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Re: "Slop 'Box"

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Subject: Re: "Slop 'Box"
From: Chris Attias <cattias@cats.ucsc.edu>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 13:18:56 -0700
At 1:26 PM -0600 7/2/01, Max wrote:
>I can't believe you called the MG gearbox a "slop box".. you must have had
>the worst example in the world. Long throws? (have you ever driven a front
>wheel drive?)

My humble experience with sloppy MGB 'boxes isn't long throws so much 
as sloppy detents.  And it was only on well-worn 4 synchro 'boxes. 
The OD and non-OD 3-synchro 'boxes I have owned all "snicked" smartly 
into gear in a very nice, tight pattern.
-- 
Chris Attias
Aptos, CA
'64 MGB

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