Rick,
While your at it, why not see about having it made to accept a lip seal
that some have retrofitted.
Gerard
At 12:09 PM -0600 3/23/02, The Nelsons wrote:
>Hi,
>I recently installed a Midget transmission into my Morris. I will be having
>original the Morris ribcase transmission rebuilt and returned to the car
>when it is completed. I discovered that the Midget front cover will not
>work in a Morris. Paul, at Morrisservice in Portland, makes a great
>conversion kit to make an old smoothcase transmission front cover work on a
>Morris, but those smoothcase covers are getting harder to find.
>I met a guy who works at a foundry, who said he can cast a few Morris front
>covers using my original front cover as a pattern. Price will be related to
>how many he makes, but won't be cheap. If enough are needed he can make a
>permanent mold, which would allow more to be made in the future. There is
>no way the reproduction Morris covers can be made to be less expensive than
>the cost of buying a smoothcase front cover and having Paul do the
>conversion. If you are looking for an inexpensive way to put the Midget
>transmission into your Morris, see him.
>I need to get an idea of how many people would be interested in buying a
>reproduction Morris transmission front cover that would allow you to use a
>Midget ribcase transmission in your Minor. I'm not looking for orders, just
>measuring interest. At this point it looks like the cover would cost
>between $75 and $100 U.S., but that estimate is based on a telephone call.
>I'm taking the cover to him on Tuesday, but I'll need an idea of how many
>before I can get a more accurate price. It me turn out to be more than $100
>per cover, but I don't expect that. The only "guarantee" I got was that the
>new part would be stronger than the original part.
>Email me at nesenrik@knology.net and let me know if you would be interested,
>and also your opinions on the project. Do you think the cost will prevent
>anyone from buying?
>
>Thanks,
>Rick Nelson
>
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