Top loaded 4 speed with 4th being overdrive.
Produced in 2 and 4 wheel drive versions. There is also a passenger car version of this unit with lighter duty bearings and gear ratios. Used in Ford light duty pickup trucks 1980-83. Synchronized in all forward speeds with 4th being overdrive. Has an aluminum case with shifter turret mounted on extension housing. Produced in 2 and 4 wheel drive versions.Īlso known as Single Rail Overdrive (SROD). This unit was produced for cars also but with lighter duty bearings and gear train. Three shift rails mounted to the left side of case. Similar in appearance to the Ford "top loader trans" but has overdrive 4th gear. Used in 1978-84 Ford light duty pickups and vans. Synchronized in all forward gears, with top loaded cast iron case. When working on standards try to obtain as much information as you can and to preserve all ID tags with the unit. We have seen countless instances where shops have correctly fixed a unit only to have it fail quickly because someone had put a 4-cylinder unit where a V8 should be. This is why tooth counts, bearing numbers, and case casting numbers are extremely important not only to order parts, but to insure that this is the right unit for the engine-chassis combination you are repairing. If you order parts to repair the unit that is in the vehicle you will fix this unit, but the ratios will be wrong for the vehicle it is in. In a typical scenario all ID tags are gone from the unit. The only problem is that they put the wrong unit in and the customer is now in your shop to get it repaired correctly. A real world nightmare occurs when you get a vehicle in the shop that has had a previous repair and the repairing shop did a junkyard swap.
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Manual transmissions designed for gasoline engines will have poor drivability if used with a diesel engine, and vice versa. Obviously a transmission with ratios for a 2.3-liter, 4-cylinder engine will not be durable if used in a V8 application. Many units are produced with the same design externally, but have different ratios to work with the many engines found in these vehicles. Great care needs to be taken in identifying manual transmissions. Space limitations do not leave us with room to list every manual transmission, but the units listed here make up the most common units found in domestic trucks and sport utility vehicles. The following guide is published to provide some basic information to lead you in the right direction as to what transmission you have. M5R1 | M5R2 | ZF S542 and S547 | NV3550 Six Speed Transmissions Muncie SM465 | Borg Warner T18 | Borg Warner T19 Five Speed TransmissionsĪisin Warner AX5 | Aisin Warner AX15 | Borg Warner T5 | Peugeot BA10 (AX18)
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T170 Series | New Process A833 | New Process 435 Domestic Truck Transmission Identification Guide by Mike Weinberg, President, Rockland Standard Gear Inc.