Ford Gearbox Top?

[Andrew Rowe]

Hi Team, I have this unknown Ford gearbox top , I believe to be 4 speed, like "normal" CMP, but has shafts coming out for remote linkage, similar to Lynx, but this is NOT Lynx, and the top is different , and I do not believe has been cut and modified, as I have two of these and both look identical , so what vehicle did these come from?, cheers Andrew.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Andrew Rowe

I believe to be 4 speed, like "normal" CMP, but has shafts coming out for remote linkage, similar to Lynx, but this is NOT Lynx, and the top is different , and I do not believe has been cut and modified, as I have two of these and both look identical , so what vehicle did these come from?

What about the Wheeled Armoured Carrier?

[Andrew Rowe]

Wheeled Carrier is same as Lynx, using remote gear shifter selector and then with rods back to gearbox, I have both Lynx and Wheeled Carrier , so know the difference, this one is just unusual , in that the top housing part is this open round circle? and the output selector rods are cut square off, with a smaller hole for the pin , than the Lynx and Wheeled carrier ones have a bigger pin hole and more rounded end, but dia. of shaft seems the same, and Ford selector part numbers the same, cheers Andrew.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Well, this has got me stumped....

[David Dunlop]

Andrew.

How do the casting codes on top of this cover compare to the other covers you have on hand?

I am not sure of Ford produced their own gearbox housings or outsourced that work, but perhaps the markings will tell you if all the top covers were made in the same foundry.



David

[Colin Alford]

Andrew,

I’ve gone through numerous Ford military and civilian parts lists including FMA-01 (the late-war pictorial major assemblies identification book) and I can’t find anything that resembles your part.

None of the books that I have access to show part number BBF 7222. If my understanding of Ford part numbers is correct, then BBF should refer to a right hand drive model BB truck. CMPs used BB 7222, and BBC 7222 but the Ford system was to keep the part number from the first vehicle on which the part was used.

This link claims to have a vehicle with the part number BBF 7222. While there isn’t an image of the number to confirm, the chassis does appear to be a Right hand drive model BB. https://forums.aaca.org/topic/278764...b-model-truck/


At this point my best guess is that your parts were modified, with the question being who modified them and why? Possibly a local program using available parts to provide spare shifter assemblies that could work on a Lynx in the event that the proper assemblies were exhausted?

Did they come into your possession with other Lynx parts?

An interesting mystery!

Colin