[Healeys] Add overdrive

[WILLIAM B LAWRENCE]

I agree. Modifying a non-OD transmission can be done, but requires a lot of 
parts which may be hard to come by. There are transmission/OD units on Ebay 
most of the time although they are a little pricey.

The up side is that you should already have the 3.909:1 final drive, which 
when combined with the OD, will give your car some real legs on the road. 
NICE...

Bill Lawrence


>From: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut at gmail.com>
>To: caddi5 at comcast.net
>CC: Healey List <healeys at autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Add overdrive
>Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:44:37 +0800
>
>Mitch -
>
>You are best to just get a complete used gearbox O/D unit and put that in.
>There are alot of them around and they aren't that expensive at the end of
>the day.
>
>The gearbox mainshafts on OD / non-OD models are different lengths, which
>means to put on the OD you have to find an OD mainshaft to begin with then
>you have to rip apart and rebuild the whole gearbox to put it in even 
>before
>you put on the OD unit itself...
>
>Alan
>
>On Jan 13, 2008 7:12 PM, <caddi5 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Gentlemen,
> > I have a 1959 BN4 (non-over drive) and would like to install an 
>overdrive
> > unit. What exactly do I need to perform this task? thanks! Pics. would 
>be
> > great...
> > MITCH