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Re: automatic box in a series 3
DIR By: Dave
Date: February 10, 2013, 3:17 pm
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Automatic gearboxes? How very :gay: St. Phillip will be turning
in his grave...
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Re: automatic box in a series 3
DIR By: mistericeman
Date: February 10, 2013, 3:20 pm
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--- Quote from: Dave link ---
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> Automatic gearboxes? How very :gay: St. Phillip will be
turning in his grave...
>
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Who ???? :smilewide:
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Re: automatic box in a series 3
DIR By: muckypup
Date: February 10, 2013, 3:26 pm
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> Jim willy had an auto in his didn't he?
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That was a Ford cologne v6 engine with a ford auto box on, Lucy.
There was no hi range 4wd either. It's all been binned now for a
300tdi but it's not roadworthy at the moment.
I read an article in LRM about 10 years ago and there was a
one-armed bloke with an autobox in a 2a which he used for comp
safari IIRC. Can't remember the engine though. I wonder if it's
the same chap Jim was on about? He was from Burnley or
somewhere.
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Re: automatic box in a series 3
DIR By: Lucy
Date: February 10, 2013, 4:05 pm
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I've known it done in a 101, 300tdi and auto, that was for a one
armed bloke. Drove it down to Cape Town so it obviously worked.
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Re: automatic box in a series 3
DIR By: les ward
Date: February 10, 2013, 4:21 pm
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doing at the mo to my 65 2a ambi discgay v8 auto with lt230 not
realy a hard job ive cut the series g/box x member out using
disco one drilled chassis got to weld crush tubes in and shorten
rear prop a bit
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Re: automatic box in a series 3
DIR By: estwdjhn
Date: February 10, 2013, 5:14 pm
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> That said IS the disgay box shifter on bowden cables OR
mounted to the top of the box
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Cable change IIRC (I've not looked really closely yet, I'm still
taking bits off the outside of the disco at the moment...
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Re: automatic box in a series 3
DIR By: parksy64
Date: February 11, 2013, 2:56 am
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--- Quote from: les ward link ---
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> doing at the mo to my 65 2a ambi discgay v8 auto with lt230
not realy a hard job ive cut the series g/box x member out using
disco one drilled chassis got to weld crush tubes in and shorten
rear prop a bit
>
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Hi Les,
Looking forward to seeing photos in members' motors :thumbs:
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Re: automatic box in a series 3
DIR By: Doug_T
Date: February 11, 2013, 3:56 am
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--- Quote from: muckypup link ---
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> I read an article in LRM about 10 years ago and there was a
one-armed bloke with an autobox in a 2a which he used for comp
safari IIRC. Can't remember the engine though. I wonder if it's
the same chap Jim was on about? He was from Burnley or
somewhere.
>
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If it's the one armed chap with the distinctive sideburns then
it was a 2 litre from a Rover car (same block as the Discovery
MPI). You don't see many of them about, but I'll bet they go
well in an 88" in speed events.
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Re: automatic box in a series 3
DIR By: muckypup
Date: February 11, 2013, 4:59 am
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^That's the chap
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Re: automatic box in a series 3
DIR By: Albert Ross
Date: February 11, 2013, 5:27 am
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The lad I knew was from the Gloucester area.
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