$3k for a rebuilt overdrive

[hondo402000]

it might be cheaper to find an OD car thats junk take out the OD transmission and junk the car?

 

[Tinster]

You know, thinking about this $3K tranny with OD?
That sounds like a very low price to me, compared
to what I am used to paying here on the island.

All in all, the new clutch for Crypty will
come in at between $4k and $5k, when everything
is added up since this past December.

$3k for a rebuilt, fully finctional tranny seems
cheap to me.

d

 

[Brosky]

Tom,

It could very well be. As I said, I didn't know what they did, but it looked good. I never had any experience with it myself. At the dealerships, we used to "hot tank" the transmission cases and put them back together.

Those tanks and the chemicals in them wouldn't pass environmental muster these days.

 

[NickMorgan]

Not so sure about graphite. It looks like it has been sprayed with Hammerite to me. That would put me off a little. It's about the right price for a well rebuilt unit in the UK. Personally, though, I would rather spend the money on a warranted box from a reputable supplier.

 

[YankeeTR]

...I remember hearing that TR engines couldn't be rebuilt by the average Joe because of the engine having "wet liners" and you needed all kinds of "special tools" to remove them.

The "special" tool turned out to be a piece of 2X4...

And this strikes me as really odd. In most of the world, this type of engine construction was a selling point, notably in vehicles such as the Standard Vanguard or Ferguson Tractor (both using essentially the same engine as the TR. Coincidence? I think NOT! :G). You needed little more than hand tools (and maybe that 2 x 4) to rebuild your engine under your shade tree or out in the lower 40 or ....

The Ford Model T was probably one of the easiest cars in the world to repair in it's day. And it still is...but last year at the Iola car show I overheard a fella tell his young companion that he would never try to fix a car that old since everyone who has ever really worked on one was probably dead...and you can't find parts for them anymore.

What he neglected to do was look over his shoulder at 4000 swap meet spaces where you could probably find enough parts and knowledge to BUILD a "T" in a few hours!

The wet liner engines are a tough concept for some people to accept...not to mention the misplaced idea that you need Whitworth tools to work on early TR's...

Old ideas die hard...

 

[Geo Hahn]

Not so sure about graphite. It looks like it has been sprayed with Hammerite to me...

That's what it looks like to me. When I ordered a unit from John Esposito he mentioned he needed a couple of days to put one together (from gearboxes & ODs on hand) and paint it and test it. I spared him a step by asking for it unpainted. To my eye the original casting looks best even if there is a bit of tarnish in some of the nooks and crannies.

 

[Brosky]

Mine came from John, stripped and clean as a whistle in and out, but not painted. I think that looks best, if you're into crawling under cars that sit six inches or lower off of the ground to look at transmission colors.

And we know that all are............