Gearbox mounting plate

[vernon.taylor]

Salut

The top mount is for the 4-speed 'box - anyone recognise the bottom one, please? It's been suggested to me that it's a 5-speed, but it looks nothing like the battered one I have.

I'll be able to put mine next to it in a week or two so the question is one of impatience

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Vernon

[PeterK]

It's a gearbox mount for a Spyder chassis

Peter
Elan Plus 2 bought as a body, an unused Spyder chassis and several boxes of bits, slowly being rebuilt

[vernon.taylor]

Merci, Peter. 4-speeed or 5-speed and will it fit a standard Lotus chassis?

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Vernon

[PeterK]

De rien
Won't fit a standard chassis without modification (the outer holes are where it bolts to the chassis and they are quite differently positioned).

I think it fits the four speed (looks the same as mine and the bolt spacing appears as for the four speed above), but don't know about the bolting for the five speed. With the four speed you use the standard rubber gearbox mounting, but without the two spacers used (and sometimes lost ) with the standard mounting.

Peter

[vernon.taylor]

Merci encore, Peter - even if it's not the answer I wanted.

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Vernon

[rgh0]

It looks like the spare 4 speed spyder one I have sitting on my shelf. I got both with the spyder chassis for the Plus 2 and the 5 speed version is in the car.

cheers
Rohan