I like my "A" type that I got from Quantum Mechanics.
http://quantumechanics.com/
I had a damaged "J" type and traded just part of it as the core.
Alan
On 16 Mar 2003 at 12:19, Vink, Graham wrote:
> I was deep in the bowels of my 72 TR6, trying to discover why the overdrive
> didn't work when I discovered the problem -- no overdrive unit!
>
> I would guess at some point the previous OD had blown up, and rather than
> replace it, some DPO merely installed the non-OD transmission extension. The
> car was OD originally -- has the switch, badge and wiring.
>
> So ... where do I find an A-type OD without a core to exchange? (It's
> A-type, right, for that year? Also, is it the same A-type that's found on
> some other European cars of that era -- Volvo, etc?)
>
> Also mulling whether to buy a rebuilt tranny and OD as a unit ... existing
> tranny has GREAT synchros, but is very noisy when idling in neutral.
>
> Thoughts, o wise ones? (beyond to look under the &*^*&^*(^! car the next
> time to see if the OD is there!)
>
> (BTW, I bought this car on E-Bay about a year ago from a small dealer ...
> I'm pretty sure he didn't know the OD was missing, and he had fully
> disclosed to me that the OD was not working -- ie nothing happened when he
> drove it and flipped the switch.)
>
> Graham
>
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Alan Lindner
'72 TR6 French Blue
CC75676L
San Diego, CA
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