Found in my t98 trans

1960 F100 292, t98. Good news is there are no shaveings or small bits of metal in the drain hole of my trans. The bad news is this pin was sitting right behing the drain plug......What is it and where did it come from ? The trans has been shifting fine. Thanks

 

what year is the dime from?

 

The dime is from 1778, I put the pin in the pic for size referance.

 

Must be a pretty rare dime.

 

I had a T98 in my IH it had a little pin that held the shifter straight, looks kinda like that I think. I know for me it was easy to unscrew that cap that holds the shifter in and put fluid in that way.... maybe sometime years ago somone picked up the shifter and knocked that little pin in and just put another back to hold the shifter....... Just a thought

 

Very rare, If I could just convince the coin dealers as to how rare it is I could finance my next build.

 

I can barely see that the dime is from 200?. That makes it OT so why did you post it here?

 

I had the same thought (hope). Pulling the shifter is my next step. I can't seem to find an exploded diagram that shows the pin and I would like to know what it is for before I go exploring. Thanks

 

The paper towel it's setting on is pre 64, the pin is pre 64, and the dime is over 200 years old. All good in my book.

 

http://www.hansenwebdesign.com/truck/files/manuals/service/16 Transmission.pdf

scroll down far enough and you'll see the T-98 nothing on the diagram but it mentions the "control lever alignment pin" in the text.

 

Thank you very much.

 

It seems my trans has 2 of these pins, one in the top at the stick, the other in the bottom as ballast.

Thank you all for your help. Mark

 

You found a 200 year old dime in your t98? I'd use that little stick you put next to it for size comparison (as if we all don't know how big a dime is anyway) and put it back in there! Obviously the trans has been working well for 200 years, right? What're you digging for money in your transmission for anyway?

 

y e s !^^^^^^^^^^:d

 

1778 Dimes in the transmission was a dealer option that year

 

Have you heard of spare tires? Well that's your spare pin. Just incase your other one falls out or fails. It was a dealer installed option, only cost an extra dime......

 

Yes, but not if you went with the 'loose floating unidentifiable post in the transmission' option. You could have one or the other, but not both. I think the '200 year old dime' option was an option only available with the HO engine, and if I'm not mistaken, was part of the option package that also included a hard-mounted rear bumper Garden Weasel and a 600W orange juicer in the console.

 

That dime is pretty clean! The owners must have taken care of that tranny. Gary

 

Is that an automatic dime or a manual dime? The 200 year old automatics are even RARER... You could be sitting on a GOLDMINE. AT LEAST 9 cents, maybe even 10 to the right buyer...

 

OMG. im gona get in trouble reading this stuff. i just might laugh to hard one of these days.

 

didnt that option package include the left rear tire made of concrete?

 

Why would someone explode a diagram? Geez they're hard enough to read as it is and all them exploded lil pieces would make it even harder. ...OH CRAP!!! What if it was a 200 year old diagram?

 

Eh, it's probably only worth about a dime...
But what's the DIME worth...?!?

 

YUP! That's the one! It was an experimental design that year. Each tire was made of a different material, based on data collected in independent studies, depending solely on the number of left and right turns the average driver makes throughout the lifetime of a vehicle, and the various driving conditions experienced in an ordinary commute.

 

I dunno, makes no cents to me....