Post by firept on Jun 3, 2016 16:05:28 GMT
Looking forward to sharing and extracting info from all the experts on here.
I have worked on in the past on both BW35 and 65 standard auto boxes but its a long time ago now (30 years!!) and also rebuilt a 1971 VP 1300 auto in about 1989, that was the last time I had one of these boxes in bits.
I am now for my sins in the midst's of a rebuild of a 1988 classic Mini automatic.
All of the rust has been cutaway lots of that!! and I have just finished spraying the body so now its down to the mechanical rebuild.
I did not get much of a chance to drive the car before the rebuild (ebay purchase) except for about 100 yds it seemed OK in that it went under its own power both forward and backwards. However I have decided to renew the gearbox internal components as its done around the 60K miles and if its not been rebuilt before then its probably due one.
I have managed to get hold of a box from another mini auto that was being scraped but this one is one of the last made and has the inhibitor / park arrangement on the front case and I was told it had only done around 30K miles before being dismantled.
My intention is to look at the original and see how bad that one is and replace with bits from the supposed good one I know all of the rubber seals and "O" rings will need to be renewed.
I decided to keep the Mini all original as there are not that many around and despite what people say having owned and driven the 1300VP it was a really good car and the auto box was brilliant, I think the auto box got a bad press in the first instance and it just stuck, plus BL and its management did not help.
Paul.
I have worked on in the past on both BW35 and 65 standard auto boxes but its a long time ago now (30 years!!) and also rebuilt a 1971 VP 1300 auto in about 1989, that was the last time I had one of these boxes in bits.
I am now for my sins in the midst's of a rebuild of a 1988 classic Mini automatic.
All of the rust has been cutaway lots of that!! and I have just finished spraying the body so now its down to the mechanical rebuild.
I did not get much of a chance to drive the car before the rebuild (ebay purchase) except for about 100 yds it seemed OK in that it went under its own power both forward and backwards. However I have decided to renew the gearbox internal components as its done around the 60K miles and if its not been rebuilt before then its probably due one.
I have managed to get hold of a box from another mini auto that was being scraped but this one is one of the last made and has the inhibitor / park arrangement on the front case and I was told it had only done around 30K miles before being dismantled.
My intention is to look at the original and see how bad that one is and replace with bits from the supposed good one I know all of the rubber seals and "O" rings will need to be renewed.
I decided to keep the Mini all original as there are not that many around and despite what people say having owned and driven the 1300VP it was a really good car and the auto box was brilliant, I think the auto box got a bad press in the first instance and it just stuck, plus BL and its management did not help.
Paul.