We call them Spigot shafts, you probably call them input shafts!mind you, we call them a gearbox, you calls them a Transaxle, then go and shorten it to Tranny, which means something completely different here!"Bumming a fag" means borrowing a cigarette here, I don't think I would say that on the other side of the pond though....
We need a Septic to Limey language translater on here!