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RE: Overdrive Transmission

To: DANIEL RAY <danray@bluegrass.net>
Subject: RE: Overdrive Transmission
From: Tom Buchanan <buchanan@preferred.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 20:19:38 -0500
At 08:04 PM 1/26/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Tom:
>Try the MG Enthusiast page Parts Classifieds at:
http://www.mgcars.org.uk/class/USAPFS.html
>Good Luck!
>Dan
>----------
>From:  Tom Buchanan
>Sent:  Monday, January 26, 1998 6:47 PM
>To:    mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject:       Overdrive Transmission
>
>I need the list's help!
>
>The Story:
>
>  Before Christmas, I located an MGB-GT in a local MG cemetery with an
>overdrive transmission in it. I wrote the guy a check for it (and steering
>colume switch, cowling, etc). I then ordered from England (many thanks to
>John Ruse) the parts neeeded to rebuild the transmission and electrical
>overdrive unit. Last week the parts arrived.
>
>  I now have been waiting for the guy at the junk yard to take the
>transmission out  and call me to pick it up. Since I was waiting for the
>re-build parts to get here I didn't concern myself with the guy at the
>junkyard. I noticed the guy has never cashed my check, and now needing the
>transmission, I gave him a call.
>
>  As it turned out, even though the car was equiped with the cowling AND
>switch, the transmission was NOT an overdrive transmission! DAMN!!
>Evidently, the person who had this car had replaced a dead overdrive tranny
>with a regular 4 speed!
>
>  So, as you can see, I need a overdrive transmission rather badly!
>Anybody? Anybody out there??
>
>Tom Buchanan
>buchanan@preferred.com
>http://pages.preferred.com/~buchanan/mg.html
>1974 MGB-GT
>Kingsport, TN
>
>
>
>Attachment Converted: "C:\DNLOADS\RE Overdrive Transmission"
>
Thanks Daniel!

Tom Buchanan
buchanan@preferred.com
http://pages.preferred.com/~buchanan/mg.html
1974 MGB-GT
Kingsport, TN

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