Subject: [Healeys] Shifter Shaft Buffer Pad AEC3298

From: Ron Mitchell <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 15:13:50 +0000 (UTC)

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There is a Shifter Shaft Buffer Pad part no. AEC3298 in the Bell Housing of=
 BN4/6 BT7/BN7 Side Shift Transmission. =C2=A0It is not available. =C2=A0
My questions are:
1. What is the Thickness of the Pad?
2. What is the best material to use to make one?
3. Is a similar Shifter Shaft Buffer Pad required to be used in the Overdri=
ve Adaptor Plate? =C2=A0There is a pocket in the adaptor plate similar to t=
he one in the Bell Housing.
TIARon Mitchell

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<html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ve=
rdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:24px"><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_143524=
4110723_5426" dir=3D"ltr">There is a Shifter Shaft Buffer Pad part no. AEC3=
298 in the Bell Housing of BN4/6 BT7/BN7 Side Shift Transmission. &nbsp;It =
is not available. &nbsp;</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426" d=
ir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426" dir=3D"ltr=
">My questions are:</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426" dir=3D=
"ltr"><br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426" dir=3D"ltr">1. =
What is the Thickness of the Pad?</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_143524411072=
3_5426" dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426" d=
ir=3D"ltr">2. What is the best material to use to make one?</div><div id=3D=
"yui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426" dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16=
_0_1_1435244110723_5426" dir=3D"ltr">3. Is a similar Shifter Shaft Buffer P=
ad required to be used in the Overdrive Adaptor Plate? &nbsp;There is a poc=
ket in the adaptor plate similar to the one in the Bell Housing.</div><div =
id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426" dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div id=3D"yui=
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1435244110723_5426" dir=3D"ltr">Ron Mitchell</div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1=
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From: "Earl Kagna" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:11:35 -0700

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Ron:

I had to come up with something when I rebuilt my BT7 top-shift gearbox =
(the buffer pad =E2=80=93 same part number - was used all the way to the =
end of BJ8 production).  There were enough fragments of the original =
left in there to give me an idea of what to do.  It=E2=80=99s =
1/16=E2=80=9D thick.  I went to the hardware store and bought a plumbers =
gasket set, which contained a sheet of hard rubber that seemed to be the =
right material.  It can=E2=80=99t be too hard or it=E2=80=99l crack =
quickly, can=E2=80=99t be too soft or it=E2=80=99l shred.  It should be =
securely glued into the cavity.  The gearbox still works fine.

There is no similar pad in the adapter plate cavity =E2=80=93 I vaguely =
recall that the factory found that without the forward pad, the gearbox =
would occasionally over shift and lock up with the shift rods moving =
forward =E2=80=93 ie: 2nd and 4th.  It=E2=80=99s probably no big deal =
=E2=80=93 I would wager that on teardown, most of these gearboxes have =
the remnants of the pad lying loose in the cavity just like mine did, =
and were likely still shifting okay =E2=80=93 just like mine was.

Earl Kagna
Victoria, B.C.
BJ8, BT7 tri-carb

From: Ron Mitchell=20
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 8:13 AM
To: [email-masked]=20
Subject: [Healeys] Shifter Shaft Buffer Pad AEC3298

There is a Shifter Shaft Buffer Pad part no. AEC3298 in the Bell Housing =
of BN4/6 BT7/BN7 Side Shift Transmission.  It is not available. =20

My questions are:

3. Is a similar Shifter Shaft Buffer Pad required to be used in the =
Overdrive Adaptor Plate?  There is a pocket in the adaptor plate similar =
to the one in the Bell Housing.

TIA
Ron Mitchell

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<DIV>Ron:</DIV>
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<DIV>I had to come up with something when I rebuilt my BT7 top-shift =
gearbox=20
(the buffer pad =E2=80=93 same part number - was used all the way to the =
end of BJ8=20
production).&nbsp; There were enough fragments of the original left in =
there to=20
give me an idea of what to do.&nbsp; It=E2=80=99s 1/16=E2=80=9D =
thick.&nbsp; I went to the=20
hardware store and bought a plumbers gasket set, which contained a sheet =
of hard=20
rubber that seemed to be the right material.&nbsp; It can=E2=80=99t be =
too hard or it=E2=80=99l=20
crack quickly, can=E2=80=99t be too soft or it=E2=80=99l shred.&nbsp; It =
should be securely=20
glued into the cavity.&nbsp; The gearbox still works fine.</DIV>
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<DIV>There is no similar pad in the adapter plate cavity =E2=80=93 I =
vaguely recall that=20
the factory found that without the forward pad, the gearbox would =
occasionally=20
over shift and lock up with the shift rods moving forward =E2=80=93 ie: =
2nd and=20
4th.&nbsp; It=E2=80=99s probably no big deal =E2=80=93 I would wager =
that on teardown, most of=20
these gearboxes have the remnants of the pad lying loose in the cavity =
just like=20
mine did, and were likely still shifting okay =E2=80=93 just like mine =
was.</DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #141100; FONT-SIZE: =
12pt">Earl=20
Kagna<BR>Victoria, B.C.<BR>BJ8, BT7 tri-carb</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 25, 2015 8:13 AM</DIV>
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<DIV dir=3Dltr id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426>There is a Shifter =
Shaft Buffer=20
Pad part no. AEC3298 in the Bell Housing of BN4/6 BT7/BN7 Side Shift=20
Transmission.&nbsp; It is not available.&nbsp; </DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426>My questions =
are:</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426>1. What is the =
Thickness of the=20
Pad?</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426>2. What is the best =
material to=20
use to make one?</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426>3. Is a similar =
Shifter Shaft=20
Buffer Pad required to be used in the Overdrive Adaptor Plate?&nbsp; =
There is a=20
pocket in the adaptor plate similar to the one in the Bell =
Housing.</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426>TIA</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426>Ron Mitchell</DIV>
<DIV dir=3Dltr id=3Dyui_3_16_0_1_1435244110723_5426>&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>
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