Chucks363window
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My original ****** id popping put of 2nd, rather than rebuild i want to install a T5 , which one is “The Way To Go” ? I would like the shifter to come up put of the floor as close to possible as the original.
T5 for a 36 Ford V8
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Phatt
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The early t5 has mechanical speedometers so it easier…. S10 box puts shifter in a good location. Probably need to go open driveshaft. Do an internet search as its been done many times. I have used them since the first s10 was wrecked in my area. Its great swap and drivability is excellent. Hardly noticeable done right.
Do a search here. Somebody did this swap on a 36 and kept the closed driveshaft
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34fordy
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I think he is just teasing us Mike. An original 36 3 window coupe is as rare as hen's teeth. People just go crazy over original 3 window coupes. If he is serious maybe he will wait and just put a good 39 transmission in it. Folks just flock around the "originals" these days as they are so very rare and so few! What a lucky guy he is to have found it and able to buy it. I am sitting here drooling waiting for a few pictures!!!
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Kube
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You are correct, of course. Still, this car gets way more attention at any meet than any hot rod.
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glennpm
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Phatt
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Yes the ratter the more people flock to a vehicle. My poor 54 Ad beat to c r a p last 40 years and almost 400k gets crowds. It’s nothing special and its just a beat up ole truck with t-5 235 . Sectioned frame. I don’t know the alure .Its certainly not a survivor. But after i put the t -5 in it back in 89 i started driving it all over the country and canada. So there’s that.
tubman
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I would think that the unique body style has more to do with "crowd appeal" than the condition. I would cross the whole show field to look at a '36 Ford sedan delivery in any condition. I wouldn't even turn my head if it were a '47 Chevrolet sedan in any condition.
34fordy
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I was at a small car show 3 or 4 years ago. I had never seen a Mopar that I cared about. Walked past a well used late 40s Chrysler 4 door. The windows were open and I stuck my head in to smell the musty aroma. No plastic in sight! Lots of chrome still in excellent condition. It's the only car I remember from that day. A couple years before, same location there was a 1939 Lincoln with that interesting shift mechanism that went throught the dash and behind it. That is the only car I remember that year. Both of those cars were survivors. Small towns in Iowa have car shows when weather permits. I go hoping to see original cars. If I look down a street with 50 cars and do not see s survivor I will quite often just walk on by. The 70s and later cars just don't excite me.
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34fordy
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Twas a big ol Fordor Mike! I have yet to see a "Zipper" at an Iowa car show.
Amazing how a thread can take a life of it's own! Kinda like AI gone rogue, LOL
The Art Doctor
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As someone with a great dislike of the way my 3 speed shifts I feel your pain. To answer the original question 84-88 s10 transmission for mechanical speedometer and a Speedway Motors bellhousing. Check tag to determine gear ratios at they came with a bunch of different first and overdrive combinations, some are useless depending on your rear end gearing. Many have been ruined behind small blocks and good ones are now hard to find. Prepare to pay dearly for the right year and gears unless you get very lucky. If you want to keep the closed drive line you need a 4 wheel drive s10 transmission and an adapter. Only one guy makes them, use Google to find him. This is the ticket to keeping it looking stock on the inside, outside and mostly underneath. Use the stock s10 clutch disc or the one sold by Speedway with the original pressure plate and flywheel. All in you will probably have $5000 in to do the 4x4 swap, much more if you have a 2WD transmission and have to change out the rear end and all that entails with brakes and springs. There is an open diff conversion for the stock rear end but you still have to add radius rods and buy a custom driveshaft. That number is what keeps me driving the original 3 speed.
JayChicago
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Finally! Finally, someone addressed the original post's question with detailed info. The original poster is a new guy. He probably won't be back after his thread got hijacked.
rotorwrench
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A stock rebuild with a good Columbia rear axle would be adequate. The T5 still doesn't have a shift tower like the 36 even if a person did go that way. Folks have set them up to work with the torque tube but that shift set up would be problematic for me. The 36 3W is just so cool the way Bob and Edsel designed it.
The 36 transmission is close enough to the 39 that it's a bolt in. Most pop out of gear problems are either too much cluster thrust movement or a worn 2nd gear bushing. They aren't hard to overhaul.
The 36 transmission is close enough to the 39 that it's a bolt in. Most pop out of gear problems are either too much cluster thrust movement or a worn 2nd gear bushing. They aren't hard to overhaul.