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Re: Transmission cover and shifter

To: "Bob Rochlin" <r_rochlin@hotmail.com>, "Triumphs" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Transmission cover and shifter
From: Irv Korey <emanteno@attglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 22:45:21 -0600
At 09:04 PM 3/5/03 -0500, Bob Rochlin wrote:

>Hello List,
>     I have a question.  I'm changing over to an overdrive transmission.  Last
>night I went to fit the gear lever from my present transmission to the new
>one.  The holes that the adjustment studs go into on either side of the
>shifter collar are smaller on the new cover.  It's a simple matter to tap them
>out to fit  the studs from the old  cover, but am I missing something here?
>Are all the control covers compatible with all the gear levers?  Will I find
>out that the gear lever handle is incompatible in some other way when I
>finally get it installed?  It looks as if the gear lever will fit and work,
>but better safe then sorry...  Thanks for the help.

The earlier cars had a bolt that went all the way through the top cover and 
gear lever, and the gear levers were non adjustable. If the holes are 
smaller and unthreaded, then most likely the top cover is off of an earlier 
TRansmission.

Irv Korey
74 TR6 CF22767U
63 TR4 VSCDA Group 2 #58
Highland Park, IL

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