Lagonda Rapiers

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Lagonda Handbooks are tricky, the pages are often borrowed from other sources so page numbers are not always consecutive.
Here are Illustrations Nos 8 ,  9 & 10.

By looking at Illustration "10" and comparing this with the photograph of my "Freshly Rebuilt" gearbox on the previous page it becomes apparent all is not as it should be!

This view is actually taken from the rear of the gearbox. It does show the large spring lying horizontally on the floor of the gearbox. This exerts pressure on the "bus bar" which in turn lifts the preselected "operating strut" which applies pressure on the "band" thus bringing the selected gear into action.

Applying pressure on the gearchange pedal causes the Bus bar (1) to drop allowing the previously engaged operating strut to move away and the next (pre) selected strut to be lifted. The "camshaft"  in the side of the box controls the movement of the struts. The fingers projecting from the operating strut come into contact with the camshaft pushing the required strut over towards the bands and in place to be lifted by the busbar. Only one strut comes into contact with the bus bar  at any one time.

At  this point I should add that I have no formal training in automotive engineering or as a motor mechanic. I am a self taught amateur and a life long car enthusiast. I do all my own work both from a financial necessity and for my own personal enjoyment. I do not own any specialised equipment other than a box of hand tools and spanners.  As I  approach my 83rd Birthday I am inclined to think I have done enough. I will however do what ever is necessary to get the Lagonda Rapier "Back on the Road". What I do with it then is a matter of conjecture. It will not be back in Australia until "sometime in December" so I have plenty of time to think about it.

Further to the above I would like to buy a Reverse gear "Thrust pad" (strut) This needed to enable me to put my "spare" gearbox together.