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Marina gearbox production
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:36 pm
by ScreamingLordStokes
Came across this on the Austin Memories site:
http://www.austinmemories.com/styled-76/index.html
Wish they could make me a new one now!
Re: Marina gearbox production
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 5:13 pm
by JubileeNut
Their medical room is better staffed than the NHS right now!
Wonder how many components were a bit off when John Rotherham was having a bad day at work?
Re: Marina gearbox production
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 7:03 pm
by marina12
Didn’t know first was synchro; had to double declutch if selected on the move? Thanks
Re: Marina gearbox production
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 7:17 am
by JoshWard
Sounds like you had dodgy synchro. Usually it seems the springs on second gear are the first to give way. I've had many which have crunched going into second! I wonder if Marina gearbox production started just before the facilities (or the tooling?) were completely finished. My J reg has Herald gear ratios.
Re: Marina gearbox production
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2023 6:25 pm
by marina12
Thanks and probably was: second hand boxes. Didn’t the reverse idler have something to do with first gear?
Re: Marina gearbox production
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2023 6:54 pm
by ScreamingLordStokes
Great post. Wish they could make me a new one now!