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#1 xk150 gearbox to fit on 4.2 etype
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:20 pm
by jeffbezz
hi I have an orginal moss xk150 gearbox, will this fit a 1966 4.2 etype ?
#2 Re: xk150 gearbox to fit on 4.2 etype
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 9:42 pm
by lopena
I’m sure you could make this fit with off-the-shelf, used Jaguar parts (bellhousing, etc.) but why do you want to?
Replacing a nice, slick-shifting 4.2 gearbox with an archaic, recalcitrant Moss gearbox flies in the face of what most people want or do.
Of course, it’s your car so do as you please with it.
Alan
N.J.
Moss 3.8 E-type
#3 Re: xk150 gearbox to fit on 4.2 etype
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 11:01 pm
by abowie
Yes although you may have difficulty with the starter motor mounting.
#4 Re: xk150 gearbox to fit on 4.2 etype
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 12:35 am
by PeterCrespin
jeffbezz wrote: ↑Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:20 pm
hi I have an orginal moss xk150 gearbox, will this fit a 1966 4.2 etype ?
No.
Need more facts to be able to answer definitively, (like length and lever position), but even assuming it’s not an overdrive gearbox, and your car is a 2+2, it still won’t fit AFAIK.
If the XK150 box is dramatically shorter than the XK120 or 140 I could be wrong.
If either assumption in para 1 is incorrect then I’m definitely right, AFAIK.
#5 Re: xk150 gearbox to fit on 4.2 etype
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:40 am
by mgcjag
Hi..i notice that some of your previous posts are with gearbox problems......im sure the forum could help if you give us some more info.....whats your name...please try to put it with your car model in the signature area...Steve