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mowog1
Rick Ingram
Central Illinois
(1523 posts)

Registered:
10/17/2007 09:36PM

Main British Car:
1974.5 MGB/GT 3.9l Rover

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rover automatic to T5
Posted by: mowog1
Date: December 04, 2014 12:27PM

Question.....A friend of mine is about to sell a Rover V8 from a Discovery that was originally an automatic.

If someone wanted to fit a T5 does he need a Rover manual bell housing....or will he need to obtain a BOP bellhousing (or an aftermarket such as available from D&D???

(I'm not sure of the bolt pattern of the Rover automatic to bell house)

Thanks in advance.


BlownMGB-V8
Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
(6470 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 12:59PM

Main British Car:
1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: rover automatic to T5
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: December 04, 2014 02:29PM

The D$D bellhousing should do the trick.

Jim


avbates
Tony Bates
San Jose California
(25 posts)

Registered:
03/22/2008 12:16PM

Main British Car:
74 MGB roadster 4.2 litre Rover

Re: rover automatic to T5
Posted by: avbates
Date: December 07, 2014 08:26PM

Yep, the D+D one is what I used with my 4.2
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roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
(3188 posts)

Registered:
04/24/2009 11:02AM

Main British Car:
74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: rover automatic to T5
Posted by: roverman
Date: December 12, 2014 11:48AM

There "is" 215 Buick/Olds, if you can find.. Make sure it's the large hole/ big 4 speed bolt pattern. Small hole/pattern fits the early 3 speeds. Good Luck, roverman.


britcars
Phil Ossinger
New Brunswick, Canada
(346 posts)

Registered:
02/02/2009 07:58PM

Main British Car:
1977 MGB Roadster, Rover 3.5 ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA!

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Re: rover automatic to T5
Posted by: britcars
Date: December 12, 2014 01:48PM

I stumbled across a three speed bolt pattern (big hole) BOP bell housing cheap and TIG welded some rough shaped aluminum billet in place then surfaced it in a vertical mill, drilled the 4 speed pattern and installed Timeserts. Might be prohibitively expensive unless you have access to the right tools.
Bell Housing 4 (600 x 450).jpg


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