19-12-2018, 02:08 PM
Probably the case with a 4 speed crash - they seem to be the strongest and most reliable. Not so with the later synchro boxes. I bought a second hand 4 speed synchro box thinking that it would be an upgrade but it was knackered. Apart from the layshaft bushes being made from unobtainium the teeth on the 3rd/4th selector cones had been ripped off, there was considerable wear in the intershaft bearing and the selector forks were also badly worn. It looked like it had been full of water at some stage and overall it would have made a decent boat anchor but nothing more.