[6pack] Transmission Issues - Update and Overdrive??

[Tony Gordon]

Of course, I did a search and found the guy straightway James Paddock Ltd.

http://www.jamespaddock.co.uk/Stock.aspx?SubCategoryID=6&VehicleID=6&category=6

I would wait till he puts them on eBay, you get a better price!

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Tony Gordon
72 TR6
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Gordon" <triumph at 2simpleusa.com>
To: "Robert Lang" <lang at isis.mit.edu>; "6pack" <6pack at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [6pack] Transmission Issues - Update and Overdrive??


>I picked up a new 3.45 crown wheel and pinion off eBay about a year ago. 
>There is a guy in Cheshire, UK, who sells them occasionally.  I put a 
>search marker in eBay and it flagged me when it was up for sale.  I think I 
>paid GBP105.  It was a second chance offer so they guy must have a stash of 
>these.
>
> I had tried to get a used diff from UK scrap yards when I was over there, 
> but it is increasingly difficult to find old Triumphs in the general (aka 
> cheap) yards, unless you have some pretty good local knowledge.  You can 
> go to one of the specialist Triumph breakers, but they want more money 
> than I was willing to pay for a whole diff, and they wouldn't sell the CWP 
> alone.
>
> I do have an A type overdrive so I'm not sure I will ever install the 
> lower ratio ... but after the engine rebuild, maybe I'll have so much 
> power that I could use it!
>
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> Tony Gordon
> 72 TR6
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