Re: was Re: SR-4/T-5 Yoke?

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: "Ian Cudmore" <yahootoo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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" 
" I currently have the 232/904 setup in my gremlin. Recently i was given a 71 
" gremlin standard (3 on the tree?) now the 71 grem is rusted to crap, it was 
" stuck instide a black berry bramble here on the left coast for the last 12 
" years without ever being run. most of this car seems like its garbage, 
" except maybe some of the interior peices, they might be able to be cleaned 
" up, but what interests me is the bellhouseing. i seem to recall people 
" saying that all the manual bells were the same? and i KNOW i've heard people 
" talk about a T-5 being almost a bolt in. will this work? i plan to put in a 
" 4.7L stroker, a standard trans behind it would be even better. what other 
" parts would i need? and what 'exactly' is the diffeence between a Furd and 
" an AMC T-5? obviously overall leangth, but possibly the input splines as 
" well? and if so is is easier to keep the tranny the same and modify the 
" input? i know t-5 parts are common...

1. all manual bells are not the same.  in later years there was a
   multi-pattern bell that took [almost] all the transmissions, but
   there are also single-pattern ones.
2. '64-'71 sixes have a completely different bellhousing pattern from
   '72-up sixes.  there are just two trannies that fit the commonly
   available early bell and both are 3sp.  you can't use a later bell.

a 5.0 t5 is an easy swap with a multi-pattern bell; it has the bolt
pattern of the sr4 and the retainer size, splines, and iirc length of
the t150.  maybe rear mount as well.  shifter location is something
else though.
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