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[Guess-Works.com]

take a picture of the inside of your car concenrating on the tunnel, and we'll tell you what gearbox is required.

[eratic]

sweet ill grab one in the morning and post it up its a bit late at night atm and its raining

by the way these are the gearbox and engine numbers ive been told.. 85h387-h134656. on the side 12a450 j5070

[eratic]

Heres a couple of pictures of the tunnel... Youll have to excuse the mess haha, It just absolutely poored down with rain! Im also yet to start stripping the interior as im trying to source engine, gearbox etc first.

[The Matt]

If it's early 70's it could be on the changeover from remote to rod. Mine is a '71 and it's a remote type car. As GW said above, post up a piccie of the tunnel centred on the bit where the gearstick passes through and we'll be able to tell from that.

On mine, I have the option of fitting a remote, rod or magic wand! But I've gone with a rod type because I already had a very good rod change gearbox built up.
It's a remote change car, but it still has a magic wand blanking plate and I've converted it (very easily) to rod change!

Anyway, I digress.....

We'll await your piccies then go from there.

[The Matt]

Oooh, ya beat me to it.

You've got a rod change tunnel there me friend!

[GraemeC]

That shell is designed for the later rod change type 'box. This is the gearbox type you should be looking for.

The 1100/1200 remote change can be fitted quite easily but he proper Mini remote change is much more difficult.

[The Matt]

Also, in a way that's good news, because the rod change box was used from the early/mid seventies right until the end of the marque, so you've got better chance of finding a good second hand unit!

[eratic]

So it would be pointless me trying to put that 850 in my mini? Is there any way I could put the gearbox off my siezed 1100 engine onto the 850? Its a rod type gearbox on my spare engine I got for $10..

[The Matt]

I was going to try and answer that, but GW is in here and he's more, ummm, qualified than me by far!

[Guess-Works.com]

Yup, you can put the 850 block on a rod change...

[eratic]

so an 850 block would bolt straight up to an 1100 Rod change gearbox?

[Guess-Works.com]

yup

[Dan]

Late tunnel, early subframe, early pedals, early switchgear, no reverse light cable drillings in the floor. Your car was built between 1973 and 1976 and you need to look for late mk3 parts when shopping.