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Mail From: "Glenn Johnson" <(email redacted)>


I'm glad to report a happy conclusion!

The extra pin was removed from the gearbox turret and the old shifter then
fitted fine with some minor adaptation of bushes, etc. The gear knob sits a
little higher but the change is significantly smoother.

It's still a little perplexing though: the 'box was taken from a '97 1.8
MkI, yet looks identical to a MkII 'box, except with a mechanical speedo?!?
The centre part of the 'box is of significantly larger cross section, so
let's hope it's a little sturdier (I've never seen that mentioned before).

Thanks to everyone one who jumped to help out - particularly Todd Paciorek
who's been through the process before and taken pictures along the way, and
Malcolm Gray-Stephens who seems to have more UK breakers numbers that Yellow
Pages!

The powerlist comes to the rescue again!

Glenn
(who was preparing himself for a 2nd weekend without transport)

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Mail From: Larry Alster <(email redacted)>


Any identifying marks on this mystery tranny??? Maybe there was a
shortage and something was substituted at one point in production??
Might be "the tranny" to look for it it could be found???

Glenn Johnson wrote:
>
> I'm glad to report a happy conclusion!
>
> The extra pin was removed from the gearbox turret and the old shifter then
> fitted fine with some minor adaptation of bushes, etc. The gear knob sits a
> little higher but the change is significantly smoother.
>
> It's still a little perplexing though: the 'box was taken from a '97 1.8
> MkI, yet looks identical to a MkII 'box, except with a mechanical speedo?!?
> The centre part of the 'box is of significantly larger cross section, so
> let's hope it's a little sturdier (I've never seen that mentioned before).
>
> Thanks to everyone one who jumped to help out - particularly Todd Paciorek
> who's been through the process before and taken pictures along the way, and
> Malcolm Gray-Stephens who seems to have more UK breakers numbers that Yellow
> Pages!
>
> The powerlist comes to the rescue again!
>
> Glenn
> (who was preparing himself for a 2nd weekend without transport)

--
Larry

White Knight 1991 Crystal White #99 CSP
Silver Bullet 1992 Silverstone #17 EM BEGI System IV Turbo +
Honey B 1992 Sunburst Yellow

LowCountry Miata drive.to/lowcountrymiata
Masters Miata
RAGS 074

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Mail From: "Glenn Johnson" <(email redacted)>


Well, I haven't actually *seen* the tranny yet - I dropped the car off with
a broken one and picked it up with the new one - description wise I'm going
by what the mechanic said...I know, I know, I should have been fitting it
myself...

However, I'll be under the car at the weekend checking out the quality of
the work so if I see anything significant I'll make a note - I did notice my
old one still has a small bar code sticker near the PPF bracket.

Glenn

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Alster [mailto:(email redacted)]
Sent: 25 October 2001 22:25
To: Glenn Johnson
Cc: (email redacted)
Subject: Re: Emergency Gearbox Info - Part 3


Any identifying marks on this mystery tranny??? Maybe there was a
shortage and something was substituted at one point in production??
Might be "the tranny" to look for it it could be found???

Glenn Johnson wrote:
>
> I'm glad to report a happy conclusion!
>
> The extra pin was removed from the gearbox turret and the old shifter then
> fitted fine with some minor adaptation of bushes, etc. The gear knob sits
a
> little higher but the change is significantly smoother.
>
> It's still a little perplexing though: the 'box was taken from a '97 1.8
> MkI, yet looks identical to a MkII 'box, except with a mechanical
speedo?!?
> The centre part of the 'box is of significantly larger cross section, so
> let's hope it's a little sturdier (I've never seen that mentioned before).
>
> Thanks to everyone one who jumped to help out - particularly Todd Paciorek
> who's been through the process before and taken pictures along the way,
and
> Malcolm Gray-Stephens who seems to have more UK breakers numbers that
Yellow
> Pages!
>
> The powerlist comes to the rescue again!
>
> Glenn
> (who was preparing himself for a 2nd weekend without transport)

--
Larry

White Knight 1991 Crystal White #99 CSP
Silver Bullet 1992 Silverstone #17 EM BEGI System IV Turbo +
Honey B 1992 Sunburst Yellow

LowCountry Miata drive.to/lowcountrymiata
Masters Miata
RAGS 074

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Mail From: Larry Alster <(email redacted)>


Huh???

