oily Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 apparently, early Saracens had a higher ratio 1st gear, and subsequently, when a replacement was needed, they had boxes with a lower ratio fitted, as a matter of course, was this because the earlier boxes tended to wear out the brake bands, on the 1st gear position, due to its ratio being too high? My mk 5 up-armoured one, is about to have a new box, but I'm not yet sure whether the one I have in mind, is early or late type, or even if they are compatible either way, or whether I should only fit the later type....anyone know?:confused::??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 apparently, early Saracens had a higher ratio 1st gear, and subsequently, when a replacement was needed, they had boxes with a lower ratio fitted, as a matter of course, was this because the earlier boxes tended to wear out the brake bands, on the 1st gear position, due to its ratio being too high? My mk 5 up-armoured one, is about to have a new box, but I'm not yet sure whether the one I have in mind, is early or late type, or even if they are compatible either way, or whether I should only fit the later type....anyone know?:confused::??? Oily, I would imagine that early boxes would have dissappeared by now. The only point I can recollect about early ones, is that they had no neutral strut and when "N" was selected, it partly engaged both 1st and 3rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oily Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 thanks! -that sounds a bit didgy to me! ....hope the one I'm thinking of buying is a later one then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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