This is basically what I did to put a 1977 OD tranny in my 66B (5 main
engine).
- New flywheel, rear plate and starter (the last is an unalloyed boon)
- Conversion top cover for tranny hump to accommodate new rearward shifter
location (got this from Doug Jackson -- don't know if it's currently
available)
- Wire up an OD switch (hole was already in dashboard)
Don't know what the hammer bit is about -- I didn't have any clearance
problems. But everyone forgets to mention the shifter location issue. You
really have to do something about it, because the new location would be
exactly where the rear flange of the existing top cover bolts on, so it
would require cutting out two thicknesses of metal, at a funky angle,
leaving you with no rear bolts on the cover, and no way to fit a trim ring
around the shifter boot. The Jackson top cover requires you to cut out about
1 inch from the rear of the opening, and drill two new holes. You could do
the same thiing by cutting up two factory top covers, and welding them
together to make one longer one, with the shifter hole moved rearward.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 1/30/08 1:28 PM, WSpohn4@aol.com at WSpohn4@aol.com wrote:
> They do, but you can stuff a late box into them.
>
> You would need the backing plate from an all synch trans to mate with it, a
> conversion bush for the back of the crank if the engine is a 3 main, and a
> hammer to administer a couple of taps for clearance in the tunnel. You'd also
> need to attend to flywheel and starter, no big deal.
>
> Bill
>
>
> In a message dated 1/30/2008 1:23:18 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> frankk@intap.net writes:
>
> I always
> thought the early 3 main Bs required a different od tranny and that's why
> they
> are so rare and expensive when you locate one. What's the real story?
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