Ryan,
Don't pull the OD unit off, whatever you do!! Putting it back on the
gearbox afterwards is not a simple feat by any means. It took me a few
hours of cursing and swearing along with three helpers (Dad, brother
and friend) to get it back on. You have to line up several things,
while retaining eight springs in their positions, and line up an oil
pump drive on a cam (neither of which you can see) using a piece of
wire which you must remove once the unit is assembled. Not easy by any
means. I would just drain and refill the oil. Also, there's a large
brass plug on the bottom of A types which I believe you can remove to
replace some sort of filter. After that, just throw it in the car and
pray that everything works. I got an OD unit with gbox for $400 a few
years ago, and it worked great for years, before my overenthusiastic
abuse (read: drag racing my high school budies) broke it.
Tim Holbrook
1971 TR6
--- Ryan Miles <rjhmile@yahoo.com> wrote:
> six packers,
> I have been searching for the past year for a
> suitable overdrive tranny for my Tr6 (By suitable I
> really mean cheap!). A couple weeks ago I found my
> overdrive in the form of a 69 TR6 parts car/shattered
> restoration dream. My question is this, what should I
> do to the transmition before I install it in my car. I
> bought new front and rear seals that I will install,
> but I am wondering if it is worth the effort to pull
> off the overdrive to check the condition of the
> countershaft. The car does have 90,000 miles on it,
> but the owner said everything worked fine when he
> stored it.
> Thanks in advance,
> Ryan Miles
>
>
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