Herald box?

[madmark]

Am i right in thinking this is a herald box all works perfectly with over drive. Its was in our 66 spitfire and over drive is operated buy an extra stalk next to indicator stalk

[68vitesse]

Looks like it is a single rail box which I believe was never fitted to a Herald, the letters from the gearbox number will tell you where the case started life.

The number should be on the top of the main case.

Regards

Paul

[Pete Lewis]

having seen a single rail fitted into a herald 13/60 the gear lever spherical is too low and the hole in the herald tunnel blocks stick movement

and you need a big hole and leather gaitor to make it work ok,    ( this was a £800  professional replacement cock up which left owner with no gaitor or no 4th gear )    wonderful  !!!       ( maybe  you could  raise the assy )   

Pete

 

[madmark]

[Pete Lewis]

thats a casting number the gearbox type is  'stamped' on the top of the  main case  machined  face next to the top cover 

Pete

[Steve P]

3 hours ago, Pete Lewis said:

having seen a single rail fitted into a herald 13/60 the gear lever spherical is too low and the hole in the herald tunnel blocks stick movement

and you need a big hole and leather gaitor to make it work ok,    ( this was a £800  professional replacement cock up which left owner with no gaitor or no 4th gear )    wonderful  !!!       ( maybe  you could  raise the assy )   

Pete

Don`t know about this Pete,i fitted that box in my 13/60 and it`s fine with the tunnel cover and carpet etc.Works a treat and makes a big difference with the 3:63 diff as well.

Steve

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[Pete Lewis]

 Steve,  ive only come across this one ,  ( non OD )  and looked at mounts/ cotton reels and supports to see if they differed , no all pretty much std across the  non OD  single /3 rail  range , maybe the od mount sits things better , 

the hole and gaitor  mod was the only thing to do as the spherical was 2+" below the tunnel  so hole was nearly halfway up the stick....crackers!

hes sold it now so cant revisit the disaster

Pete

[Steve P]

Hi Pete,

 

Never tried it with the cotton reel mounts,just the usual O/D plate type.Weird.

I do use Ford gaiters on both my cars though,much neater.

Steve

[Pete Lewis]

on the Vit6 I used a shhhh  .......  MGB gaitor and chrome  ring  ,   again a vote for much neater   

edit added pic.. crikey .. looks grubby ... its really quite shiney  (well it was ) 

 

Pete