First off was to remove the rear case from the main case which pulls apart to separate the main case, brake ring and rear case.
Much better for cruising.Īs I’d already stripped the gearbox down, the overdrive was removed and ready to be worked on. It basically consists of an epicyclic gear system which allows the input shaft to reduce speed by about 25% in 3rd and 4th gears. Mine always worked quite well so I wasn’t expecting to find anything particularly out of order.
It’s a Laycock J type used on many cars of the era. Once the gearbox was complete the overdrive was next up.
