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The simple answer is…..almost certainly not. The transmission in the photo is from the 1953-62 variety as used in the F-100 pickups. It is Ford’s...
Don’t forget the Packard museum in Dayton, Ohio. It’s in an original old Packard dealership building, so the dealer showroom and the service area...
I want to stock wire bullet connectors for some of the vintage Ford applications we deal in. The original bullet connectors were crimped to the...
The 59T-7006 casting number confirms that this is definitely the non-synchro truck 4 speed spur gear transmission. The removable hogs head adapter...
Don’t know how important this detail is but the boss on the shifter housing (side cover of the transmission) sticks out a bit further on the 1951...
Pretty sure I see two cracks in the front bearing retainer opening, plus the major chunk of casting broken off one of the bolt holes for the...
Without machine shop receipts specifying the work done, and receipts for parts purchased, it’s just a core motor. Even if the motor had been run...
If you’re inspecting a typical Ford toploader 3 speed transmission, which happens to be the closed drive configuration for a torque tube...
We’re asked this question frequently. The original spec for the Ford overdrive transmissions was 90 weight gear oil and the GL-1 specification was...
The 2nd gear with the oil slots on the back face would be normally used with the 81A type mainshaft. The 2nd gear with the smooth rear facing is...
The 81A-7061 mainshaft has the pin and needs the 81A-7071 spacing washer (which butts up against the backside of the 81A-7102 second gear. If you...
We watched the first episode. We like Tim Allen and were hoping to see a bit more car stuff going on, but we were somewhat disappointed with the...
Good advice from the folks here. I can tell you that using the early Ford V8 transmission (32-39 types) is apparently okay with the TROG group as...
We created the kit…..it’s basically the group of parts involved: crab cap + crab rotor + the pair of wire side clips that secure the cap to the...
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