I have seen several TR trannies over the years with these weights on
them. They appeared to be pretty much stock, but I never knew where
they came from or just what the purpose was. Randall might know....
Obviously you have good taste in mechanical shops!
Bill McLeod
Slightly Classics
Tucson, AZ
Kurtis wrote:
>Greetings everyone...
>
>I've been away from the list for a while. Many of you may remember that
>about a year ago I started the process of rebuilding the engine in my TR4.
>Well, to make a long story short, it's done. I ended up have the engine
>professionally rebuilt after I completed all of the disassembly work (I've
>always been better at taking things apart than putting them back together).
>Anyway, I started the car up for the first time a couple of days ago and ran
>it. Everything went well.
>
>Now I have a somewhat unrelated question. Please see the following link:
>
>http://www.geocities.com/tr4_1963/transmission.html
>
>Note the object clamped to the rear of my transmission and linked back to
>the strap connecting the shifter extension on the transmission to the rear
>mount. Does anyone know what the heck this thing is? The object hanging
>below appears to simply be a dead weight. I can't for the life of me figure
>out what the purpose of the thing is, nor can I find any reference to it in
>any of my TR4 related literature.
>
>I've put off asking about this for some time for fear of embarrassment, but
>it's been driving me crazy. Please help! :)
>
>Kurtis J.
>Russellville, AR
>1963 TR4
>www.geocities.com/tr4_1963
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