Re: Transmission Parts

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Michael Bailey <route66rambler@xxxxxxxxx>
" 
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" Andrew Hay wrote:
" > 
" > the outer rectangle sounds like a ford toploader pattern, interesting
" > since they didn't start using the t150 until the next year.  
" 
" ------>This little '74 Gremlin also has '75 paint(G9),
" and was originally delivered with electronic ignition.
" There were some problems with the ignition that the
" original owners didn't remember, so they had it
" changed back to standard points-type, which it is
" using now. I figure both of these things have to do
" with End-of-year. Was the electronic ignition optional
" for '74? Also, no smog equipment but a vapor canister.
" No EGR even.

prestolite electronic was std. '75-7.  it used a low voltage trigger
signal and in those days before contact grease was plagued with
connector problems.

your car sounds like a '75 in all but vin#.

" > 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 bell depth is 7", is that the short bell?
" I seem to recall my '69 390 Javelin bell from 20 years
" ago to be deeper. 

the t-15/t-10 bell was deeper.  none of the others was.
[nit: the t-86 and t-89 also had long inputs, but last used in '67]

" > 6-bolt top cover?  main case ~8.7" long?  sounds
" > like a t-14 to me.
" 
" ------>Those features are just as stated.  So where
" does that leave us with Garrett's question, or my
" eventual T-5 swap? That is DEFINITELY going to happen.

garrett can use your t-14 if he can find the right output yoke.  he
can't use your bell on his early six and doesn't need it anyway.

i don't think you can use it either, for a t5.  you could tap the
outer holes and enlarge the retainer hole to 4.85" and use it for a
ford toploader or tremec 5sp, but for the t5 imho the easy way is to
look for an original sr4/t4/t5 application.
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