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[.............. BUT it is all on hold until I finish the bathroom renovations or I will be divorced.


Save the pain, take the divorce!! :lol: :lol:


WHAT!!!!!!!! then I will have to give her half of my workshop and my mini collection :shock:
After being married for37 years I think I can put up with a bit more nagging :D


No Mate, just give her the house, all of it, then you get to keep the workshop and mini collection which in $$$ I'd say you'd be better off. :lol:

Na...all good, 37 years ain't bad. And Dave, your good wife does not nag you, it's just that we all need constaint reminding because we get so pre-occupied with our hobbies........


Pffft, that just the kind of justification I would expect to hear from a wife right there... "you need reminding because you just get so emersed in your hobby" :roll:

No, its nagging. You can't brass plate a turd. You can roll it in glitter. But you can't brass plate them.
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David, thats a pretty interesting idea there with the bike gear sets,,, what if you did away with the original case all together? With the effort involved in what you are talking about, a new casing wouldn't that much harder to fabricate plus you can make it out of some descent materials,,,, or do a better job of designing an aluminium one?


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what if you did away with the original case all together? With the effort involved in what you are talking about, a new casing wouldn't that much harder to fabricate plus you can make it out of some descent materials,,,, or do a better job of designing an aluminium one?


A benefit to keeping the standard gearbox case (probably only applies to some of us) is that you can still run in the MRA without being classified as a Hybrid. Same as the old Supermini rule that "Must utilise the standard mini BMC/Leyland gearbox/differential case incorporating either standard or after-market gears" Thats why Peter Crocker runs the Toyota powered mini with a chain drive down to the mini gearbox.

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what if you did away with the original case all together? With the effort involved in what you are talking about, a new casing wouldn't that much harder to fabricate plus you can make it out of some descent materials,,,, or do a better job of designing an aluminium one?


A benefit to keeping the standard gearbox case (probably only applies to some of us) is that you can still run in the MRA without being classified as a Hybrid. Same as the old Supermini rule that "Must utilise the standard mini BMC/Leyland gearbox/differential case incorporating either standard or after-market gears" Thats why Peter Crocker runs the Toyota powered mini with a chain drive down to the mini gearbox.


Peter crocker?? don't know him but Warrick Agustin races his mini with this set up. Toyota block on a mini gearbox thats chain driven. i thought warrick was the only doing this but maybe not. He told me the rules used to say what you just saidrookiepilot thats why he built it as he did.

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Opps. Me bad. It is Warrick.

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Thanks guys , but I am really looking for a road going gearbox etc .

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I'd like to have a look at a Nomad gearbox...


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I'd like to have a look at a Nomad gearbox...


I've just started to do just that :wink: :lol:

Only thing that has me a little concerned is the age of them, that parts ""might"" be a problem.

But it looks like a relitivily straight forward conversion thats for sure (well, I'm saying that now :lol: )


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I tossed a Nomad casing into the skip at work, it looks nothing like an A series box... :?
I bet ALL the internal parts are rare as rocking horse droppings now.

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I'd like to have a look at a Nomad gearbox...


I've just started to do just that :wink: :lol:

Only thing that has me a little concerned is the age of them, that parts ""might"" be a problem.

But it looks like a relitivily straight forward conversion thats for sure (well, I'm saying that now :lol: )

Speaking to Leyland salesmen and mechanics from back then they blame the gearbox under the 1500 motor as the begining of the end of Leyland Australia. They say that the cable gearchange was a disaster.

But don't let me stop you!

If you do want to look into it and you can only find a 4 speed 1500 gearbox it is worth looking at because the 4 and the 5 are the same box with one gear removed and a selector blocked off. :wink:


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I'd like to have a look at a Nomad gearbox...


I've just started to do just that :wink: :lol:

Only thing that has me a little concerned is the age of them, that parts ""might"" be a problem.

But it looks like a relitivily straight forward conversion thats for sure (well, I'm saying that now :lol: )

Speaking to Leyland salesmen and mechanics from back then they blame the gearbox under the 1500 motor as the begining of the end of Leyland Australia. They say that the cable gearchange was a disaster.

But don't let me stop you!

If you do want to look into it and you can only find a 4 speed 1500 gearbox it is worth looking at because the 4 and the 5 are the same box with one gear removed and a selector blocked off. :wink:


Erh really? Sounds like time for a "Plan B" then.....

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Phat Kat wrote:
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I'd like to have a look at a Nomad gearbox...


I've just started to do just that :wink: :lol:

Only thing that has me a little concerned is the age of them, that parts ""might"" be a problem.

But it looks like a relitivily straight forward conversion thats for sure (well, I'm saying that now :lol: )

Speaking to Leyland salesmen and mechanics from back then they blame the gearbox under the 1500 motor as the begining of the end of Leyland Australia. They say that the cable gearchange was a disaster.

But don't let me stop you!

If you do want to look into it and you can only find a 4 speed 1500 gearbox it is worth looking at because the 4 and the 5 are the same box with one gear removed and a selector blocked off. :wink:


Erh really? Sounds like time for a "Plan B" then.....

Cheers


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Morris 1100 wrote:
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I'd like to have a look at a Nomad gearbox...


I've just started to do just that :wink: :lol:

Only thing that has me a little concerned is the age of them, that parts ""might"" be a problem.

But it looks like a relitivily straight forward conversion thats for sure (well, I'm saying that now :lol: )

Speaking to Leyland salesmen and mechanics from back then they blame the gearbox under the 1500 motor as the begining of the end of Leyland Australia. They say that the cable gearchange was a disaster.

But don't let me stop you!

If you do want to look into it and you can only find a 4 speed 1500 gearbox it is worth looking at because the 4 and the 5 are the same box with one gear removed and a selector blocked off. :wink:


Erh really? Sounds like time for a "Plan B" then.....

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Thanks Morris :)

I do already have a 5 speed in my shed though. It was donated by a friend of mine.

But that's certainly good to know, especially if when it come time to do another one I can only get a 4 speed.

Thanks :)


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The Maxi`s went to a rod change , as did the MK3 austin 1800

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Funny how Toyota et al can make cables work fine, but BL couldn't. :lol:

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Funny how Toyota et al can make cables work fine, but BL couldn't. :lol:


There are LOTS of things the japs got to work but BL could not. :)

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