Mr Whippy
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| posted on 27/11/07 at 08:02 PM |
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(Not quite as) Rather improbable gearbox as I first thought...
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???
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adithorp
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| posted on 27/11/07 at 10:34 PM |
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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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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 27/11/07 at 11:00 PM |
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quote:
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!quote:
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
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| posted on 27/11/07 at 11:19 PM |
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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
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| posted on 28/11/07 at 12:48 PM |
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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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