Reconditioned Gearboxes

[JohnnieBriggs]

Hello again,

Just in case I have really broken my gearbox, can anyone recommend a supplier of reconditioned gearboxes for a 1970 Morris Traveller?

Thanks,

Johnnie

[firedrake1942]

Got mine from Charles Ware - really smooth and lovely whine

[Chipper]

If you indicated which region you're in it would help. Most reputable Minor specialists should be able to supply a decent reconditioned gearbox (albeit usually quite expensive), or you could have a bash at fixing it yourself (as I have done) - they are relatively straightforward to work on, particularly if you follow this excellent guide by the Dorset branch of the MMOC:

http://www.dorsetmmoc.co.uk/wordpress/t ... ebuild.pdf

[simmitc]

John Evans on the south coast, advertisers in Minor Matters.

[JohnnieBriggs]

If you indicated which region you're in it would help. Most reputable Minor specialists should be able to supply a decent reconditioned gearbox (albeit usually quite expensive), or you could have a bash at fixing it yourself (as I have done) - they are relatively straightforward to work on, particularly if you follow this excellent guide by the Dorset branch of the MMOC:

http://www.dorsetmmoc.co.uk/wordpress/t ... ebuild.pdf

Thank you for this, I am in West Yorkshire, the article is brilliant and it is a job I would like to try, but it is a workshop job and up to now Olwyn has been the car I use every day. So, I guess it is time to find a reconditioned one and then work on the one I take out. There is always so much to learn, happily learn, with an old car.

Best wishes, Johnnie

[pgp001]

There is a chap called Philip Wright in the Craven Old Wheels Society who does Morris Minor gearbox repairs, he lives not far from me in Silsden, W. Yorks.
I don't have his contact details, but it would probably be easy to to get them via the club.

Phil

[JohnnieBriggs]

There is a chap called Philip Wright in the Craven Old Wheels Society who does Morris Minor gearbox repairs, he lives not far from me in Silsden, W. Yorks.
I don't have his contact details, but it would probably be easy to to get them via the club.

Phil

Hello Phil,
Thank you for this. I will try and find him. I live in Oakworth, so really close to Silsden. Best wishes, Johnnie

[JohnnieBriggs]

Got mine from Charles Ware - really smooth and lovely whine

Thank you, I usually get my spares from Charles Ware and I will have a look. I expect they will be a premium price. Best wishes, Johnnie

[firedrake1942]

Yup, wasn't the cheapest, but transformed the drive, in terms of smoothness of gear change and noise (in as far as Minor boxes are ever quiet and smooth) and backed up by a decent warranty too.You get what you pay for.

[Declan_Burns]

I can also recommend John Evans.
Regards
Declan

[ampwhu]

same here. john built the gearbox in my car. (803 box with 948 internals).