MG gearbox with overdrive - Anyone interested? ??

[listerjp2]

A freind has found in her Garage a MGB gearbox with overdrive.

Stamped on side is MOWOG. 22B309.

Collect only from Downley High Wycombe.

Don't know condition but free to anyone who wants it before the house is sold.

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Adrian

[stevejgreen]

Re: MG gearbox with overdrive - Anyone interested? ??

Fine for an MGB.
It won’t fit a Marina 1800 based roadster, for many, many reasons unless you have changed the back plate, starter motor, flywheel, spigot bearing, clutch, etc etc. Not to mention the transmission tunnel and clutch mechanism.

There might be someone out there, who might want it, but it’s very much an MGB part, not a Marina based Marlin Roadster part!

[listerjp2]

Re: MG gearbox with overdrive - Anyone interested? ??

Fine, it's free and if no one wants it, it to the dump.

It's not mine and there may have been someone who was interested.

Adrian

Fine for an MGB.
It won’t fit a Marina 1800 based roadster, for many, many reasons unless you have changed the back plate, starter motor, flywheel, spigot bearing, clutch, etc etc. Not to mention the transmission tunnel and clutch mechanism.

There might be someone out there, who might want it, but it’s very much an MGB part, not a Marina based Marlin Roadster part!

[David]

Re: MG gearbox with overdrive - Anyone interested? ??

Always good to post this, someone may have been driving around in an MG B Series powered Marlin with a noisy gearbox!

[stevejgreen]

Re: MG gearbox with overdrive - Anyone interested? ??

Always good to post this, someone may have been driving around in an MG B Series powered Marlin with a noisy gearbox!

There could indeed!

But this is posted in the Roadster section of the forum, and not in the Parts section.

A limited number of Roadsters were built with MGB engines and gearboxes, owners are likely to be well aware as a Marina never appeared with overdrive.
Frequently Marina 1800 cars are sold to new owners, describing them as MGB powered, in an effort to avoid the alleged Marina stigma, even though quite a few MGB’s were retrofitted with Marina engine blocks as they were considered by many to be better!

My remarks were intended to remind and inform readers that the MGB box is not a straight swap onto a Marina engine.

A free gearbox may well be attractive but the cost of the additional parts need, unless readily available FOC, not to mention the changes to the transmission tunnel, make the project uneconomic, though some will still attempt it.

Parts for Marina 1800 gearboxes like gear clusters are still available though becoming rare due to low demand, most but not all internal parts, including bearings, ring gears and selectors etc. are available as they are common with small Triumph Cars so have been remanufactured for the much larger Triumph Community.

[listerjp2]

Re: MG gearbox with overdrive - Anyone interested? ??

Well surprise surprise, I was obviously wrong on all accounts.

There could indeed!

But this is posted in the Roadster section of the forum, and not in the Parts section.

A limited number of Roadsters were built with MGB engines and gearboxes, owners are likely to be well aware as a Marina never appeared with overdrive.
Frequently Marina 1800 cars are sold to new owners, describing them as MGB powered, in an effort to avoid the alleged Marina stigma, even though quite a few MGB’s were retrofitted with Marina engine blocks as they were considered by many to be better!

My remarks were intended to remind and inform readers that the MGB box is not a straight swap onto a Marina engine.

A free gearbox may well be attractive but the cost of the additional parts need, unless readily available FOC, not to mention the changes to the transmission tunnel, make the project uneconomic, though some will still attempt it.

Parts for Marina 1800 gearboxes like gear clusters are still available though becoming rare due to low demand, most but not all internal parts, including bearings, ring gears and selectors etc. are available as they are common with small Triumph Cars so have been remanufactured for the much larger Triumph Community.