I've seen this plate - it's common to the Spitfire and GT6. In fact, I
have seen the plate where there are 2 sets of holes drilled in it. I
always thought that this was for non-O/D and O/D installations, thought
I may be wrong.
In the short term, though, what's to prevent you from drilling new
holes in the plate to mount up the O/D tranny mount? All you have to do
is install the engine/tranny (with tranny mount attached), mark on the
plate where the holes should be, unbolt the plate from the frame, drill
your holes, and Bob's your uncle (with the pet marmot playing in the
spare fluif...)
Or, do I have things completely bass-ackwards?
Michael
michael_bayrock@bctransit.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Curry [SMTP:spitlist@gte.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 10:08 AM
> To: Spitfire Mail List; Triumphs Mail List
> Subject: Spitfire OD Mount
>
> In my search for pieces to mount my recently acquired overdrive tranny
> in Huxley, I was told by British Parts Northwest that If I turn the
> Plate that secures the back of the non-OD tranny upside-down, I can
> use
> it to mount the overdrive unit. I already have the rubber reat mount.
>
> Does anybody have any positive input on this statement. I don't want
> to
> tear out the old tranny unless I am sure that I have all the parts to
> install the OD unit.
>
> Regards,
> Joe
> --
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
>
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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