freebird01
Post Turtle!
well since my beater truck decided to puke the trans before i even got to drive it i decided to ditch the slushbox for a real mans transmission..
what i thought was a T18 turns out to be an NP435 from a 78-79 bronco.
ive slowly acquiring parts for the swap. some ive been carrying around for years from place to place (bellhousing,trans, etc...) some will be junk yard parts and some are new..
my list:
bellhousing for ford SB w/ hydro clutch(old stock)
trans and spacer plate (old stock)
pedal assembly from 80-83 linkage clutch (old stock)
pedal assembly from 84 hydro clutch (junkyard)
clutch master and slave w/ hose (junkyard)
slave cyl bracket (junkyard)
flywheel (new)
clutch (new)
clutch fork (new)
i plan on reusing the original tcase thats in the truck now.
special thanks to jared (jred) for the tcase adapter housing and to dieselcrawler for the steering column.
i stared to get a few things done tonight. I got the adapter housing mounted to the transmission and i had to mix and match parts to get a good pedal assembly because it turns out the one i pulled from the junkyard had a broken casting. the castings are all the same from 80-86, the only different is the clutch pedal itself. so i swapped all the guts from the hydro pedal assy to the other casting.
no pics yet but i plan on doing a write up as i go along. im hoping saturday i can get started on this as i need the truck before the snow flys. i will have to drill the holes in the firewall for the clutch master cylinder so while im in there i will install one of my fabricated firewall reinforcement brackets.
what i thought was a T18 turns out to be an NP435 from a 78-79 bronco.
ive slowly acquiring parts for the swap. some ive been carrying around for years from place to place (bellhousing,trans, etc...) some will be junk yard parts and some are new..
my list:
bellhousing for ford SB w/ hydro clutch(old stock)
trans and spacer plate (old stock)
pedal assembly from 80-83 linkage clutch (old stock)
pedal assembly from 84 hydro clutch (junkyard)
clutch master and slave w/ hose (junkyard)
slave cyl bracket (junkyard)
flywheel (new)
clutch (new)
clutch fork (new)
i plan on reusing the original tcase thats in the truck now.
special thanks to jared (jred) for the tcase adapter housing and to dieselcrawler for the steering column.
i stared to get a few things done tonight. I got the adapter housing mounted to the transmission and i had to mix and match parts to get a good pedal assembly because it turns out the one i pulled from the junkyard had a broken casting. the castings are all the same from 80-86, the only different is the clutch pedal itself. so i swapped all the guts from the hydro pedal assy to the other casting.
no pics yet but i plan on doing a write up as i go along. im hoping saturday i can get started on this as i need the truck before the snow flys. i will have to drill the holes in the firewall for the clutch master cylinder so while im in there i will install one of my fabricated firewall reinforcement brackets.