Oldskoolrob
Active Member
Howdy,
I'm installing a 3.5 into my Mk2 Cortina as some of you know. I've ended up with both a BW65 and a BW66. The BW65 is 'reputed' to have been rebuilt 20K Kms ago and comes with a reconditioned (never installed) converter. Apparently it's been converted from a Jag to suit a Rover and has had additional work to make it a tighter box (more or better plates or something - the seller wasn't a guru). The outside looks like crap but inside the bellhousing looks nice and clean, seals look good. It is, however very hard to change gear and I can't turn the output shaft.
The '66 is from an SD1 and is very clean on the outside, easy to change gears and rotate output shaft. However it's filler tube got busted in transport, and it has it's original converter. I can see the input seal will need replacing - there's no oil but part of the orange rubber seems to be missing.
Due to doubling up on costs I don't really want to take both boxes in to be assessed by my local auto guru but I was going to take whichever box I choose in for a service/check-over.
My question is, are there any strong opinions on which box would be a better choice to use? Any advice on the sticky shifts/output of the 65? Should that be a concern, or is it evidence of the alleged upgrades....?
Cheers,
Rob.
I'm installing a 3.5 into my Mk2 Cortina as some of you know. I've ended up with both a BW65 and a BW66. The BW65 is 'reputed' to have been rebuilt 20K Kms ago and comes with a reconditioned (never installed) converter. Apparently it's been converted from a Jag to suit a Rover and has had additional work to make it a tighter box (more or better plates or something - the seller wasn't a guru). The outside looks like crap but inside the bellhousing looks nice and clean, seals look good. It is, however very hard to change gear and I can't turn the output shaft.
The '66 is from an SD1 and is very clean on the outside, easy to change gears and rotate output shaft. However it's filler tube got busted in transport, and it has it's original converter. I can see the input seal will need replacing - there's no oil but part of the orange rubber seems to be missing.
Due to doubling up on costs I don't really want to take both boxes in to be assessed by my local auto guru but I was going to take whichever box I choose in for a service/check-over.
My question is, are there any strong opinions on which box would be a better choice to use? Any advice on the sticky shifts/output of the 65? Should that be a concern, or is it evidence of the alleged upgrades....?
Cheers,
Rob.
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