Originally Posted by lefty1
BEWARE: if you get something from '93, it will have small block ford bellhousing pattern.
Actually, a 1993 S10 T5 should still have the Chevy/Muncie bolt pattern. There is a picture of one on my website T5 Info Page. I believe 1993 was the LAST year they used the Chevy bolt pattern case (1993 for the WC T5 in an S10 and 1992 for the WC T5 in a Camaro/Firebird). 1993 actually was the 1st year that they used a World Class T5 in the S10.


Originally Posted by lefty1
The spacer referred to is not to bolt trans to engine or bellhousing, it's because the input shaft is somewhere around an inch too long (I'm told) for trans to mount flush. so, either you've got to use a spacer or remove an inch or so off input shaft somehow.
I think Lefty didn't review what he wrote above. I think he was trying to say that it IS needed. The adapter actually IS a spacer plate that moves the transmission a bit further away from the engine so that the S10 input shaft (which is 7.2" long from tip to front of case) doesn't bind in the pilot bearing. Cutting the tip off has been done but I hesitate to recommend it because I don't have the details. If not done correctly, you will end up having to look for a replacement input shaft.

Originally Posted by lefty1
And, yes, every easy to get into one with electronic speedo tailshaft, don't know if they're interchangeable with eearlier tailshafts and able to run standard speedo (gear driven).
The 1986 and earlier S10 tail shaft housing will have a mechanical style speedometer hookup, but these are getting very hard to find. Ford and Chevy owners want them so they can keep their bench seats and original cable driven speedometers. 1987 and newer S10 trucks have T5 trannies with the electronic pulse style speedo drive. Swapping tail shaft housings is not difficult but making an electronic speedo output into a mechanical speedo output involves more than just swapping tail shaft housings.

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