Subject: Re: [Fot] O/D Gearbox

From: Erik Jacobsen via Fot <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 12:59:27 +0000 (UTC)

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 FoT team,Thanks for all your help! I spoke to Jason Sukey and will likely =
go with the rebuild using a TR6 case that we got as a spare with my wife's =
car.=C2=A0
Cheers,Jake
    On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 08:04:33 AM CDT, Chuck Gee <chasgee22@gmail=
.com> wrote: =20
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 Build it up in the newest tr6 case you can find. =C2=A0That=E2=80=99s exac=
tly why they updated the case over the years.
Chuck

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 31, 2023, at 6:44 AM, Erik Jacobsen via Fot <[email-masked]> wro=
te:

=EF=BB=BFFoT,After the post-race work on the TR3, I found that the A type O=
/D gearbox has a rather significant crack in the case near the bell housing=
. It's been welded before, so additional welding is not looking promising. =
Like most A type units, it leaks like a sieve and this one seems to only in=
termittently engage. Therefore, I'm considering going to a 5-speed set up. =
Any experience with either the HVDA (Toyota based) or the Vitesse (Miata ba=
sed) units? I'm a fan of originality, but I'm also tired of fighting the fu=
n of O/D units and the fact that getting one properly rebuilt in the US see=
ms to be very difficult.
Thanks!
Jake Jacobsen______________________________=
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                    On Monday, July 31, 2023 at 08:04:33 AM CDT, Chuck Gee =
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                <div><div id=3D"ydp12b70b07yiv6264545661"><div>Build it up =
in the newest tr6 case you can find. &nbsp;That=E2=80=99s exactly why they =
updated the case over the years.<div><br clear=3D"none"></div><div>Chuck<br=
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2023, at 6:44 AM, Erik Jacobsen via Fot &lt;[email-masked]&gt; wrote:<b=
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661yahoo-style-wrap"><div dir=3D"ltr">FoT,</div><div dir=3D"ltr">After the =
post-race work on the TR3, I found that the A type O/D gearbox has a rather=
 significant crack in the case near the bell housing. It's been welded befo=
re, so additional welding is not looking promising. Like most A type units,=
 it leaks like a sieve and this one seems to only intermittently engage. Th=
erefore, I'm considering going to a 5-speed set up. Any experience with eit=
her the HVDA (Toyota based) or the Vitesse (Miata based) units? I'm a fan o=
f originality, but I'm also tired of fighting the fun of O/D units and the =
fact that getting one properly rebuilt in the US seems to be very difficult=
.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br clear=3D"none"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks!</=
div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br clear=3D"none"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Jake Jacobse=
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