Yes Alan you are correct - I had an inspection panel on the LHS of my original
fibre
gearbox cover that I used on the new one. The problem is that when the O/D
units
get old, the recomended way of setting them with the setting lever does not
always
work. You have to measure the lift on the ball bearing or do as I did and
drive 25
miles, stopping every so often to make a tiny adjustment on the O/D until it
works.
So - if the setting lever method does work, then its a good idea to have a
removable
plate in the area of the lever, but if it does not then you can either do as I
did or
have a panel or hole with grommet around the operating valve ball bearing plug
at the
top of the gearbox.
Also the big rubber grommet for gresing the prop shaft bearings can come out as
you
are driving along if you don't drill the hole in the correct place. The
carpet
usually keeps mine in place !
Cheers
Brian Johnson
Internet bjohnson@mmm.com (work) or b.johnson@diamond.co.uk(home)
1963 TR4 AFP503A / IZS 733(USA) - CT27216-L (now not L but O ) ex USA
1954 TR2 46 BHX TS554-O UK Car
1989 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 GLI
Alan Myers wrote:
> Brian & Gary, I think you also need an "inspection port" to get at the
> solenoid and other O/D controls, too, don't you? Unless you plan to pull
> the entire cover. I'm interested cause as soon as the O/D arrives, I'm
> going to be doing the same fitting process. The new tranny & new plastic
> cover are waiting patiently, if I'm not!
>
> I had planned to cut the cover and make an aluminum plate to bolt up
> with a few trapped nuts, with a little RTV under the edges.
>
> I'll use my old fibreboard/fibreglass cover as a guide to cut a hole to
> get at the drive-shaft/U-joint lube points (and plug it with the usual
> rubber grommet), but this was a non-O/D car, so I don't have a guide for
> this access panel. I'll have similar problems I'm sure.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong listers, but wasn't the bulge by the handbrake a
> carryover from earlier cars (2, 3 and/or 3A), it wasn't cut away on the
> 4? (Not on mine, at least.)
>
> Alan Myers
> San Jose, Calif.
> '62 TR4 CT17602
>
> Brian Johnson wrote:
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > I had trouble when I fitted a Triumph 2000 Overdrive gearbox to my 4.
>The
> > angle drive I had to use was sticking in to the gearbox cover. I slit the
> > cover to make it open up and fitted it by heating the plastic slightly
>(gently
> > with a gas torch !) and 'moulding' it so that it was not touching the angle
> > drive . After fitting the cover I stuck 2 inch black tape over the hole.
>Hey
> > presto no air leaks. Whatever you do though, don't cut out the part of the
> > cover that looks as though the cable will pass along it. I may be wrong
>but I
> > think that this is there for a TR4A (and 5 and 6 ?) speedo cable, (unless
>your
> > car is a TR4A-5-6 of course.) The handbrake gasket seems to have a piece
> > that fits into the cover, but I could never make it fit ! As it doesn't
>cover
> > anything I see no reason to make a cut in the gearbox cover. I did but I
> > stuck it back and taped it.
> >
> > Of course if anyone else has managed to fit the assembly correctly - we
>would
> > be interested to know how !!
> > --
> > Cheers
> > Brian Johnson
> >
> > Internet bjohnson@mmm.com (work) or b.johnson@diamond.co.uk(home)
> >
> > 1963 TR4 AFP503A / IZS 733(USA) - CT27216-L (now not L but O ) ex USA
> > 1954 TR2 46 BHX TS554-O UK Car
> > 1989 Vauxhall Cavalier 2.0 GLI
> >
> > Gary Nafziger wrote:
> >
> > > Just wondering if anyone had trouble fitting new plastic tranny cover on
> > > cars with overdrive? Seems the speedo cable attachment is making it
> > > difficult to fit. Does one have to cut a hole to fit? Hate to do that
>and
> > > let in more heat ect. Could fit a cover over the hole i guess
> > > but.............??
> > >
> > > Gary, Frances Nafziger
> > > Wellman, Iowa
> > >
>
> --
> MZ
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