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Not for me (I've got a TREMEC AWI) . My boss is looking for a replacement standard tranny for his step sons 92 or so chevy pickup. He has been quoted $750 for the replacement and we are looking for options. rick On Tue, 5 Mar 2002 10:59:05 -0500 "Cecil \"Steve\" Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rick, > Somewhere in the early 80's is all I know. You would have to > research it. Ask a junk yard guy to look them up. You thinking about > one? > > That hole where the tranny mounts and the front shaft cover/bearing > retainer(not sure of proper part name) goes in is what I think he > was > referring to, yes. That's my impression. Could be wrong though, but > that's the only thing that makes sense to me. > > Steve > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of rick > schaefer > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 8:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re:RE: [Chevelle-List] Where do you buy Bell Housings? > > > Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > 2 questions - what year truck has this tranny. > > Also - when you say "bearing pilot hole " do you mean the large > hole at > the back of bellhousing where tranny mounts? thats what I was > measuring. As differentiated from pilot bearing. > rick > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Here's what I was told. > > "New Process overdrive 4 speed with a Chevy bolt pattern. A 69 > bellhousing would have to be slightly modified to fit it, > the bearing pilot hole would have to be made larger, but otherwise > it > fits. It is stronger than a Muncie, but not much heavier. It lets > you > run a 3.73, or 4.11 gear, and still cruise on the highway at 70mph > in > comfort." > > It is out of an early to mid 80's Chevy pick-em-up truck. I am going > to > give it a try and if there's something I don't like about it, I'll > yank > it and put in something else. For the price it's worth a try for > what I > want. A lot of long distance traveling to car shows, no racing > (although > I might put my foot into it once in a while.), and moderate big > block > power (300-375 hp). I don't know much more about it than that. > > I was told that the correct truck Bell Housing was a Hollander #771 > and > a normal housing is #554. Still undecided on which one I want, but > starting to worry if what Rick said is true about not being able to > open > it up more than 1/8 inch. Not sure how much clearance I need yet as > I > haven't taken possession yet. If I can't go with the explosion proof > housing I will just go stock. > > Thanks for the link Denny. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Michael > Pell > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 4:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Where do you buy Bell Housings? > > What transmission are you putting in? That would help us > considerably. > Bellhousings are the same for SBC vs BBC. > > > > > rick schaefer > 72 El camino > http://members.home.net/jimmy4/rick1972elky.html > ACES #00140 > Team Chevelle #00038 > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
