Spot the difference

[phillpot]

Photo 1




Photo 2

[loud430]

gearlever?

[phillpot]

That was quick !!!!

[loud430]

yeah, sorry! thought id just have a quick look on here before heading out. is that a type nine box there, I put one in my mk2 RS2000 years ago, I added a quickshift lever & it transformed it.

[phillpot]

loud430 said:

is that a type nine box ?

Sure is, standard issue with V6 S series.


If you look close you may just make out the packing piece for the quick shift.


Close up, save you squinting

[TurboTony]

What difference do you think it will make? At what cost?

[phillpot]

A far more "positive" feel and reverse easier to find!


Cost = a new gasket
a new tailshaft oil seal
a tin of Quality Street for the guy who did the welding



...... and a day on my back struggling the box out and back in (I'm getting too old for this )



ETA .... a a tenner for a gearstick off Ebay

Edited by phillpot on Sunday 20th April 13:33

[loud430]

nice one, just out of interest, whats the plate welded on the side for? ive not seen one welded like that before? cheers.

[phillpot]

loud430 said:

whats the plate welded on the side for?

Just a bit of strengthening, guy who did the welding said that would be better than trying to weld down where the two "circles" meet if you know what I mean?
Not very pretty but who's going to see it!

[greymrj]

Hi Mike, interesting. I am (very!) well aware of the reverse issue although I sorted it on mine rather more easily, but I would be interested to know exactly what you have done. To help me understand would you mind posting a bit more detail?

[phillpot]

greymrj said:

To help me understand would you mind posting a bit more detail?

Originally got the idea when I bought a car mag to read on the plane, going on holiday somewhere or other, there was an article on fitting the type 9 to a Spitfire (I think it was) and the company doing them were shortening the tail housing rather than the TVR cranked gear lever idea.

Bit more research and I found this article

Have a spare box so was able to get a tail housing and selector rod ready before pulling my box (and if it all went t*ts up I'd still have my gearbox in the car untouched)!

[greymrj]

Thanks for that, how very interesting, that is a new one on me. In fairness to TVR I can see why they couldn't risk compromising the new type 9 boxes, but the shortened selector mechanism is fundamentally a better arrangement. Given that the type 9 is an exceptionally good box, doing that mod should restore the 'feel' to the excellent feel the box normally has and which is lost a bit in the TVR.
Great forum, something interesting nearly every day!

[HvdWeerden]

I hereby officially appoint you to ModMaster of S-series.

[Deeman]

Oh - and to carry the game on - the top photo has a roll of duct tape in front of the toolbox - the lower one doesn't

[Alan Whitaker]

And a bellhousing in the bottom one.

10 still to find

Alan

[tel595]

HvdWeerden said:

I hereby officially appoint you to ModMaster of S-series.

I think he could be the 'Modfather' too...

[greymrj]

I did note one thing that hadn't changed; that man cave is FAR too tidy for my likings! I wouldn't feel at all at home in there

[S2Mike]

There is a spillage of something on the yellow mat in the bottom picture that is not there on the top one !
9 more to find.......

[magpies]

the paper on the floor (rhs) rear of blue mat - is laying flat in one and crunched up in the other

8 to find......

[magpies]

electrical socket outlets to LHS of Karcher - top photo has 2 items plugged in whilst bottom photo has 3


7 to find.......