bw35 doesn't want to go into 3rd

NickDunning said:
I suspect this explains it. There should be a note in the service bulletins at that time and I'll try and find this.

With this facility you wouldn't have the anti-rollback then Harvey?
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I'd be interested to see those bulletins should you find them.

No, without SECOND gear start, you lose the anti-rollback feature, as the two go hand in hand.
 
Purely as a matter of interest, a recent project I've been involved with, which is currently under evaluation, is an overdrive for the BW35/65 (or anything else for that matter.) At the moment all fitted, and in use, and performing very well, apart from a few minor low speed vibration issues which are in the process of being sorted.
 
rp61973 said:
Will be interested to know how that project pans out, Harvey. Please keep us informed!
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As I say the MK1 version is fitted and working, MK11 (using a better overdrive unit) is underway while MK1 is on test. My only concern on a P6 would be whether the tunnel would be big enough to accomodate the unit, and whether a suitable means of attaching it to the base unit could be found. It's currently on test in a P5B, where there is more than adequate room.
 
harveyp6 said:
colnerov said:
Sorry to confuse, yes 2 did give 1-2 2-1. I just used it hold the gear on the way up and down the 'box.
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Depending on when you owned the car there's also a good chance that it could have been "got at" at some time.
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Yes, you are probably right. My mate bought the car in about 75 as a trade sale with a
worn out g'box he fitted a recon unit and did about 30k miles in 2 years, he then fitted
another recon unit and eventually sold it to me. I used to drive it both when he had it
and in my ownership and it behaved the same, so it could be that we happened to get
reconned boxes that were the same as the 'box originally fitted. Probably because they
were the the common arrangement around as you suggest. Having seen how some of
rebuilders of engines and gearboxes operated at the time I am not at all surprised!!

Colin
 
Here is the relevant item from the Rover Car Service Newsletter Vol 3 No 11 item 161. I have tracked forward but can't find any mention yet of where the prescribed 'Temporary Introduction' is removed, but I will keep looking. Likewsie when you read the item, it mentions 31/2 litre and 3500S auto' commencing numbers to be advised, but again I can't find this ...Yet!

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I'm farily sure that the suffix letter should actually read 'F' in all three listing and not 'B' because the dates don't marry up otherwise.
 
Thanks Mark....

Mark is right that the suffix should be 'F'. Presumably a mis-type at Rover.

The car we're breaking is 42511770F, which is 552 numbers after the chassis number quoted in this item, so it's quite possible there were quite a few cars with this arrangement.

Cheers
Nick
 
Well as we surmised earlier, short supply problems, but how disappointing to take delivery of your brand spanking new Rover only to find it was fitted with the same type of transmission as the plebs who had bought lesser vehicles got.
 
A bit further on in the newsletters, there is mention of conversion to 'standard' with a few part numbers which should be used by dealers (less than twelve months after the above). There is also mention of instructing the owners that their car has been altered and the gearchange will now be as listed in owners manual, so this was only a temporary thing and appears to have reverted not long after. There is also separate mention to do with replacement of auto boxes and valve bodies, which again states that the replacements will be of the type listed in the owners manual and again a list of other parts which would need to be ordered by the dealership to complete the replacement and 'conversion'. Again highlighting that this was purely a temporary thing.
 
I know the car in question is now over 12 months old, but luckily I do still have all the required conversion parts in stock..... :LOL:
 
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