Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 (edited) Oops, please read the revised description! The shed clear out continues; it's amazing what you find, tucked away, wrapped in a tarp. under the work bench! This is the gear box I used for a couple of years when I originally built my old XE powered car. It's a Type 9, five speed 'box, It turns out, after doing a lot of detailed measuring on behalf of someone looking to buy, that I was mislead all those years ago; This is a standard Type 9 gearbox, with standard five speed Type 9 ratios, (no wonder the Quaife felt sooo much better) and a standard length input shaft! (However, someone had fitted the V6 nose cone to the standard shaft, so it only fitted with a V6 bellhousing. The nose cone has now been properly modified to the correct size for a standard bellhousing and clutch. Many apologies for any confusion - just shows how kit car parts arent always as straightforward as you think! This is an original Ford box. It was used with a Vauxhall XE engine, standard apart from throttle bodies, so it's never seen a high power/high rpm engine. I replaced it with a Quaife Heavy Duty Pro box at the same time as upgrading the engine. It's not been used since 2006/7, has been dry stored with oil in. All gears worked OK when it was removed, Synchros were reasonable, (though I found could be rushed, when I fitted the quick shift, it didn't really need it, with a shortened lever anyway), Please note, no bell housing or gear lever is included, just the gear box. As you can see, there's a little fine surface rust on the lid/ main case - exaggerated in the photo's somewhat, as I'd just cleaned it up and sprayed all the ferrous surfaces down with WD40. Popping the cover off, all looked reasonable inside: Looking for £150, collected from Cheshire. Edited July 1, 2015 by Dave Eastwood (gadgetman) - WSCC AO Rep Correcting mistaken information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 The price will go up, when I start getting post build boredom, and tinkering and repainting etc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Bumpity bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 Will consider a reasonable offer before I bung it on Locost Builders etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 About to advertise elsewhere, it's in the way at the mo, £150 anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul n Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 have pm'd you Cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Have PM'd back Paul; from what you say of what you're already using, I suspect it's not for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John K Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Hi Dave, Ive decided to stick with a 4 speed, but need a new box as sync on 2nd is dead. So I'm potentially interested. Problem is I dont know what ive got and its hard getting decent pics. http://forum.wscc.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic/113818-type-9-5-speed-swap-for-a-xflow-ford-4-speed/ Csn you identify if its the same as mine from the rather naff pics? But i definitely do not have the external bolts to the bell housing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 Re, for the avoidance of doubt, Type 9's are five speed boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhutch Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Sold? Get that roll pin replaced.... Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 The chap that's having it has bought it for an MG Conversion, it will apparently be going straight to a specialist for modifying and re-building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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