Gearboxes and Bellhousings

[Lotus 47]

http://www.renault16.com/onderd_ga.htm


 A bit more info.

The R16 clutch fork and shifter change sides depending on whether the car was LH drive or RH drive. So the Europa used a LH drive R16 gearbox housing and shifter configuration. The flat" bellhousing shown must be from a RH drive R16, NOT a Europa.

See a Type 395 end housing in the photo.

[Lotus 47]

You've got me going now!

Below is a 395 bellhousing with two scallops to clear the crown wheel.

In the other photo note the crown wheel protruding from the face of the box.

So I am guessing in the photo where you are holding a flat R16 bellhousing up to the alleged 395 box, it won't fit because the crown wheel is too big.....

Still working on the other 5 speed , but i assume it is a 365.


Cheers

Richard Mann

[Lotus 47]

Here is a Type 365 from an R17.

One of your boxes looks the same. The main casing has a largish squarsih lump on the bottom adjacent to the shifter end housing. There are also long mountings cast into the bottom on each half to accept the R17 gearbox mounts.

[Lotus 47]

All Renault boxes of that era have a tag under the head of one bolt on the end housing. Yours all appear to be AWOL.

[StrawberryCheesecake]

Thanks very much for all the info. I'll take that up to the barn and study the parts more closely tomorrow evening.

[1970S2]

do you still have the bell housing 7700519277 ?