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Lotus Europa Forums => Classifieds Forums => eBay - Craigslist Ads - Other Listings => Topic started by: jbcollier on Sunday,August 06, 2023, 05:20:41 AM
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Nothing to do with me but seems to be a reasonable price.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/166265634405
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I'm wondering if this tranny came out of the "toasted" Europa on ebay a few months ago. The seller posted the same car locally on Craigslist for several weeks. The posting is expired. He may be trying to part the car out.
https://www.lotuseuropa.org/LotusForum/index.php?topic=5990.0
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It’s hard to tell but it looks to me like the toasted car is a 4 speed because the rear tranny mounting plate looks flat on the top. Also the end cover doesn’t look like a 365 end cover to me.
Even if it did come out of that car, I don’t think that would scare me. I’d replace all the seals but I doubt that if the fire did get to the tranny that it got hot enough to damage it.
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My experience of 4 speeds is the tube supporting the gearbox at the back is a V shape, but for a 5 speed it is a U shape with a flat part between the two gearbox mounting plates.
This may be the difference between the TC and the later TCS, but my 72 has a V tube and a 4 speed, and all my 73 and 74s have a U tube and 5 speeds.
The toasted car looks like a U tube supporting the back gearbox mountings.
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There are three chassis types for TC/S. First is for thew early cars with a 336 transaxle. It has a deep hoop, bracketry, and mount that matches the S1/2. Second uses a shallow hoop with brackets for the 352 transaxle. Last has a shallow hoop with two bolt mounts piercing the hoop. This fit either the 352 or 365, each with their own mounting bracket.
http://www.lotus-europa.com/manuals/tcparts/a/index.htm
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There are three chassis types for TC/S. First is for thew early cars with a 336 transaxle. It has a deep hoop, bracketry, and mount that matches the S1/2. Second uses a shallow hoop with brackets for the 352 transaxle. Last has a shallow hoop with two bolt mounts piercing the hoop. This fit either the 352 or 365, each with their own mounting bracket.
http://www.lotus-europa.com/manuals/tcparts/a/index.htm
Thanks for that reference. My TC has #9 tube and a 352 gearbox, and all my TCS have #10 tubes and 365 gearboxes.
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It’s hard to tell but it looks to me like the toasted car is a 4 speed because the rear tranny mounting plate looks flat on the top. Also the end cover doesn’t look like a 365 end cover to me.
Even if it did come out of that car, I don’t think that would scare me. I’d replace all the seals but I doubt that if the fire did get to the tranny that it got hot enough to damage it.
You're right BDA, not the same car.