I'd like to hear how this goes. I did find the thrust washers through
Victoria British. I have an spare A type od with a blown roller clutch.
For years I drove my TR-3 with a simple switch wired strait to the solenoid.
Fine until I left it at a body shop which unknowingly turned on the OD and
backed up, which blew the roller clutch. They returned the car to me
complaining about the "clutch slipping."
Dale Will
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Wheeler [SMTP:jwheeler@robus.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 5:29 AM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Overdrive Parts
>
> Last Saturday a good friend of mine (John Reed) who drives a beautiful
> small mouth TR-3 brought his (A-Type) overdrive transmission over and
> asked
> me to take a look. Said it had not been working properly and seemed to be
> binding up.
>
> When we pulled it apart, we found the sprag clutch completely destroyed
> (inner member was in numerous pieces, etc.) and all of the thrust
> washers/spacers between the annulus and the center housing were either
> gone
> or destroyed.
>
> We have a friendly machinist nearby who can salvage most of the major
> components, but we don't have a source for a sprag clutch (inner member,
> cage, and rollers - I think the spring clip is available new). If anyone
> has, or knows of anyone who might have overdrive parts for sale, please
> let
> me know. My friend would be willing to buy a sprag clutch, or a complete
> 'core' overdrive unit if available.
>
> John is planning to drive his car to Portland, ME this summer for VTR (he
> lives in Cincinnati). Therefore, it is essential that we get his
> overdrive
> back together for this trip. We would greatly appreciate any help you
> might be able to give us.
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