>"Does anyone know if the automatic trans from an Austin Marina with the 1800
>B engine will fit a MGB? I need an auto trans so a disabled club member can
>keep his B and not go to a M****. Any info on the diff gears fitting a B?
>I have located the Austin but need guidance."
>
>I have a Haynes Manual for the Morris Ital (late version Marina):
>
>The automatic gearbox was a Borg Warner model 65
>
>Gear ratios:
>1st 2.39:1
>2nd 1.45:1
>3rd 1.00:1
>Reverse 2.09:1
>
>I don't know if this is the same gearbox as the Austin Marina.
>
>Eardley Bryan
>
>Driver of repatriated '68 B GT (daily driver)
>
Can't tell you about the Marina gearbox, but I can tell you about the
originally fitted MGB automatic gearbox. I looked this up in the Original
MGB - page 86. Very few MGB's came to the US with one, almost all of them
were sold in England and Australia. The trans in the B was a Borg-Warner
type 35 three-speed epicyclic unit, coupled to a hydraulic fluid torque
converter. They have a prefix code of 23EA on the box. The MGC used the
same box, but it said 17EA. There is a whole page and a half of information
on this in The Original MGB.
Phil Bates
58 MGA
67 MGB
75 Jaguar XJ12C
66 Land Rover
52 MG TD replicar (VW)
86 Peugeot 505 Turbo Gle
86 Honda Accord LX-i
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