You wrote:
There is an adaptor that goes between the OD and the box. It is about
4 inches deep. The box has a different output shaft from the standard
box. OD output from box is a special shaft with splines for the OD, and
a cam for the OD pressure pump.
Yhe OD unit is tough and reliable, but if it ever gets low on (gearbox)
oil it will fail dramatically (I know).
John Series IV (with OD)
>>Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 11:37:48 +0300
>>X-Sender: lorenzo(at)personal.eunet.fi
>>To: TheMole <dbilesky(at)cln.etc.bc.ca>
>>From: lauri(at)lorenzo.pp.fi (Lauri Lehtinen)
>>Subject: Re: A bunch of Parts available
>>
>>
>>I am very interested about overdrives, but:
>>* Does an overdrive unit sit straight to the rear end of a std
gearbox?
>>(Alpine / Hunter 'box from 70's have a threaded hole for solenoid in
the
>>column case, opposite to the solenoid of "reverse light" -what the
real
>>name may be- , so it seems to me, std box did not differ very much
from the
>>O/D box).
>>* Did Humbers, Hunters, Vogues etc. have same type of overdrives as
an
>>option? Are they all gone, or is it such easy to find units from
Britain?
>>* I have heard Laycock - de Normanville units were quite durable.
Correct?
>>* Few years back Sunbeam Supreme had secondhand overdrives in stock.
So it
>>seems to me they use Humber/Hunter cars as a source.
>>
>>I ask all these questions only because it is easier to ship only an
O/D
>>unit or its casings instead of the whole power train. To me Siberia
is as
>>close as London.
>>
>>Larry Leaflet
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