All of this is posted at www.sunbeamalpine.org under the Production Time Line.
The axel splines changed at different times depending on if the car was OD or
non-OD. It all happened in 1961.
The '64 Series IVa had a 1600cc engine with a fully syncro tranny.
Ian
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>>> "lauri lehtinen" <lauri.lehtinen@pp.nic.fi> 05/15/02 11:03AM >>>
Thanks!
Have you any idea of the year when coarse splines changed to fine ones? Was
it when the new body was introduced? Was full synchro ever made with 1600
engine, or is it purely 1725cc's box?
(I must phone around the country to find a box rapidly, and I have to
identify them during my call).
Once again: This is info which is very slow to get without you and without
NET!
Thank you!
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: <TIGEROOTES@aol.com>
To: <lauri.lehtinen@pp.nic.fi>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: gearboxes
> Larry,
> Early non-synchro-first gearboxes and later full synchro gearboxes are
> interchangeable, as long as you use their associated bell housings. Both
> types are coarse-splined on their input and mainshafts, and your existing
> 10-spline clutch disc and driveline yoke will work fine.
> Very late full-synchro units use a different 25 spline input shaft
> (different clutch disc) and a fine-splined mainshaft (different driveline
> yoke).
> Early Minx / Rapier gearboxes may not have the oil filler plug on the
> side of their cases, as they were meant to be filled from above thru their
> top-loader covers. Getting oil in, might pose a problem in an Alpine.
> Jim Leach Pacific Tiger Club Seattle
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