested to know how !!
> --
> Cheers
> Brian Johnson
>
> Internet bjohnson@mmm.com (work) or b.johnson@diamond.co.uk(home)
>
> 1963 TR4 AFP503A / IZS 733(USA) - CT27216-L (now not L but O ) ex USA
> 1954 TR2 46 BHX TS554-O UK Car
> 1989 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 GLI
>
> Gary Nafziger wrote:
>
> > Just wondering if anyone had trouble fitting new plastic tranny cover on
> > cars with overdrive? Seems the speedo cable attachment is making it
> > difficult to fit. Does one have to cut a hole to fit? Hate to do that and
> > let in more heat ect. Could fit a cover over the hole i guess
> > but.............??
> >
> > Gary, Frances Nafziger
> > Wellman, Iowa
> >
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MZ
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