Sunbeam ALPINE I SERIES: APLINE II SERIES, Workshop Manual, Page: 137 / 413

WSM.124
Section E (Gearbox & Overdrive)
TOP COVER
To remove and refit
Remove oil level dipstick. (No dipstick is fitted to
gearboxes with oil level/filler plug.)
Remove gearbox cover bolts and lift off main cover
without damaging the paper joint.
Refitting is a reversal of the above, taking care to
ensure that the Internal change speed lever and its
selector safety latch engage in the selector fork gaps.
Before finally tightening cover securing bolts, posi­
tion main cover by tapping Its edges with a mallet,
In order to obtain unrestricted "swing" of the
selector safety latch across the selector fork gaps.
To remove gear lever
Slide grommet up gear lever.
Remove four setscrews securing spring retaining
cap to top cover casing.
Withdraw gear lever.
To dismantle and reassemble
Early Alpine (Fig. la)
Remove rubber boot from below the gear lever
socket mounting.
Remove cover plate with reverse stop spring and
plunger from the side of the gear lever mounting.
Remove 3 setscrews securing the lever spring
3rd
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retaining cap to the extension casting and take off
the cap, spring and cupped washer. Lift out the
gear lever. Note the spring-loaded ball at the
lower end of the lever. This is positively located
In Its drilling to prevent dropping out during
dismantling.
Release locking wire from the square headed bolt
securing the Internal shift lever to the remote
control shaft. Remove the bolt and withdraw the
shaft through the rear of the casing. This will also
release the safety latch and spacing washers, one at
each end of the latch.
To reassemble pass the remote control shaft Into
the cover from the rear.
Locate the safety latch spacing washers In position
with grease, and hold the safety latch and internal
shift lever In place whilst passing the shaft through
the remaining parts.
Line up the holes In the shaft and Internal shift
lever, fit, tighten and relock the square headed bolt.
Ensure that the spring-loaded ball Is In position In
the lower end of the gear lever and fit the level,
cupped washer, spring and cap.
Fit the reverse stop plunger, spring and cap.
Refit the rubber boot below the lever socket.
Fi1. la. Sectional view of r,,p cover assembly, early Alpine cars