Hello Again,
Sorry to have bombed the list, but I just answered my own question
by looking in the parts catalog. The MK II and IIA had the spiral and the
MK III changed to the oil seal. Now everyone knows!
Later,
Bob
At 06:46 PM 3/12/02 -0400, Bob Hamilton wrote:
>Hi,
>
> I am finally getting around to dismantling a gearbox with an O/D
>attached that I bought inexpensively about 3 years ago as it is a Rootes
>unit with Laycock de Normanville O/D and thought it would fit the Sunbeam
>Talbots. It had obviously been used for something other than a car as it
>has a 2" diameter pipe welded over the splined input shaft for whatever
>reason. Also the O/D unit has a chunk broken out of the aluminum casting
>which housed the drain plug and filter. It is in rough shape.
>
> My question is, when did Rootes add an oil seal to the input shaft
>of the transmissions rather than the poor reverse spiral (which my Talbots
>have)? I'm trying to get a feel from what Rootes product this came from and
>year. The important part of this unit is the adaptor plate from the O/D to
>the gearbox so I could possibly fit a working O/D to the original Sunbeam
>Talbot gearbox.
>
>Thanks,
>Bob
>
>
>
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>Robert (Bob) A.C. Hamilton, Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
>Home Page: www.accesswave.ca/~hamilton
>Sunbeam Talbots - Alpine, Drophead and Saloon, 1953-1954
>Sunbeam Talbot Web Page: www.sunbeamtalbot.info
>[Stable mates - 1973 Midget and 1968 M-B 280SE]
>E-Mail: hamilton@accesswave.ca or robertach@ca.inter.net
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Robert (Bob) A.C. Hamilton, Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
Home Page: www.accesswave.ca/~hamilton
Sunbeam Talbots - Alpine, Drophead and Saloon, 1953-1954
Sunbeam Talbot Web Page: www.sunbeamtalbot.info
[Stable mates - 1973 Midget and 1968 M-B 280SE]
E-Mail: hamilton@accesswave.ca or robertach@ca.inter.net
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