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Blue Lable OD unit issue

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Stewart

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I was inspecting the new to me blue lable od unit and while the gears look good pulling the screen I was greeted with what ever is pictured below. I got a good deal on the od tranny and I figured it might need a rebuilding but now that I know that it does what are my options?

Who are the go to guys for rebuilds? Is there anyone who sells or exchanges od units?
 

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Stewart...how did you get that out? From the trans side cover itself or from the OD sump?

OD's are easier to rebuild than transmissions...& you know how easy they are.
 
Before I forget it looks like the car is off a later unit as there is an additional micro switch located on the shifter rod. If this is not wired up I assume there will be no issues. I'm also thinking od will only work in 4th? I have a blue lable in my 75 without the micro switch and it works in 3rd and 4th.
 
Ah, thought that was where it came from....looks like the circlip (#50 in Moss catalog) or, hopefully the relief valve plug washer (#74).....either are easy to correct - especially #74.
 
Well I dug in a bit and now have 3/4ths of the ring I think more came out when I pulled the rear casing but I have yet to find them. The planetary gears look quite good and the rest is clean so maybe it's #13 on the diagram? The ring looks to between a silver dollar and 50c piece size wise.
 
Yep, bet that's it...you can get it by itself or get the whole assembly (#9)...looking at an OD I've got standing in my garage, looks like if you remove the rear half of the cover, you're right at it.....sliding member #4 is the front half of the "clutch" assembly, #16, the annulus is the other half....when you pull #4 out of # 16, you'll see the entire area where we're talking about,

I've had one apart to reline the sliding members - not too bad....I just wouldn't order any parts until I had everything on a bench.

You don't need anybody to do it for you either....

Well, just saw you have #'s 4 & 16 apart....its on he mainshaft behind #12

Here I believe:

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