Spitfire1974 » Restoration » Gearbox and Clutch » OD Gearbox

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I found an Overdrive Gearbox on ebay and bought it directly from the seller. It replaces my three rail gearbox that came with the car, and is a single rail model. The gearbox included the mounting bracket, the prop shaft, the gear shift lever with the switch, and the right angle speedo drive, which arrived DOA. It also has a restraining cable that I'll have to look into using, as it should keep the engine in place in an accident.

Three rail non OD box and single rail OD gearbox	overdirve gear shift and switch as received 01	overdirve gear shift and switch as received 02	overdirve gear shift and switch as received 03	overdirve gear shift and switch as received 04
overdirve gear shift and switch as received 05	Tearing into overdrive gear shift 01	Tearing into overdrive gear shift 02	Tearing into overdrive gear shift 03	Tearing into overdrive gear shift 04
shrink sleeving will need to go over the wires	clean and lubricate switch	clean up inner boot	paint gear shift knob switch face	degrease gear shift lever 01
degrease gear shift lever 02	paint gear shift knob	Refurbished gear knob 01	Refurbished gear knob 02	OD gear box came with some flange bolts
OD gearbox as received 01	OD gearbox as received 02	OD gearbox as received 04	Cover bent in shipment	OD gearbox wiring 01
OD gearbox wiring 03	OD gearbox wiring 04	OD gearbox wiring 05	OD gearbox mounting bracket 02	OD gearbox mounting bracket 03
OD gearbox mounting bracket 04	Right angle speedo drive DOA 01	A bit of clean up in the drive 01	A bit of clean up in the drive 02	Removing the three rail mount 02
test fitting the single rail OD mount	Gearbox internals are OK	Gearbox rolling in crate caused this damage	Repair OD Gear Selector boss broken in shipment 01	Repair OD Gear Selector boss broken in shipment 02
Repair OD Gear Selector boss broken in shipment 03	Repair OD Gear Selector boss broken in shipment 04	Bell housing removed 02	Sealing top of gearbox 01	Sealing top of gearbox 02
New OD gearbox requires trimmed prop shaft tunnel and this cover 01	New OD gearbox requires trimmed prop shaft tunnel and this cover 02	Creating space for single rail overdrive gearbox (1)	Creating space for single rail overdrive gearbox (2)	Creating space for single rail overdrive gearbox (3)
Creating space for single rail overdrive gearbox (4)	Sliding the gearbox into place	Gearbox slipped home	gearbox and engine mated (2)	Single Rail OD Gearbox mount in place
Fitting gearbox	Fitting prop shaft tunnel make-up plate (1)	Fitting prop shaft tunnel make-up plate (2)	Fitting prop shaft tunnel make-up plate (3)

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