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#528592 04/15/2009 4:10 AM
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These T5's,What years and what trucks can i find them in? I'm using a tail shift model now.

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The best one for putting these old trucks are the mid 80's S-10 pickup ones. The 88 up went to an electronic speedo so is not good unless you have custom gauges w/elec. speedo or a expensive adapter. The S-10 used it up into the mid 90's. The Camero version is stouter but the shifter is way back at the rear so must be used with bucket seats. They were used in Mustangs, Jeeps, & Mazdas & others but each has its own specifications.


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you can put the s10 tail housing on the camaro to move the shifterup
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I am using a T-5 from what I think was an 89 S-10. Does anybody have a source for a shifter? I would like something with a longer handle and that means a shorter shift. I have seen the article on Stovebolt on how to modify one. Also, B&M used to make 2 different model numbers, but they don't seem to be produced anymore. I was wondering if a Camaro or mustang shifter would fit and could be modified with a longer handle?

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Todd,

use the stock shifter, fabricate the handle, and if you need , shorten the throw per the article. The Camaro and S-10 use the same shifter, the ford can be used, however it needs to be modified to fit the GM tail shaft.

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The correct B & M number for the S-10 is #45049. I would check eBay for one.


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That's what I did and it's great.But I need to add the crossmember,will the one classic parts work ? Thanks

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there is TONS of info on this site as well as inliners
http://www.inliners.org/

do a search

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Check the June issue of Street Rodder. The Professor Hammer section has a picture and description of a remote shifter modification for a T-5.


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Thanks, for the B&M part number. I seem to remember that they had a second part number for a shifter with an even shorther throw, but I could not find it on ebay at all. If they made a second type, it must have sold out all excess inventory.

So, a Camaro shifter would work if I modified the handle as well?


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