ELTOS Remote Gear Lever

[Robert Leigh]

Many thanks for your help and more expertise than I have. If you look carefully at the picture you will see that I have a collar going round the original gearchange tower and my whole assembly is supported at the gearbox and does not touch the tunnel. There is also a nylon semi-circular block halfway along my tube, and the remote link can rock on this to lift the front lever onto the reverse selector, giving me 'conventional' gear positions. There is very little lost motion, and it was economical in the extreme compared with an Eltos change.

[tomcotez]

I am in the process of fitting an Eltos type remote to my car. 

I haven't tried it on the road yet but the action seems to be incredibly heavy, a huge amount of force is required to overcome the detent springs between each gear - I'm hoping it will be a bit easier on the road when everything is spinning but not sure by how much. 

Have others had this issue?

[Jamie]

I have often wondered whether the remote gear lever from the Triumph Herald/Spitfire gear box could be grafted onto the Seven. Does anyone have any knowledge or experience of this?

Jamie.

[falcott]

I have a Special with a remote change, mounted to the prop shaft tunnel. To select reverse, I need to lean forward and lift the selector at the gearbox end, which means I have to behave somewhat like a contortionist. I'm wondering how other people get around having to lift the remote linkage to select reverse. I'll most likely need to re-engineer my setup to make it work. I can post a photo tomorrow, if that helps.

[Robert Leigh]

If you look at the picture of mine earlier in this thread you will see how mine overcomes this problem. My tubular support system does require some welding, but it is only fixed to the gearbox.

[Austin in the Shed]

The tubular ones often have a pivot point in the middle so you press the gear lever down and it pulls the selector up to clear the step on the reverse selector in the box.
Alternatively grind down the reverse selector to the same height as the others,messy in the car.

[Henry Harris]

Yes, the Triumph Herald remote can be modified to work with a 4 speed box, and possibly with a 3 speed.
 
Eddie Marriot used them on both his Ulster and single seater.

[Hugh Barnes]

The tubular ones often have a pivot point in the middle so you press the gear lever down and it pulls the selector up to clear the step on the reverse selector in the box.
Alternatively grind down the reverse selector to the same height as the others,messy in the car.

Yes, I had a similar version some years ago that had exactly that, a pivot point half way down the tube that enabled one to push down on the gear lever, lifting the selector over the reverse gate. I have it in mind that the origins of the design were Cambridge Engineering, but I am less certain of that point.

[Howard Wright]

Not sure a reverse ‘détente’ is necessary.

Austin’s 3 speed ball change box in 1930 didn’t have one, at least my RK doesn’t!! My remote on the Special doesn’t have one either and you’re very aware if you do decide reverse is where second should be ?.

Cheers

Howard

[Graham Barker]

At the weekend, I saw an Austin seven special with a remotely operated 4-speed gearbox which used a Bowden cable to lift the gear lever into the reverse position. It was activated by pulling on a knob (which looked like a choke knob) on the dashboard.