Adding Overdrive to a 4 speed manual

[Dean Cunningham <DeanC@domain.elided>]

Hi Mike,

If I happened to , say, come across a J type overdrive out of a 2.5PI
with it's input shaft ............
How easy would it be to put it in a Stag or for that matter TR6,TR5,
TR250.
One assumes you shorten the propshaft,
Grab the O/D switch and gear lever, add a few hours labour and bingo????
Or is it more of a problem than that.

Just a cursory thought as I have purchased a 2.5PI to wreck for the
injection gear and it came with a man/od box.
Thought the o/d bit  might suit someone with a stag 4 speed.

cheers
deanc



Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:48:31 -0500
From: Mike Wattam <MikeWattam@domain.elided>
Subject: Should I change from Auto G-Box to Manual?
[snip]
The mechanical change-over is relatively straightforward with a STAG
gearbox including overdrive, flywheel, clutch mecahnicals, hydraulics
and pedal box assembly.
I capitalised STAG because there are a number of 'people' about selling
2000/2500 Innsbruck gearboxes which fit with very few modifications
(spigot/input shaft being the main one).  The Innsbruck gearbox has
smaller bearings including thrusts, a smaller layshaft and because of
these major differences may not stand the torque.  As this infers,
getting the correct Stag gearbox is not too easy.
[snip]
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