You may recall a few weeks ago, I asked if anyone could help with the
identification of a J-Type overdrive fitted to a friends' car, the ID plate
of which started with the numerals 26, indicating a 26% reduction ratio.
Thank you to all who provided some guidance and offered their views on
the matter. All the information I could glean from various sources and
references, suggests that whoever stamped the original ID plate must have
had a bad day (and it appears to be the original) as he erred! A guy named
Peter from a firm in the UK which specialises in Laycock overdrives,
informed me that they did not make a 26% ratio model and that it should have
read 28/xxxx, indicating the unit came from a 2500S, TC or PI model. with a
28% reduction on 3rd and 4th gears.
Whilst I feel a little like the problem has been rectified without
finding the actual cause, I can only think that the guy who stamped 26 on
the plate is probably still laughing!
Dave Rogers
Canberra, Australia
62 TR4 CT12038-0
72 TR6 CT80026-0 (was U but now R-ighted and PI'd)
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