Thanks for your reply, Mark. The drive collar (barrel) engages the end of the trans tail shaft, but only goes apprx a half inch onto the splines, which was ridiculous, and eventually wears the splines on both the shaft and collar (especially when the "special lock system" comes loose. Other...
Good on ya Mark! . Maybe Franksy4 can have a better chance of finding them going that route. It sure didn't occur to me. Too bad there are probably no other sources for the drive collars. Hope you're enjoying time off in a cool place.
I have some Fairey stuff stored at another place, but it's a few hundred miles away. I could have one or two but not sure. I'll check next time I go there.
Is your drive spline collar part in good shape? (the one that fits onto the trans output shaft). That's the part that's a bugger. They always wear out the splines. The keys you could fab up if you had to. The drive collar not so much.
Ok, just saw your latest pic. The damn snap ring is located on the front face of the over drive gear at the front (the gear that replaces the stock transfer input gear). Unfortunately, because you seem to have the same problem I had, you can't slide the overdrive far back enough to even see it...