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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19 | I need help identifying the tranny that I pulled out of my 52 chevy ½ ton pu (along with the engine, a '54 235) last weekend.
Transmission seems to have two sets of casting numbers… one on the engine end 3845122 D2456 and one on the drive shaft end D2955 3707195... no "torque tube"
The guy at the transmission shop that I took it to told me that he didn’t recognize it and that he was pretty sure that it wasn’t original to that truck. (I tend to believe him since #1 he's older than the truck, #2 he has a restored ’41 chevy truck he drives sitting in front of his shop, and #3 he showed me another tranny that he said came from chevy '52 pickup… and it didn't look anything like mine... it was “tall”, mine is “long”)... thanks! | | | | | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 | Welcome to the Stovebolt.
Can you post some pictures of it? Both a '52 or '54 would have been torque tube trucks. It's unlikely this transmission was stock in either.
I presume it is a manual transmission, but you don't actually say that. How many speeds?
1955 1st GMC Suburban | 1954 GMC 250 trailer puller project | 1954 GMC 250 Hydra-Matic | 1954 Chevy 3100 . 1947 Chevy COE | and more...
It's true. I really don't do anything but browse the Internet looking for trouble... | | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 452 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 452 | It's a mid-'50s Saginaw 3-speed, likely from a passenger car. Page 2-2 in this PDF catalog shows the case and tailshaft housing (extension) numbers given. From the casting dates (if that's what those other numbers are), it appears the case is '56 and the extension is '55.
Curt
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1953 Chevy 6400, 1957 Chevy 2dr Sedan
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19 | Thanks for the info...
It's a 3 speed manual, "on the tree" shift | | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 19 | Curt,
That picture is it... thanks.
I'm starting to think that Johnny Cash was a previous owner... have to do some title research, could be sitting on history here.
So far, 1952 VIN, '54 engine, '55/'56 tranny, haven't gotten to the rear end yet... but it doesn't look like any of the rear ends I've seen in the catalogs, and the bed has been customized to boot! | | |
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