Is there such a thing as an NOS overdrive? I can get a used one and don't really have a problem with that, but am just curious. I checked a number of online vendors with no luck.
To install an overdrive box:
What advantage is there to changing out the transmission as well?
I have heard that there are complications with the clutch in doing this, but according to the shop manual, you never get to the clutch and common sense agrees with this. The transmission should just slip out of the clutch plate.
Seems like it would be somewhat easier to just switch out the od box alone. Slip off the u-joint and driveshaft and replace.
To repeat old information, ALL of the electrical works. It goes into free-wheeling but does not slip into gear.
I don't have any way of lifting the car in order to comfortably get under it for working, so that is a consideration for me. I would like and/or need to be able to do this from floor jack height in a one-time exercise. Or take it to a shop and have them do the actual work with parts I have obtained.
'50 Champion, 1 family owner
To install an overdrive box:
What advantage is there to changing out the transmission as well?
I have heard that there are complications with the clutch in doing this, but according to the shop manual, you never get to the clutch and common sense agrees with this. The transmission should just slip out of the clutch plate.
Seems like it would be somewhat easier to just switch out the od box alone. Slip off the u-joint and driveshaft and replace.
To repeat old information, ALL of the electrical works. It goes into free-wheeling but does not slip into gear.
I don't have any way of lifting the car in order to comfortably get under it for working, so that is a consideration for me. I would like and/or need to be able to do this from floor jack height in a one-time exercise. Or take it to a shop and have them do the actual work with parts I have obtained.
'50 Champion, 1 family owner
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