It occured to me today when out walking at lunch time, that infact any automatic gearbox that replaced the type-9 ford unit would do since I forgot the gearbox input shaft was going in to torque convertor and not the flywheel as I first thought. So...now what I need is just the converter & box, the rest of it I can knock up.

Aberdeen area anyone???

You'll need the flywheel for the converter as well. Also check the oil in any Ford box for a smell of burnt cork as that a sign of a FUBARed box...and plenty of Ford auto boxes come into that category!

adrian

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Also check the oil in any Ford box for a smell of burnt cork as that a sign of a FUBARed box...and plenty of Ford auto boxes come into that category!

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Not familiar with that, what’s it mean? worn out brake bands? I thought so long as the oil was cleen the box should be ok. I was going to just drill and tap my own flywheel to take the converter, I have a drill press.



[Edited on 27/11/07 by Mr Whippy]

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adithorp - 27/11/07 at 11:19 PM

To be honest auto boxes are a black art to me but a long established specialist (does rebuilds for ford) told me that that was a better give away than dirty oil (shows sooner) of worn brake bands.

With your existing flywheel and the converter won't you end up with a very heavy flywheel? Autos usually aren't much more than a plate with ring gear.

adrian

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Mr Whippy - 28/11/07 at 12:48 PM

That’s certainly an easy test to do cheers. I think your right about the flywheel as well, so if I can't get hold of an original auto one I'll need to get mine lightened. Fortunately there are plenty of machine shops around here and I could get them to drill the mounting holes also.

I think I will phone around the breakers here and see if I'm incredibly lucky, you never know.

cheers

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