OD tranny hard to come by?

FWIW, you can use the early than 90 A500's if you cross drill the main shaft in the OD to fix the oiling problems like the 90+ units have. it's pretty straight forward to do and if you pick up a rebuild kit there will be instructions on how to do it.
Anyone else know anything about this information ? Did the early 88,89, 90 A500 have a oiling problem in the overdrive section ?