Hello! I got a T-10 Saginaw for $5 and I plan on selling it as is. But can anyone help me identify which make/model this was manufactured for? Cast Mar 19, 1964 Thank you in advance! PS can a transmission like this be rebuilt at home? Is that worth looking into? I'd love to learn more about doing something like that, for experience...
Clean the area where I marked the photo, you will see a W, followed by another letter. The W stands for Warner Gear and the second letter for the month. The numbers are as follows - day of month, year and the shift it was produced. I rebuilt the one in my coupe, but that was literally decades ago, gears if needed could be hard to find today. Mine only needed a small parts kit, synchro rings and gaskets. They are not that hard to work on.
If it was cast in '64, it was sold over the parts counter. GM was full steam ahead on the Muncie's by then. Looks like a wide ratio Chevy unit.
It's not a T10 Saginaw...those are two entirely different transmissions. It's a Borg Warner T10..if its a 1964 trans, it could be out of a Studebaker or something else...
Oh? How can you tell? I found this on Ebay...looks close. Same case number on the one I'm showing. The extension housing has a different number..but that varies by year. Other sites say T10s were widely used by Studebaker..
They use 10 spline inputs..just like GM...the only thing I can see is that the Stude input shaft tip where it goes into the pilot bearing looks longer. Is that what you're talking about? I'm here to learn...not argue. I also try to give info when I can..
That's exactly what the difference is. It might be bigger in diameter, too.(The pilot) How's that for info???
I didn't know that I had to give a blow by blow of the difference's. If you look at them side by side, the difference is obvious. Even if they're not side by side, the Stude input stick's out like a sore thumb compared to what we're used to looking at.
Ah, thanks - it says WD2443... Good to know it's not for a studebaker! I'll sell it as potentially GM If I take it apart, how do I diagnose whether a gear needs to be replaced? Just visual inspection? Is there any way to test if it's good without having to put it in a car? Thank you everybody!
Visual inspection will tell you a lot if you know what to look for. Usually worn synchronizers cause problems, but judging if the wear will or will not cause rough shifting takes some experience. And part of the synchronizers is the small teeth on each gear, that mesh with the synchro sleeve. The main gear teeth usually aren't the problem.
Yeah, my cousin once bought a T10 at a swap meet for cheap without paying much attention to the input shaft, only to find out after the fact that it was from a Studebaker; however, it all worked out when he sold it to a Studebaker guy for a decent profit.
Same here, bought one thinking it was a chevy, turned out as a Studebaker- Still have it, anyone needing ine?
The '57-'65 T10s were OEM in Chevy, Pontiac, Ford, Mopar, Studebaker, Shelby Cobra, AMC, et al. Big block and small block Fords had different input shafts. Studebaker used both the Chevrolet and Ford bolt patterns and close and wide ratio ge****ts. There are six different input shafts, three different bolt patterns, four different tailshaft housings and three different gear ratio sets. During the mid-'60s, when GM was developing the Saginaw and Muncie, Ford was developing the Top Loader and Mopar was developing the A833, there was not enough of the new design production to go around, so some cars were built with the T10s, some got the new proprietary trannies. That's the easy part; when the Super T10 comes in too many variations to list. jack vines
Ok I'm gunna be the old guy who say's " GET OFF MY LAWN!" We have a new guy , no introduction , wanting to know what something is and what its worth ...
Around 1966, I bought a Studebaker T-10. It fit my ‘57 with small journal 327 just fine with only turning down the diameter of the input shaft holder, that carried the throw out bearing. It is so long ago, that I might have replaced the input shaft for a Chevy piece. Regardless, it was not a difficult job for a twenty year old kid. Hurst had a shifter for use with the T-10 in a 55-57 Chevy.
We had an AMC T-10 in our stock car. Bolted right up to the SBC after we bored out the pilot bearing.
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