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| | | | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 15 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 15 | Is today my lucky day or what. I mentioned to a guy at work that I was going on a hunt for a T5 tranny this weekend and he knows someone who has one. Just have to take a 5 hour round trip drive to pick it up.
Its from an 85 s-10 4x2 2.8L
From what I've read on the swap it should work great on my 55 2nd series with 235 & orig 3 speed.
What do you all think
The truck may actually ride again!!!
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#5027 02/13/2003 10:10 PM | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 385 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 385 | I love it when parts materialize after you make a wish. I got a whole car that way once. Remember to post anything (salvagable) you pull off the truck in the swap meet. Someone else has been looking for that thing you can't use (I just gave away a whole truck).  | | |
#5028 02/13/2003 10:16 PM | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 15 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 15 | A whole truck???? Too bad I'm not closer
Well, I guess when we are done restoring we will probably do the same thing. We have two chassis, two cabs more doors than we know what to do with etc... when we purchased the truck it was 1 complete less bed, one complete less engine & tranny and extra doors, fenders, grills, hoods all thrown in. The guy basically had a yunk yard(gold mine) behind his house and was moving. He tried to get us to take anything and everything chevy
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 130 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 130 | hello chevygirl. i installed a t5 in my 55 first series and i followed all of the tips and tricks posted on this forum to do it. my t5 was also from a late 80s blazer, a chevy astro van clutch disc, and an astro van drive shaft. the truck is not finished yet , but i was able to at least drive it down the street and get it up to 3rd gear. what a blast that was!i am using the stock 3.90 rear gears for now, but i get the idea from reading some of the posts here that even with overdrive on the t5 that it might still be geared too low. we will find out soon though, because as soon as the temperate warms up outside, i will be back at it. you might find that the shifter has a long throw but the location of it will look pretty good[i mean the position on the floor]. the long throw can be fixed by using a kit that hurst makes to shorten the throw, or you can search on this forum to find a post about a home made remedy. also ,it is great to see yet another person from our area on the forum. i would be interested if you have a cab available as i am looking for one to be used on our next project. you can e-mail me if you wish. good luck.
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 43 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 43 | ChevyGirl: I understand that originally, each T-5 had an ID tag attached to its case. If you want to identify the donor car/truck of a certain T-5, you can do so by going to www.4speeds.com, clicking on "T-5" and then entering the tag number in the box at the bottom of the page. Good luck with your restoration. Denny | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | Denny, your link didn`t work. - I know where there is two T-5 trannys.one has 1352 tag and one has 1353 tag. www.4speeds.com
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#5032 02/14/2003 12:38 PM | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,422 ODSS President | | ODSS President Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,422 | CG, that trans. has a 4.03 first and .76 5th, which means with your 3.90 rear end you'll have a real low first. To remedy that you can start out in 2nd. With the .76 overdrive and 3.90 you'll be spinning 2158 rpms @ 65 mph. That's a nice cruising rpm.
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 43 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 43 | Mechaniniac: Don't know why the link didn't work. I can get there if I type it in. Anyway, try www.gearzone.net/ or try "The Gear Zone" using a search engine. Denny | | | | | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 15 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 15 | Thanks for all the help. You guys are great.
I'm going to pick up the tranny this weekend. That was the last piece of the puzzle. Now we have a plan just need to put it all together.
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | The link didn't work because there is a comma after the "com" - take that out and it is fine. | | |
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