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Technical Flathead bellhousing trans

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Boden, Sep 5, 2019.

  1. Boden
    Joined: Oct 10, 2018
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    Boden

    Anyone know what trans I could use with this bellhousing, I can drill it if I need to [​IMG]


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  2. Model A Gomez
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    If that's a four speed bellhousing I had an adapter made and bolted an S10 five speed to it. Read an article about it in a Model A magazine, Ford used the same bolt pattern from 1928 up into the 50's. Didn't end up using it because the shifter was too far back in my Model A .
     
  3. alanp561
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    Any Ford tranny from 49 to 64 has that bolt pattern. Some of the 65 trannies had both that pattern and the wider late one.. That bell housing came from a 52 Merc.
     
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  4. alanp561
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    Do you have the starter plate and dust cover for that bell housing?
     

  5. Boden
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    Boden

    Neither. I have the one from the ford O-Matic tho


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  6. Hnstray
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    Bell housing is not from a ‘52 Merc, rather was introduced mid-year ‘51 Merc only. It is unique in that it has the early Ford shaft style throw out fork coupled with the ‘49 thru ‘64 Ford/‘52 thru ‘64 Merc trans bolt pattern. ‘52 Merc was like ‘49 up Ford regarding the clutch release arm. This trans is sought for adapting ‘80s era F-100/150 SROD overdrive trans to post ‘48 Ford/Merc Flathead (also ‘48 up 8RT engines).

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  7. Hnstray
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    Not a 4 speed bell housing. See above post.

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  8. Boden
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    Boden

    Could it take this trans?[​IMG][​IMG]


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  9. Hnstray
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    “Probably”......that is a dual pattern trans case flange.

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  10. jailbar joe
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    you might have to open up the pinion support flange hole?
     
  11. 28rp
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    Joe, s right. When I put a Toploader behind an 8BA in my 35 p/up , from memory I had to open the hole in the centre by 3mm.My bell housing came from an Aussie ,53 Mainline ute. A very tough piece to find. Took me a couple of years to find one. Beware though, the hole in the centre aint necessarily so!-Mine was way low and we had to make some offset dowel pins to centralise every thing so the input shaft was a neat straight fit into the pilot bearing.
     
  12. Boden
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    Boden

    I don’t have a lathe or anything. Maybe I could just hone the hole out?


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  13. 51504bat
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    When I had the exact same bell housing that I was going to use to install a 4 speed toploader with a Jeep shifter tower I found the input bearing cover was too large for the existing hole in the bell housing. I was planning on have the bearing cover cut down on a lathe so it would fit but I ended up going another direction. IMO honing out the hole in the bell housing is a bad idea. The hole helps center the trans so it aligns with the pilot bushing. I seriously doubt that everything would line up correctly by honing out the hole unless you set it up on a mill. Again, JMHO.
     
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  14. s55mercury66
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    You might rig up a die grinder to the crankshaft flange and enlarge the hole with the bellhousing mounted to the block.
     
  15. BODEN,,,best use would be "in the trash can"OR a boat anchor...maybe you could study it over for a while you see its not close even being adaptable...
     
  16. Marty Strode
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    It's a simple fix on the pilot hole mismatch, you can either find a throw out bearing sleeve out of a 1964 toploader, or turn the existing one down in a lathe, it would take about 10 minutes. As others have stated, don't mess with the hole in the bell housing, that centers the pilot shaft, and is very critical for proper alignment. Do you need the clutch thru shaft for your application ?
     
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  17. Boden
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    Boden

    Sorry. I just don’t want that fordonatic or a t5. I want to stay traditional. Some people say it can work


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  18. 28rp
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    Ye
    Yep, we set it up in a mill. The guy that did the job works in the speedway industry He has also repaired damaged quick changes for me-knows his stuff
     

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