->On September 25, 1995 8:54AM Lew Palmer wrote
->
->I hate to break it to you, but the standard ratio TD diff. is 5.125:1.
Even
->worse than you suspected.
->
Ouch ...
->You can put in a lower ratio gear set. The MGA used a 43/10 ratio and is a
->popular conversion. Carl Cedarstrand wrote an extensive book on the
subject
->of conversion. It's available from Moss. It requires an MGA ring and
pinion
->and flange.
Is the 'pumpkin' on the TD the same as on the A? If so you could substitute
a
used A/B pumpkin (Moss Catalog Part #s for the A/B banjo rear parts are the
same) ... you may have to change the wheel gears to match the axle splines.
-> It's not a difficult conversion, but takes a lot of fiddly
->effort in setting the thing up correctly. I've been planning on doing this
->for years, but have never found the occasion to take the car off the road.
->
Thought that it took special tools to fit a new ring/pinion ....
Larry Unger ------>ungerl@reston.unisysgsg.com
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