more T5 questions again

Calling junk yards for a T5 tranny. Best I can come up with is a T5 out of 93 S10 with 92000 on it for $400.00. Questions.....is 93 an ok year to use, and is $400.00 about the normal price to pay. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

forgot to add swapping out stock 3 speed tranny in my 1949 Ford F1 pickup with the T5

 

93 is about the cut off year for mechanical speedo ,the electric cost too much to convert and yes i think it,s a little high

 

I too am looking for a T5, please school me on the excessive cost to convert to electric.

Don't mean to hijack thread...

Thanks,


Dave L

 

don't know if this is a help to Dave L , I already converted to electric gauges in my F1. 265.00 for Dolphin gauges and 50.00 for a pulse generator to run the speedometer.

 

great info thanks, so if i get a T5 after 94 I can run an elect speedo gauge, and prior convert or run manual?

Thanks,

Dave L

 

The search function is your friend ...try it ( T-5 tech)

 

If I'm not mistaken 1987 or 88 was the last year for the mechanical speedometer. So 1993 would definitely be an electronic speedo.

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instead of arbitrarily stating use the search function, i have provided the link.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=171291&highlight=tech

Thanks,

Dave L

 

If memory serves, the '94-'96 S10 trannys didn't use the old standard GM bolt pattern for mounting to the bellhousing. They used a Ford pattern instead. If your bellhousing/adapter has the GM pattern, you'll need to stick to the earlier ones.

 

Dave L, all I can tell you is (from what I gather from the guys on this site) if you want to a run mechanical speedometer you either have to run a earlier than 89 T5 or but a pulse generator. 50 bucks from Dolphin. I'm in the planning stage to doing this swap myself. I've read so much about this swap that my eyes are glazing over. I think I'm just going to buy the whole kit from Cornhuskers and "bite the bullet" with the cost.

 

$400 is way too steep even in my expensive area! Pick-N-Pull has any standard RWD tranny for $95. The closest one to you is in Columbus, OH about a 3 hr. drive one way. They do have an '86 and '94 S-10. Both came in 6 days ago. Don't know if they're 5-spd or auto, though.

Also, how about buying a whole S-10 for cheap, harvest the 5-spd for yourself then sell the chassis to a rat rodder (dear God I said the R word!) and make your money back. Here's one in your area............................
http://morgantown.craigslist.org/cto/4275585984.html

 

I get all of my T-5s for free.$400 is a lot of money.

 

1993-on has the FORD pattern to the bellhousing, and an electronic speedometer.

You will want 1989-down.

Check: http://car-part.com/

And: http://row52.com/

 

Which adapter are you using?

 

Going to go with a T5 from a S10 from the 80s. I'll get a kit from Cornhuskers

 

Check them out carefully if you're expecting a 28-30 percent overdrive; many of the S10 T5s I've found had a 14 percent o/d in 5th gear.

 

The 0.89:1 overdrive was common, until about 1984. After that, it became more sporadic, but was still out there.

The gearset can be discerned by the metal tag, or the sticker, if either is still there.

If none is, shift it into first gear, and turn the input shaft, while counting output shaft turns (pen marks on both help). If it is a tick over 4 in, to 1 out, then it has the 4.03:1 gearset with the 0.89:1 overdrive. If it is a tick over 3-3/4 in, to 1 out, then it is the 3.76:1 gear set, with the 0.72:1 overdrive. The lower ratio set does work, especially if you have tall tires, like some trucks do, a low output, or tired engine, and/or a heavy vehicle.

More info here: http://www.flatheadv8.org/ernie/ernie-t5.htm

 

Must be regional. I have looked high and low for a few low gear units, for applications that needed them. No dice. Have not seen one, in two years.

Ended up changing the ring and pinion gears in both vehicles.

 

Here on the east coast, I felt fortunate when I finally found a mechanical speedo S10 transmission with the 0.72:1 5th gear.

 

Cord-wood, out here.

 

Ditto

 

Weird. Maybe the recyclers here have just processed everything early here, as land is crazy expensive, or maybe the mountains killed them all.

 

I'd definitely trade you a cord of wood for some!

 

Can't burn that here.

 

They're hard to come by in the upper mid-west too regardless of gearset. I recently offered a guy $300 for an '86 unit he had - the tag is missing so I don't know what gearset is in it, and he has not responded to my PM in a week so I am assuming he is not going to ever.

I have been combing Craigslist looking for a cheap ($400to $500) mid-80's S10 with the 5 speed. They are out there, but they disappear almost as fast as they are posted.

 

Yep, I've run into the same problem! most of the guys that have them know what they're used for (hotrod) so they've been asking premium prices lately. Around here $400 is pretty common, and salvagers in the know head to the pick and pull and get em first thing when they arrive at the yard for $65 bucks and throw them on craigslist for $400....and that's for an original, unrebuilt unit!!!

 

I am amazed that you boys down south have to pay that much for such a common transmission . I am paying in the 75.00-100.00 range . As for the electric speedo , you'll make it back in gas money .

 

Okay, some pot, then.

 

Naww man, we got that at the store.