Aubrey, your original trans is for a torque tube drive, the 57 trans is for an open driveshaft, you're looking at more changes than just the trans .... and the 57 column mechanism won't easily work on the 51 column .... you might want to hold off on the purchase until you figure out what other major parts you'd need to find

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics