lt77 gearbox short remote

lt77 gearbox short remote

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993phill

Original Poster:

427 posts

223 months

Monday 3rd September 2007
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i am after a short remote {type fitted to sherpa or simular} for an lt77 gearbox

any ideas

many thanks

Chassis 33

6,194 posts

283 months

Monday 3rd September 2007
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I presume and SD1 remote is too long?
Regards
Iain

993phill

Original Poster:

427 posts

223 months

Monday 3rd September 2007
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yes standard sdi is way to far back
i have seen sdi shortened


HarryW

15,151 posts

270 months

Monday 3rd September 2007
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What do TVR's use confused, it maybe short confused. If so there are plenty of written off cars with bits available all the time, try someone like bellhill or douglas valley breakers.

HarryW

15,151 posts

270 months

Monday 3rd September 2007
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HarryW said:
What do TVR's use confused, it maybe short confused. If so there are plenty of written off cars with bits available all the time, try someone like bellhill or douglas valley breakers.
redface Just read your profile you have Tiv redface, thought by your log in name you were a 993 man looking for a kit or something hehe

tinker-27

835 posts

225 months

Monday 3rd September 2007
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you can cut and shut a sd1 remote by abut 2" or i think some taxis use a short remote (very short).to shorten it just cut a bit out and get it ally welded back together (i can do it if you are stuck)

Boosted LS1

21,188 posts

261 months

Monday 3rd September 2007
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It's hard to cut and shut but it can be done I did it once. Or get a rare tr8 remote which is the pukka option. Also, some jags had a very short remote which is nice and tidy but they usually stay with the gearbox. Lastly , the sherpa remote is also very short but it's iron, higher up and sloppy so don't go there.

Boosted.

Avocet

800 posts

256 months

Monday 3rd September 2007
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I believe Marcos used a very short linkage on some of their Rover-gearboxed cars. TVR used the Marcos one on the V8 "S" and the long SD1 linkage on the V8 Tasmins. They had their own home-made one for the Griffith and Chimaera which brings the lever a very long way forwards and slightly towards the driver (assuming right hand drive). There was a really weird one made in very small numbers for some Left Hand Drive Griffiths and Chimaeras. The later cars used Borg Warner gearboxes and had a completely different and much simpler linkage. Dpending on how much you want to move the lever (and whether you can put up with the peculiar motion the lever will then describe!) you could always just put a dog-leg in the gear lever!

993phill

Original Poster:

427 posts

223 months

Tuesday 4th September 2007
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I CAN GET THE JAGUAR REMOTE BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS MOVES THE SHIFT WELL FORWARD OVER THE GEARBOX ITSELF , BUT DUE TO CHASSIS RAILS WHAT I NEED IS ONE THAT JUST PUTS THE GEAR SHIFT ANYWHERE FORWARD OF WHERE THE STANDARDD SDI SHIFT BOLTS ON TO THE GEARBOX

chrisj

517 posts

256 months

Tuesday 4th September 2007
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I've got what I think is the Jag remote.
It's on the LT77 that came out of my Marcos.
The lever goes direct into the box, so the lever is slightly forward of the 'box output flange.

I don't know of any intermediate linkages, only the long and the short ones.

Edited by chrisj on Tuesday 4th September 17:37

paolow

3,211 posts

259 months

Wednesday 5th September 2007
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there is a company that makes them.

god knows who they are but I had one off em once

wins and co rover specialists on the a22 will be able to help you with who they are. mine was 70 odd quid when i bought it from this other mystery company. wins can be got on Tel: 01342 836060. its a one man band and always very helpful and will point you in the right direction.

HTH

chrisj

517 posts

256 months

Thursday 13th September 2007
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Phill, I haven't been able to get any pics taken this week.
I'll try and get it done next week.

rustyspit

462 posts

205 months

Friday 14th September 2007
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The Sherpa remote looks like this:


Can I mildly hijack this thread and ask whether anyone else with Sherpa remote also has the reversing light switch on the left-hand side of the remote? Mine is on the left and I can't see how it can possibly work unless I'm missing a component somewhere.

Incidentally I got mine on Ebay - they do crop up occasionally, but aren't particularly cheap.

Edited by rustyspit on Friday 14th September 14:40

robinj66

20 posts

226 months

Thursday 20th September 2007
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Is this the sort of thing you are after or is it too long?

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