Borg Warner Speedo Drive Gears

rotorwrench - I'm reading your post to mean that the BW OD was labeled AMC T96C-1E for use in the Jeep.....is that correct? Any information on the Jeep model years it was used in? Thanks!
 
The numbers may not be on the cast iron cases that way. Looking at different T96 transmissions on Flea-Pay indicates that Studebaker for one also used a similar tail shaft with the speedo gear port mounted higher on the housing. Looking at Willys information indicates that the old station wagons and Jeepsters used the T96 but they don't tell the model numbers. Willys cars that had OD also had the high mount speedo drive. The Willys cars weren't around very long. I had one years ago that a cousin gave to me because it had an engine failure. The engine was also used in some fork lifts back then. I gave it away to another friend that wanted it.

My memory still has bits and pieces of friends that had Ramblers and other AMC related small cars. The transmissions were notoriously weak in the synchronizers. They were easy to break and became very hard to find parts for after 1964 when Studebaker stopped production. The R10 overdrives were not the problem so a lot of them ended up in the salvage yards. They were a compact little overdrive unit and worked well for the torque tube drive conversions.

I did a long look through my Hollander Interchange manual and didn't see the R10 number you describe but it stops at 1956 so a later manual would be necessary to find any further alpha numeric identification information. The R10B-1P was the highest combination I could find in that string.
 
rotorwrench - thanks for all that - very helpful! It'll be helpful if I can find out what my OD was used in. There's an edition of the Hollander Interchange Manual on Ebay that indicates that it covers 1957-1967 cars and trucks. Perhaps that would include the -1U BW unit.
 
Hollander Interchange book arrived today. I'm looking for some guidance as to how I would search for references to my BW overdrive unit. There's a section that supposedly includes overdrive parts, but it seems to be organizied by transmission numbers with no reference to overdrive unit numbers. Since this is my first experience with an Interchange book, I'm hoping that someone can offer some guidance! Thanks much.
 
My older book has both. A person will have to thumb through the sections and look for AR10 numbers or the like. The transmissions would be T96 or possibly the T86. Check Studebaker, Nash Rambler, and Kaiser Willys for application numbers. In the parts section, it should have R!0 numbers in there but they may be AR10 but look for anything with R10 in it. It should have something there for the late 1950s up into the early 60s. The T96 types likely all use the same type speedometer gears. If that doesn't pan out then call specific speedometer shops. The older the better. They're the ones that would know what fits what.

You might search old threads on here for any surviving folks that worked on the old model A conversions. There are few left that did this stuff but there has to be someone still out there that knows about them.
 
I've read that Ron Mosher of NewHall Ca purchased Bill Swigart's interest in the old Burt Hill BW OD conversions. His "Ron's A-Ford-able" business phone number is 661-255-1931 in the Travis Parts & Services pdf file on the Santa Anita As site. Both Burt and Bill passed on some time ago but Burt Hill's set up was known to be reliable. There were others though but we are talking 40 to 50 years ago.
 
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