MG TD Tranny Rebuild – In over my head?
I just finished dissassembling the engine to my 52 TD and packed it off to the machine shop, so I’m twiddling my thumbs and decided I should move on to the next (and actually more intimidating) project – the tranny. Greene says so little on it that I think he is suggesting I just have someone else do it, and Horscht seems to suggest that you just replace everything. I’m certain that I need to at least look at it, as the vehicle was stationary for 30 years and it had about 50k miles on it before that, so I’m sure there is wear and tear. Am I in over my head? Is horscht right and I should just give moss my credit card number and have them send me “one of everything”? If it is reasonable for me to do it, anyone know of tips and tricks that I should be aware of before I start removing bolts? If you can do an engine rebuild, the gearbox will be fairly straightforward. The only thing that you might like to make up is a dummy spindle (layshaft) for the cluster gear. It is simply a shaft 9/16″
