Friday, January 31, 2020

Beck TD, Part 54: M41 Overdrive, Part 2

In Part 1 of this saga, I unveiled a "what if" project - a Volvo M41 overdrive transmission that was locked up, with a broken shifter from something heavy falling on it. Upon opening the case, I found this rusty mess:


Part 1 detailed the disassembly of the main transmission. From there, I continued to start to disassemble the overdrive unit. It's a Laycock D-type overdrive that was used in various cars, and I wanted to understand how it works! Of course, since the trans and overdrive share the same oil supply, it was a rusty mess too: