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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 11 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 11 | just bought 62 C-10 chevy truck someone put a junk 4 speed in it and I want to put it back to stock...it had a manual shifter on column and also the linkage is hanging in eng bay but not in use...currently there is a hurst floor shifter operating the 4 speed.....I need to know what trans came in this truck from factory I guess a 3 speed on the tree....it has a factory hydraulic clutch..
also where can I get a replacement rebuilt trans for this rig????...thanks
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 336 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 336 | If there is linkage hanging from the column in the engine compartment and you can see where a shifter used to be on the column inside the cab, it was an original 3 speed
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 586 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 586 | If you are going back to the three speed, consider an OD trans. I have what I think is a 1965 3 speed Saginaw OD trans. It has first gear synchromesh, which I really like. It is a bolt-in swap.
don | | | | | Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 11 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 11 | don is the OD trans the kind that requires a T handle in the cab to operate?
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | The T handle lockout is for trailer towing, or descending steep mountain grades where engine braking is needed. It also comes in handy for city driving where the OD is shifting in and out excessively. No point in eliminating a function like that just because people don't understand what it's there for.
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,903 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,903 | I have driven OD transmissions behind Y-Blocks over 400,000 miles. You definitely want to hook up the lockout and keep the transmission locked out of OD in town because it is free wheeling in OD at below 28 mph and makes it awkward to drive. I would disagree that most users leave the OD engaged all the time. Ford offered BW OD back in the early 40's in Lincoln. In the early 50's OD was very common in Fords. Chev did not offer OD until 55 and it never was very popular in Chev. Ford used the lockout for around town, and a Chev is much easier to drive with the OD locked out at low speeds. It is really awkward to be in town at 25 mph and have the engine drop down to an idle when you let off of the gas. The BW R10 and R11 units are tough but I'm not sure how many times they can stand having the engine being revved up and the sprag gears having to catch it. I agree with Jerry that anyone who eliminates the lockout, has never driven with the lockout functional. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 435 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 435 | I have a good 62 transmission if you need it. Stock 3 speed. Give a holler.
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