Thread: Fairey faring badly

Afternoon all, yesterday the Fairey overdrive on my IIA, which has been a bit noisy got very noisy, even when overdrive was not engaged. Looking underneath there is a lot of gearbox oil splattered over the Fairey (but no more than normal on the gearbox/transfer). I am intending to take it off while I look at fixing it.
My question is, what is involved in removing the Fairey and what do I need to do to make the gearbox useable while it is disconnected. Are there parts still available for them?

To remove the overdrive, disconnect the linkage and undo the ring of bolts holding it, slide back (one bolt needs to have it slid back to get the last few threads). To use it with the overdrive removed, you need to remove the drive dog from the gearbox output shaft and replace it with a transfer case input gear. The overdrive itself needs to be replaced by a transfer case rear cover and bearing (gasket needed). You will probably need a gear puller to remove the dog.

Most, but not all the parts are available, although some may take a while. Most bearings and seals can probably be sourced from your local bearing dealer if you supply samples, or even in some cases if you supply the Rover part number.

Noisy even when not engaged suggest that a bearing is failing, although it may be the idler shaft bearings in the transfer case rather than the overdrive itself.

Hope this helps,

John