Re: [Amc-list] oops bent 'em again again

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
" 
" On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Sandwich Maker wrote:
" 
" > you could upgrade the tranny pretty easily to a t14.  they never made
" > a twin stick gearing though and even o/d versions are very rare.
" 
" I do have that T-150/OD...

that ford/tremec is a completely different tranny from the warner t14.
the o/d is even different, laycock-denormanville vs. warner r10.

" > unless you -like- dealing with that crashbox 1st - but imho that's
" > straddling the line between originality and masochism...	;^>
" 
" Ahem.
" 
" :-)
" 
" Well, the other point of it is, it's in place and working now, a
" bird in hand beats KFC or some such rot. It's not just the trans,
" it's that damned big-nut in the back; the whole cascading list
" of trivia and such that follows the swap of one innocent item.

true.  i lucked out; in addition to a factory stock t14 driveshaft, i
found that a mid-'70s 'long' yoke perfectly matched my fine-spline t14
to the std u-joints on my non-big-nut t96 driveshaft.  i've heard that
the rare t14-o/d is the same length as a non-o/d t96, but otherwise i
guess if you're stuck with a big nut axle the easiest way to swap the
t14 would be to have a shop lengthen your driveshaft the ~2".

btw if anyone out there is de-sixifying a '68-'70 javelin, that
drivetrain has the t14 and driveshaft '65-9 non-big-nut americans
need.

in the vein of cascading changes, big nut pinions are different than
non big nut; they're longer and iirc aren't drilled/tapped on the end
for a yoke retaining bolt.  however, afaik while the housing and seal
changed about '70 or so, non-big-nut pinions are exactly the same
before and after - so, theoretically at least, jeep d35 3.07 and 3.54
should swap right in.  this would scarcely be worth it unless you
needed new rear end gears anyway, which is uncommon.
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