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#48981 08/13/2005 2:19 PM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 27 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: May 2005 Posts: 27 | My wife's grand father just gave me a 59 BelAir and a 60 Biscayne. Both cars have 3 speed column shifted transmissions with electric overdrives. Will one of these type transmissions fit in my 62 Stepside and work with the truck's 3 speed column shifter? How do these overdrives work? Are there any good websites for them? Thanks.
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#48982 08/13/2005 2:26 PM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 | Want to get rid of one?? Pretty sure they will fit trucks just fine. Brian | | |
#48983 08/13/2005 2:39 PM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,421 ODSS President | | ODSS President Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,421 | Ans. Yes. Yes. Yes. I have a '62 3sp+od with a floor mounted shifter, a '57 truck 3.90 rear in my '49 3100. They are an excellent tranny. They do not have a synchro 1st gear, so just momentarily shift to 2nd, (clutch depressed, of course), to use the 2nd sychros to shift into 1st without the grinding. The 1st time you start out at a stop light you will realize what the previous statement means.
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#48984 08/13/2005 3:22 PM | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | | | |
#48985 08/13/2005 3:42 PM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,746 | Yes, and I think it's a direct swap, without even a driveshaft change. Be sure to scavenge all the electrical bits and pieces, the relay, the kickdown switch on the throttle linkage, and the wire harness. The relay, in particular, is becoming very difficult to find. Some people have devised methods of running without the relay, but if the complete system is available, it makes sense to set it up the way it was intended. The governor switch built into the transmission is designed to prevent OD operation below about 30 MPH, depending on the rear axle ratio.
Jerry
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