Reply To: Tranny ready for reasembly

[William H. Rolapp]

A bit more to Greg’s note. The two halves have teeth that are spaced slightly differently so that as the gears rotate ther is always two teeth in constant contact. When the the change from 3rd to 4th is made it is not by sliding one gear into contact with another. These gears are permanently meshed, and the change is made by sliding the drive shaft from the center of one set of gears to the other, which is why you can shift with out touching the clutch. Best trans mission made in those days. Expensive and tricky. You will read in the past PAS notes how many guys have thrown these tranys away and replaced them with a standard box. They didn’t know what a marvelous box they had, and could not figure out how to repair them.The gears have timing marks and must be lined up correctly.