>>>>>>>In 1924, Cecil Kimber founded MG, the most popular British sports car marque ever. Surprisingly, his knowledge of car mechanics was scant. He preferred sailing or fishing to tinkering with engines, but his daughter, Jean Cook, now 79, recalls that her father "drove like the clappers", having abandoned motorcycling in 1910 after a crash.<<<<<
Well maybe that tranny isn't such a big deal after all. My knowledge also being scant.