I too heard one time certain Volvo tranny's would work. Anyone have more
info? With the apparent lack of A type overdrive transmissions I would be
interested in knowing more.
Ken Gano
kengano@advant.com
TR3A TS57756 (in pieces)
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> From: Mark J Bradakis <mjb@autox.team.net>
> To: triumphs@triumph.cs.utah.edu
> Subject: BOUNCE triumphs: Non-member submission from [Rod Knox
<rknox@bc.sympatico.ca>]
> Date: Wednesday, December 04, 1996 5:31 PM
>
>
> Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 09:46:35 -0800 (PST)
> From: Rod Knox <rknox@bc.sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Volvo trany to replace TR4A trany
>
> I've been lurking for a year now, saving pertinent info and buying parts.
> Finally I have some time to attend to the TR. I've had my Tr4A since
grade
> 12 (1975) and until recently, treated it like a toy. I never liked the
slow
> shifting transmission and being young, refused to shift at a rate
conducive
> to long syncro & gear life. I had 3rd gear rebuilt twice before trading a
> partially stripped wreck for a "new" rebuilt trany in '82. It lasted
about 3
> years before starting to jump out of 3rd under load. Now I have to hold
it
> in gear unless coasting.
>
>
> Question 1 - I had heard that a volvo trany of the same vintage would
bolt
> into the TR4A bell housing with only minor modifications. Something about
> the same factory making both transmissions? I assume the Volvo model
would
> be PV544 or B18. I was going to pull mine out and take it to a wrecker or
> two and see if I could spot the correct Volvo trany but it would be
easier
> if someone could tell me what I'm looking for. Maybe I just drank too
much
> in my younger days and talked to too many bar room experts, eh?
>
>
> Question 2 - My car is registered as a 1968 TR4A (CT67907) so I've always
> wondered if it was one of the last TR4As built and shipped too late to
> qualify or be registered as a '67. Anyone know what the last commission
> number is?
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