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#Post#: 99006--------------------------------------------------
Series Gear Case, SN+A vs SN+E
By: 73S3BLIMEY Date: September 23, 2015, 2:33 pm
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I bought a "refurbished" case from a vendor in England. My old
case SN ended in A.
The "refurbished" case not only filthy but with old parts
attached in the holes, "sizes checked" for wear, they promised,
case, SN ends in E.
Visually, I can see the reverse shaft hole lacks a key slot. My
reverse shaft seems bigger on the fat end.
Their response to my comment on receiving a filthy case and not
sure how it could possibly be refurbished was, I was darn lucky
they were out there so I could buy a case from someone as these
suffix A cases were hard to find. I could also pay reverse
shipping and people are lined up to buy these. SH><.
They will not respond to my question as to the comparability of
these 2 cases so I don't feel real lucky that they are in
business. :banghead :banghead :banghead
I am so grateful that they are the exception when it comes to
doing business with English vendors.
My question is: If I put a suffix " B on" reverse shaft and I
imagine a suffix " B on" reverse gear in the case, will this
work with the rest of my A case internals?
#Post#: 99011--------------------------------------------------
Re: Series Gear Case, SN+A vs SN+E
By: 73S3BLIMEY Date: September 23, 2015, 8:47 pm
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>Htlr< The supplier responded. You old heads probably know
this but it was new to me. Land Rover's gearbox alphabet goes
A-B-C-D-E-ES-A-B.. Series 2A suffix ES is a box with full
syncros.
So at Series III they started using Suffix A again. So when one
talks about Suffix A both parties need to be talking about the
same Series.
I am told Series 3 Suffix A boxes are rare.
I have heard there may be a Land Rover TSB describing the
modification of a 2A box to accommodate the Series 3 internals.
My hopes that someone can tell me if and how I can modify the 2A
Suffix E case so my Series 3 case internals can work. So far
all I can figure out is the reverse shaft hole in the back of
the case needs to be bored slightly larger to accommodate the
step in the shaft and a key slot cut.
#Post#: 99015--------------------------------------------------
Re: Series Gear Case, SN+A vs SN+E
By: Arjan Date: September 24, 2015, 4:19 am
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Where about is this supplier located ?
I'll be spending quite a bit of money on a recon TB box nex
month.....
#Post#: 99094--------------------------------------------------
Re: Series Gear Case, SN+A vs SN+E
By: 73S3BLIMEY Date: September 29, 2015, 11:22 am
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After many emails and investigation time, I am told but have not
seem for myself that the Land Rover Series 2/2A parts book show
the same part number for this gear case as the Series 3 parts
book. If this is true, I think the supplier sold me the correct
case by part umber. I think I ordered the correct case by part
number. We were both wrong or right depending on how you look
at it.
The supplier said he had found the correct case at a higher cost
but he would ship it to me if I paid the shipping for it coming
to me and the old case going back. I did not take the deal.
The quotes I got for shipping from the US were up to 4 times
the value of the wrong case and the way my luck was running who
was to say the next case was really correct.
While I think the supplier should have eaten one of the shipping
costs I really don't feel he is a bad person. I probably will
not use him again but I now really don't think he is dishonest.
#Post#: 99103--------------------------------------------------
Re: Series Gear Case, SN+A vs SN+E
By: NoelC Date: September 29, 2015, 3:09 pm
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I'm not sure the supplier knows what he's talking about TBH.
Series IIA transmissions ended with suffix 'F' around November
1970, suffix 'E' was not the last. I've seen the 'S' prefix on
many boxes, Phil Bashall at Dunsfold told me this meant it was a
factory service exchange unit. I've never seen a 2a syncro box
in the flesh so can't say if that had an 'S' suffix to denote
syncromesh.
As for part numbers, 606881 is the casing for the 2a syncromesh
gearbox (the March 1974 2A parts catalogue doesn't indicate a
suffix for this) and the series 3 suffix 'A' gearbox. Series IIA
suffix C onwards is part number 605993, however part number
606881 is listed in some places as a suitable replacement for 2A
boxes as well. I'd assume from that it's possible to fit
non-syncro internals to a later syncro case but not vice versa
without some mods at least.
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