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  • New Gearbox lever thread - revised

    It seems to me that the two pins(listed as one short and one long) that hold the bayonet cap just press in and one is longer and also locates the gear lever so is it possible someone has put them in the wrong holes ?
    Ben Caswell probably not the last word on anything here!!

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    New Gearbox lever thread - Please ignore previous ones

    OK let's try again.

    The lever has a sphere at the bottom with a grove in it which is used to align, see picture below

    1505496080468-729082506.jpg

    There is a corresponding pin on the inside which it slides on, see picture below

    15054961898571434738675.jpg

    On my other two gearboxes this pin is on the oposite side and therefore my gear lever fits correctly.

    Obviously this one doesn't.

    The only explanation I can see is that there are two part numbers for the gear levers and in changing them they put the pin and slot the other way round.

    Heaven knows why?

    Any ideas?

    Adrian

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    • #3
      Re: New Gearbox lever thread - Please ignore previous ones

      My explanation was that the two pins have been put in the wrong sides
      Ben Caswell probably not the last word on anything here!!

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      • #4
        Re: New Gearbox lever thread - Please ignore previous ones

        Two duplicate threads deleted -
        Post from Ben Caswell moved to this thread. Note this is shown out of sequence because of the date/time stamp is too early.
        Paul

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        • #5
          Re: New Gearbox lever thread - Please ignore previous ones

          Would have been better to make no comment and rename this thread.
          I went looking to find the threads I should ignore.
          I should have ignored this one!
          MOC member since 05/97
          1984 Marlin Roadster SWB.
          1800TC, Unleaded ported head, stage 2 cam. Ford Type 9 gearbox, Dolomite Sprint rear axle fitted with MGF disc brakes.
          Three core radiator, Renault Clio vented front discs.
          The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

          Loads of Marlin Reference can be found documents here or there.

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          • #6
            Re: New Gearbox lever thread - Please ignore previous ones

            Thanks Paul for deleting the threads.

            I made the mistake of pressing enter twice, I am sorry if this has caused any issues.

            I couldn't delete the thread even after looking at the FAQ section which implies it doesn't always work.

            I will take the virtual slap on the wrist and hope I don't do it again.

            Regards

            Adrian

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            • #7
              Re: New Gearbox lever thread - Please ignore previous ones

              Thread renamed from “New Gearbox lever thread - Please ignore previous ones”
              to “New Gearbox lever thread – revised”
              To avoid members searching for unknowable unknowns.
              Paul

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              • #8
                Re: New Gearbox lever thread - Please ignore previous ones

                Could the pins in the wrong way be that it is from the Triumph version of the gearbox?

                I think it is right as my gearbox is the same.

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                Last edited by meverett; 17-09-17, 05:23 PM.

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                • #9
                  Re: New Gearbox lever thread - Please ignore previous ones

                  Well there you go, it's a triumph extention, bugger will have to keep looking.

                  Adrian

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                  • #10
                    Re: New Gearbox lever thread - Please ignore previous ones

                    Hi Adrian, I think the extension in your picture above is a marina one and looking at some mg midget gearboxes I think your lever is from an MG. Can the pins be turned around?
                    Cheers, Martin.

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                    • #11
                      Re: New Gearbox lever thread - revised

                      I may be looking for another Marina rear extension myself as not yet sure whether to use my extended extension.
                      Last edited by meverett; 17-09-17, 07:09 PM.

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                      • #12
                        Re: New Gearbox lever thread - Please ignore previous ones

                        Cut the lever off , turn it around and weld it back together . Problem solved?

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                        • #13
                          Re: New Gearbox lever thread - Please ignore previous ones

                          Now that's why we all need a sensibility check every now and again.

                          One can get very blinkered sometimes.

                          Good call.

                          Thanks

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                          • #14
                            Re: New Gearbox lever thread - revised

                            Originally posted by meverett View Post
                            I may be looking for another Marina rear extension myself as not yet sure whether to use my extended extension.
                            I have pm'd you.

                            Adrian

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                            • #15
                              Re: New Gearbox lever thread - revised

                              I have not yet checked part numbers, but who is to say that on some cars the driving position was not such a long reach to the gearshift as in a Roadster, and the gear sticks were actually angled a different way. There are certainly a range, mostly Triumph, of cars from Heralds, Dolomites TR7's, Marina and Itals that used the same single rail gearbox design.
                              40 years on, who is to be sure that the part you are looking at is actually what it purports to be!
                              MOC member since 05/97
                              1984 Marlin Roadster SWB.
                              1800TC, Unleaded ported head, stage 2 cam. Ford Type 9 gearbox, Dolomite Sprint rear axle fitted with MGF disc brakes.
                              Three core radiator, Renault Clio vented front discs.
                              The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

                              Loads of Marlin Reference can be found documents here or there.

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