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#41937 04/18/2005 1:07 AM | Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 168 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 168 | I'm looking at a 292/4 SPD combo. What are the chances it's a granny vs. a traditional 4 SPD? Thanks,
jay
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#41938 04/18/2005 1:36 AM | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 53 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 53 | In terms of trucks (the 292 was never available in cars), 'traditional' would be a granny transmission. If the 4 speed is original, it is either an SM420 (7.06 or so first gear) or the later SM465 (6.55 first gear). The 292 never came with a close-ratio (non-granny) 4 speed. | | |
#41939 04/18/2005 4:11 AM | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 35 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 35 | 4 speed close ratio was a very popular conversion in the 1980s in GM vans and pickup trucks, for example, many people took out the colume shift manual and put in a 4 speed on the floor.
Maybe somebody changed yours over in this way,? then you would have the overdrive 4 speed. | | |
#41940 04/18/2005 4:18 AM | Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 168 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 168 | The ad indicates it came from a 73 . I guess that means SM465, if it's original?
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#41941 04/18/2005 8:31 PM | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 | Should be the 465. Here's a link Tranny Info
Fred
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#41942 04/18/2005 9:43 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 | Actually it would be a CH-465, no the older SM prefix.
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