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Mini gearbox on ebay with blanked off diff ??!!!

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 9:12 pm
by Andrew1967
Seen this on eBay ...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/classic-1960 ... SwVi9f3jcM

One gearbox looks to have the diff housing blanked off :o :shock: :?

Any ideas ??

Re: Mini gearbox on ebay with blanked off diff ??!!!

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:05 pm
by 360gts
Andrew
That` unit was used to power something....saw one like that years ago....a guy had a large pulley bolted to the flywheel to drive an implement on his farm.
Cheers
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Re: Mini gearbox on ebay with blanked off diff ??!!!

Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:07 pm
by floormanager
Used the engine to drive / pump something driven from the crank?

Re: Mini gearbox on ebay with blanked off diff ??!!!

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 12:57 am
by Spider
They are also sometimes used as an empty sump for putting on the Dyno.

Re: Mini gearbox on ebay with blanked off diff ??!!!

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:34 am
by Andrew1967
Interesting replies. Thanks guys :)

Re: Mini gearbox on ebay with blanked off diff ??!!!

Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 2:42 pm
by Alex
ADO16 front plate too.
Wonder if it was used as a generator ?