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Early gearboxes on these cars have plain rather than needle bearings on first gear. If you want to keep things original then you can either get the box rebuilt for a few hundred $ (or do it yourself). Or with a few very minor and reversable mods you can fit a so called ribcase (for obvious reasons) box from the later Sprites and Midgets up to '74. Essentially the same box but with a stronger casing and better internals. If you are going to keep the power more or less std and only use it a few thousand miles... MORE

In the UK a company called Wood & Pickett do a kit for the Mini (the proper one not the BMW shouting thing) that might be adaptable. Moss in the UK sell it www.mossint.co.uk (I think) as do minispares www.minispares.com. And yes, I do! Good Evening All, You may think I'm crazy, but I was thinking about doing some slight modifications to my 74'Midget. And one of the things I had on my mind is power windows. Is this possible, is there enough room to put the motor in the door? Has anyone done this? I hope to get... MORE

Kelly, I would also keep in mind that those power windows eat up a bunch of juice.......is the dynamo large enough to handle the current draw? David A. Stevens Jr. Utilities Engineer II NYS Office Of General Services Sheridan Avenue Steam Plant 79 Sheridan Avenue Albany, NY 12210 "Stevens, David" 22697... MORE

Kelly.... First of all, it's good to hear the Midget is definitely almost back to you in decent shape...long road for you on this one! WHY (oh, why) would you be thinking about power windows for your Midget? (not that there's anything wrong with this!:) Cap'n. Bob '60 :{) PilotRob@... 22696... MORE

Well, Dave... It can be difficult to tell exactly where a noise is coming from sometimes. Gorgeous day today, eh? Did much minor bodywork on the BE today for eventual spot painting...nice to see the sun, at least for a good part of the day! :) Cap'n. Bob '60 :{) PilotRob@... 22691... MORE

Hey Rob, If memory serves, the noise occurred only in 1st gear, and then dissapeared upshifting into second David A. Stevens Jr. Utilities Engineer II NYS Office Of General Services Sheridan Avenue Steam Plant 79 Sheridan Avenue Albany, NY 12210 "Stevens, David" 22688... MORE

Michael...BTDT....bad feeling...$$$$$$$ How would you like it if basically, you would never have to worry about this again, especially in consideration of today's prices on rebuilt LBC gearboxi? Datsun 210 5 speed: Better ratios, especially for a 948/1098 Better acceleration & better cruise Synchro. on First Very much more quiet running And when and if you do have a problem (not likely), rebuilts are $500 instead of $1.000. Cap'n. Bob '60 :{) PilotRob@... 22683... MORE