Re: transmission parts

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Michael Bailey <route66rambler@xxxxxxxxx>
" 
"   I was just looking through the archives, and the
" previous discussion about my Gremlin bellhousing was
" on Jan 1-2 or so, here on the list, and not on Baadass
" Gremlins.  The measurements at that time were taken
" under the car, and now I have them a little more
" accurate(all measurements are center-to-center as best
" I could with a tape measure). There are two main sets
" of holes: Around the perimeter are six non-tapped
" holes, 8-1/2" wide by 6-1/4" high. The middle one on
" either side is offset. On the driver's side, the
" middle hole is 2-3/4" from the top hole.
" On the passenger side the middle hole is 1-1/2" above
" the lower hole. Both of these are also the 8-1/2"
" width.

the outer rectangle sounds like a ford toploader pattern, interesting
since they didn't start using the t150 until the next year.  the two
middle holes sound like a t-18 pattern, combined with the top two.
this confuses me a little, as i'd thought that the t-18s used in
late-'70s cjs, the only ones with short inputs afaik, had ford bolt
patterns, and that t-18s with the distinctive warner pattern all had
long inputs...

" The middle set of four holes(where the 3-speed was)are 6-1/4" wide
" by 5-1/2" high.
"  The transmission was registered by the bolts and nose
" only, no dowels. The nose hole on the bell is ~ 4-1/4"
" dia. and the nose on the transmission is ~ 4-1/8" dia.

that's the way it is on my '68 bell.  the retainer is a close fit to
the hole on the bell.

hmmm.  so this bell has multi-pattern holes, but was finished
specifically for only one.  toploader retainers are ~4.84" dia...

"  I am assuming the two offset holes in the middle are
" for dowels, but have no idea. Does this sound like a
" T-14, or am I wrong? I just know that the application
" is SUPPOSED to be a T-14, but it IS an
" end-of(longest)year car(74). I do know that the tranny
" was original, as I know the original owners.

6-bolt top cover?  main case ~8.7" long?  sounds like a t-14 to me.
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