ianashdown wrote:Hi,
I have two spare gearboxes that came with my 64 Elan when I bought it and I'm wondering if anyone can help me identify what they are specifically from the two photographs.
They both are attached to bellhousings that have 105E cast in, one has what appears to be a reverse light switch on the top.
Are the Semi-Close Ratio, Close Ratio, Extra Close Ratio or what?
Thank in advance for any help,
Ian
Hi Ian
So what did you find out?
The box with the steel shifter cap and 2 bolt tailshaft mount is likely to have the 17mm input shaft and is either a wide or an ultra close. The other box (15mm input shaft?) with the reverse gear switch on it, is likely to be either semi-close or wide. The 105E bells on them would weight the guesses to be ultra-close and Semi-close.
Best of luck with your Elans
Gary
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Ian
Put a tie wrap or a piece of masking tape on both the input and output shafts so that you have a flag or pointer. Put both flags so that they are upward vertical location. Now put the gearboxes in frist gear and rotate the input shaft and watch the output shaft flag so that it makes a complete revolution while you count the number of turns that the input shaft flag takes to make that happen.
2.5 turns is a ultra close box, 3 turns semi-close and 3.5 turns is a wide box.
Hope this helps
Gary
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Rick asked the same question on the cortina list back on November 19th
this is the email, 82 minutes later Rick knew what he had
Subject: Re: [Cortina-list] 1600 4 speed Cortina gear box
To: cortina-list
Date: Monday, November 19, 2012, 9:02 PM
Gary, 3 turns. Semi close box
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From: Gary Anderson
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Sent: Mon, Nov 19, 2012 7:40 pm
Subject: Re: [Cortina-list] 1600 4 speed Cortina gear box
Hi Rick
Put the gearbox in first gear and wrap tie wraps aroung the input and output
shafts. Rotate the input shaft and count the number of turns till the output is
back in its original position. 2.5 Ultra close, 3 turn Semi-close, 3.5 turns
Wide box. Then you will know what the box is worth. Tough to offer $80 plus
shipping if you are just getting a wide box. Where is the shifter? Front by the
gear case or at the back of the tailshaft? What bellhousing? If somebody was
close that can pick it up then things are different.
Gary