You had someone else do this!!! :)

Actually it would have been great to have comparison side by side
pictures. Too bad. Was the mechanic a Miata guy??? The reason I ask
is that I've found sometimes these mystery differences are really if the
guy doesn't really know the car. Just a thought.

Glenn Johnson wrote:
>
> Well, I haven't actually *seen* the tranny yet - I dropped the car off with
> a broken one and picked it up with the new one - description wise I'm going
> by what the mechanic said...I know, I know, I should have been fitting it
> myself...
>
> However, I'll be under the car at the weekend checking out the quality of
> the work so if I see anything significant I'll make a note - I did notice my
> old one still has a small bar code sticker near the PPF bracket.
>
> Glenn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Alster [mailto:(email redacted)]
> Sent: 25 October 2001 22:25
> To: Glenn Johnson
> Cc: (email redacted)
> Subject: Re: Emergency Gearbox Info - Part 3
>
> Any identifying marks on this mystery tranny??? Maybe there was a
> shortage and something was substituted at one point in production??
> Might be "the tranny" to look for it it could be found???
>
> Glenn Johnson wrote:
> >
> > I'm glad to report a happy conclusion!
> >
> > The extra pin was removed from the gearbox turret and the old shifter then
> > fitted fine with some minor adaptation of bushes, etc. The gear knob sits
> a
> > little higher but the change is significantly smoother.
> >
> > It's still a little perplexing though: the 'box was taken from a '97 1.8
> > MkI, yet looks identical to a MkII 'box, except with a mechanical
> speedo?!?
> > The centre part of the 'box is of significantly larger cross section, so
> > let's hope it's a little sturdier (I've never seen that mentioned before).
> >
> > Thanks to everyone one who jumped to help out - particularly Todd Paciorek
> > who's been through the process before and taken pictures along the way,
> and
> > Malcolm Gray-Stephens who seems to have more UK breakers numbers that
> Yellow
> > Pages!
> >
> > The powerlist comes to the rescue again!
> >
> > Glenn
> > (who was preparing himself for a 2nd weekend without transport)
>
> --
> Larry
>
> White Knight 1991 Crystal White #99 CSP
> Silver Bullet 1992 Silverstone #17 EM BEGI System IV Turbo +
> Honey B 1992 Sunburst Yellow
>
> LowCountry Miata drive.to/lowcountrymiata
> Masters Miata
> RAGS 074

--
Larry

White Knight 1991 Crystal White #99 CSP
Silver Bullet 1992 Silverstone #17 EM BEGI System IV Turbo +
Honey B 1992 Sunburst Yellow

LowCountry Miata drive.to/lowcountrymiata
Masters Miata
RAGS 074

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Mail From: "Jeremy Hendy" <(email redacted)>


> You had someone else do this!!! :)
>
Hey - give Glenn a break. He has to keep his fingers soft and lily-white to
do all those MLL updates... ;)

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Mail From: Larry Alster <(email redacted)>


Oh, true, forgot about the need for supple fingers on the keyboard!!!
:)

Jeremy Hendy wrote:
>
> > You had someone else do this!!! :)
> >
> Hey - give Glenn a break. He has to keep his fingers soft and lily-white to
> do all those MLL updates... ;)

--
Larry

White Knight 1991 Crystal White #99 CSP
Silver Bullet 1992 Silverstone #17 EM BEGI System IV Turbo +
Honey B 1992 Sunburst Yellow

LowCountry Miata drive.to/lowcountrymiata
Masters Miata
RAGS 074

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Mail From: "Glenn Johnson" <(email redacted)>


I have to keep my soft, supple, and lily-white fingers "for the
ladys"...they don't like to see oil under the nails now do they?

Glenn

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Alster [mailto:(email redacted)]
Sent: 26 October 2001 11:34
To: Jeremy Hendy
Cc: Glenn Johnson; (email redacted)
Subject: Re: Emergency Gearbox Info - Part 3


Oh, true, forgot about the need for supple fingers on the keyboard!!!
:)

Jeremy Hendy wrote:
>
> > You had someone else do this!!! :)
> >
> Hey - give Glenn a break. He has to keep his fingers soft and lily-white
to
> do all those MLL updates... ;)

--
Larry

White Knight 1991 Crystal White #99 CSP
Silver Bullet 1992 Silverstone #17 EM BEGI System IV Turbo +
Honey B 1992 Sunburst Yellow

LowCountry Miata drive.to/lowcountrymiata
Masters Miata
RAGS 074