Get in Gear

Thanks Andrew,
I'm in Adelaide so that fella is just up the road.
He did do some work on the car earlier - is very helpful.
He'd couldn't recommend repairing the transmission due to cost.
Suggested swapping out to a manual box but its still costly.
Even had a possible donor car.
Weighing up my options - getting back to the gardening while I think.
All British Day is up soon - so there might be some sources to tap there.

Cheers
Paddy

Thanks Andrew,
Wrecker offered a manual for $375.  I need to talk to my mechanic pal but I.m estimating a solid days work.
Of course with something like that you never know the  condition.  The  car at the Austin parts supply was running and could be driven but was a bit much for the project.

Yep was another record 46oC the other week - has cooled to a passable 37 today.
I miss the cold and the rain - never thought I'd say that.
Cheers
Paddy

Can't remember - or perhaps you didn't tell us - how good the rest of the car is, which will sort of determine how much is worth investing?
I reckon it's either patience or just bite the bullet and get it done by the mush that knows the car. You've got Austins over Australia and the Bay to Birdwood coming up later so you need an Austin and hopefully you'll be getting over/have forgotten the cost by then!
My turn to head into the garden now...it's a biting north westerly and barely above freezing but we're having swimming pool filled and have to sort electrics (not my strong suit!).
This is us

www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2642533

We're by the sea down south and it has never got this cold before as far as I can remember!
Brrr

And I wasn't born until a year later!!

Just a bit of an update.  (Auto gearbox slipping into 1 & 2)
I'd been kind of convinced that the only thing to do was to swap over to a manual gearbox.
I kept looking for a suitable donor car but nothing appeared (within 500km).
A couple of other options were a good autobox (easier but rarer).

I've sussed out another few shops that are able to work on the transmission.
And talking with my mate was persuaded to consider attempting something myself. - If I'm going to replace the box why not have a try to replace the clutches(?)

The Eighteenhundred has the full service manual for the gearbox.  And the BL manual is very comprehensive on the autobox.  
Looking through it made me realise that the L modes and the D modes are indeed reliant on some different components.

Thus it was time for a test run around the reservoir.  And yes! Starting in L till about 15MPH and then moving to D seems to work.  I've got to do some more extended tests.  But even starting at the lights on the steep hills it just seemed to pull away nicely.

There's more to do - if it is as simple as a single worn component then I should be able to identify.  On the other-hand the flow through the hydraulic circuits might only need a nudge to work - or not work.

Still I'm stoke to pull out onto the main road without the wobble-shuffles!