Frank:
Max aced me on the fast finger flying.
I've never run into tunnel clearance problems that needed to be
addressed with a hammer.
If the engine and transmission are always removed as a unit, you don't
usually need to do any clearancing of the tunnel.
You only run into a problem if you pull the engine and leave the late OD
trans in place. It is nigh on impossible to lift the front of the trans
up far enough to mate up to the engine again. The starter hump hits the
firewall. This take big hammering to fix.
If you only pull and install the whole assembly, you never run into this
problem.
The bolt on tunnel cover does have to be modified to relocate the
shifter boot and a small half circle to clearance the rear of the
shifter.
This was a very common modification back in the day. It is just as easy
to install a late OD trans in the early car as the non OD trans.
As Bill stated. You need the late flywheel, engine back plate and
starter. If you have a 3M it won't work unless you get the back of the
crank drilled out. I think Bill was thinking the other way around.
Kelvin Dodd
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mgs-bounces+doddk=mossmotors.com@autox.team.net
> [mailto:mgs-bounces+doddk=mossmotors.com@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of WSpohn4@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 1:29 PM
> To: frankk@intap.net; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] OD Query
>
> 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
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