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Which Type 9 box
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:15 pm
by Jefftav
A guy locally has a Type 9 gearbox for sale at a reasonable price. I think there are two versions of the type 9 with different lengths of input shaft but does anyone know which one I need before I waste anytime as although it's local it's still an 80mile round trip. Cheers
Re: Which Type 9 box
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:51 pm
by chrisryder
you want the shorter first motion. i think there are ~7 inch first motion, and ~9 inch. also see if you can get one with a guide tube over the first motion, it could come in handy if using a roller release bearing
Re: Which Type 9 box
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:45 am
by Alex'n'Ane
It depends what its for. I Have the v6 variant with the slightly longer input shaft i believe as its stronger and has slightly different gear ratio's i believe.
Re: Which Type 9 box
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:30 pm
by chrisryder
yeah good point, the one i was refering to would be the more commonly needed one for fitting to an a-series with an off-the-shelf bell housing.
Re: Which Type 9 box
Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 5:44 pm
by Arnie
Standard procedure amongst the Ford people is to carefully trim down the input shaft and splines by about 10mm on the longer shaft. Some of the 2.8 boxes are stronger and all have a higher 1st gear.