John,
That is just what I was hoping someone would tell me! I'm not really
too worried about damaging anything in the long term as we have substantial
spares backup - I am concerned about building and installing a configuration
which simply doesn't work! As this Bond is being built for next years "Round
Britain Run", we really want to have a useful drivetrain setup,
Cheers,
Bill.
> FWIW William, I wouldn't give it a second thought - just do
> it. I drove several Spitfires and Heralds where O/D had been
> modded to number 2 cog. They'd all had a hard life in and
> around London where revs up to and above 5000 saw the column
> switch going down and the O/D coming in with a nice thump.
> Don't recall any stories of gearbox or laycock failure
> though I think a few drive sahfts joints suffered earlier
> than planned wear.
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