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Re: OT Triumph Transmission question


Thanks Paul. Guess I ought to sell off a couple of my Marina 4speeds now
that I know how to tell what they came from. Worth at least $150 as a
core. Geo.


--- In Locost_North_America@yahoogroups.com, "PAUL TEGLER" <ptegler@...>
wrote:
>
> ?? The rubber bumper 1500 Midget's used the Triumph 1500 engine and 4
speed tranny.
> The engine prefix on the Midget was FP rather than FM of the spit for
the same year.
> The tranny's were the same...again just a different prefix series.
>
> There is a Ford 5 speed conversion for the 1500 that will fit the
Midget as well
> ummm talk to John Espisito up in Ct....
http://www.quantumechanics.com/
>
> Paul Tegler






Fri Jul 3, 2009 8:12 pm

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Hi All: I know at least some of you have experience with Spitfires. I'm fishing for an answer. Does anyone know if the trans main shaft is the same in OD and...
Mark
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Jun 30, 2009
1:13 am

The overdrive is a separate unit, just bolted on the back, so the gearbox internals should be the same. Check out :_ ...
Bryan Miller
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Jun 30, 2009
8:36 pm

Call Moss Motors Tech Department as they should be able to tell you for sure. After looking at their catalog they list the main shaft as N/A but in the ...
Martin Keller
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Jun 30, 2009
11:11 pm

... for ... the ... apparently ... Has anyone ever seen anything on retro-ing a 5spd to a 1500 Spit late Midget engine? These came with the Marina 4spd....
George Cushing
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Jul 2, 2009
4:37 pm

Ford type-9 to Marina bellhousing :- http://www.5speedmarina.com More info here :- http://www.marinacoupe.co.uk The Austin/Morris/Leyland Marina used the...
Bryan Miller
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Jul 5, 2009
8:30 pm

Thanks. In 1973 No. America Spit got the 1500 Toledo engine. The American model was fitted with a single Zenith-Stromberg carburettor and had a compression...
George Cushing
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Jul 9, 2009
6:26 pm

iirc the TR7 axle is a narrowed Rover 3500 SD1 unit. Don't think Caterham used it. iirc they had a stockpile of Morris Marina/Ital axles that lasted them a...
Bryan Miller
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Jul 19, 2009
11:40 pm

My TR3A got a 4A box back in the 60's after a second tooth went missing on the non-synchro 1st. Required a TR3 style throw out bearing to make the conversion....
George Cushing
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Jul 22, 2009
8:52 pm

the shafts are totally different in the Spit/GT6 tranny between o/d and non-o/d The non-o/d has a threaded end for the output flange. The o/d mainshaft is ...
PAUL TEGLER
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Jul 1, 2009
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Hi Paul: Thank you very much for the detailed answer. The workshop manual didn't give this detail, but when I was able to find my GT-6 Parts book, it showed...
Mark
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Jul 1, 2009
3:56 pm

?? The rubber bumper 1500 Midget's used the Triumph 1500 engine and 4 speed tranny. The engine prefix on the Midget was FP rather than FM of the spit for the ...
PAUL TEGLER
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Jul 2, 2009
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Thanks Paul. Guess I ought to sell off a couple of my Marina 4speeds now that I know how to tell what they came from. Worth at least $150 as a core. Geo. ... ...
George Cushing
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Jul 3, 2009
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...can't say I know much about the parts compatibility between the Spits and the Austin Marina...but supposedly the AM was the only other vehicle (beside the...
PAUL TEGLER
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Jul 4, 2009
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In the UK Triumph - Herald, Spitfire, GT6, Vitesse, TR7, Maestro, Montego, Rover 200/25, 400/45, MG F & MG TF, (original) Lotus Elan and +2. All the Lotuses...
Bryan Miller
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Jul 5, 2009
8:39 pm

Heres' a Link to alegedly Compatible Wheels http://www.mgexperience.net/article/wheel-xref.html...
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Jul 8, 2009
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That's Skye's website and Forums. (I've been a member since near the inception) The MGB is 4x4.5" no where near a Spit 3.75" pcd. (my primary year round daily...
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