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Five-speed Box for Traders
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A NEW five-speed gearbox is rlannounced by the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., as a production option for Thames Trader models with six-cylinder engines. It is to he available on 5-, 7and 7f-ton models, 5and 6-cu,-yd. tippers, articulated tractor units and the p.s.v. chassis at an extra cost of £85. It may also be fitted on 6 x 2 and 6 x 4 Thames Trader chassis.
The new gearbox, which has synchromesh on all forward ratios except first, will be available with direct-drive fifth speed or an overdrive top. The directdrive version has a " crawler" first gear and relatively close ratios, whereas the overdrive version has rather wider steps between ratios, apart from that between the direct fourth and the overdrive fifth. The ratios offered are as follows:- D ireet-dri ve Overdrive Version Version 1st 7.58 to 1 6.06 to 1 2nd 4.38 to 1 3.50 to I 3rd 2.40 to 1 1.80 to 1 4th 1.48 to 1 1.00 to 1 5th 1.00 to 1 0.799 to 1 Reverse 7.197 to 1 6.00 to 1 To promote quietness of operation helical gears are used for second, third and fourth speeds on the direct-drive version and second, third and fifth on the overdrive version.. The casing is of cast iron and has two S.A.E./S.M.M.T. six-bolt power take-off windows, The mainshaft gears for the indirect synchromesh ratios rotate on the mainshaft itself, while those for first and second gears are splined. The layshaft gears for first, second and reverse speeds are integral, the remainder being keyed.
Ball bearings are used for clutch shaft, rear mainshaft and rear layshaft bearings. The front of the layshaft and the mainshaft front spigot are supported in needle rollers. The oil capacity is nine pints.
CONTRACTOR FINED
TOR using a lorry with lighting equip
ment not maintained, using it in a dangerous condition, and failing to keep records of hours worked, a Chorley, Lanes, haulage contractor, Michael Patrick Deigham, was last week fined a total of £2 10s. at Chorley.