Yes, and no. If I do it I thought I'd buy it from Midwest as part of the order of parts for the tranny rebuild. So, I'm not doing any more research. Should I?

 

I was just wondering if it was still on the table.

 

Yep, still considering it. Probably will.

 

Gary: Did you end up making a decision on the buying the kit and having someone do the rebuild or whether just buying a complete reman?


I am curious, as I am in the same boat. I just picked up a ZF5 that I want to put in the bronco and trying to figure out which direction makes the most sense

 

I haven't done anything. However, in order to access the exhaust-to-exhaust manifold bolts on a 351M/400 a groove has to be ground in the ZF's bell housing. I've done this on mine and suspect that might cause a problem returning it as a core. So, I'll probably have this one rebuilt.

 

Sounds like maybe some more broken parts in the tranny. I am waiting on a call back now. Stay tuned.

 

Oh, goodie! This is going to be one expensive ZF.

 

A reverse gear and a reverse sliding clutch is needed as well. The synchro for reverse was broken in half.

 

Houston, we have a problem. I'm looking at the Midwest site and see a reverse gear mainshaft, as shown in this listing. Is that what is needed?

But, don't see a reverse sliding clutch. Can Scotty or James pick the parts from the illustration below?

 

Probably so. Let me see if I can print it out.

 

I cannot figure out how to print it.

 

Never mind. I had our in house tech support show me how.

 

Your daughter. Tell her thanks, and thanks to you as well.

 

What now???

More damage from mainshaft end float?

 

Well, I'm not sure what caused it. But, I needed reverse gear ($130) and the reverse slider, also known as the reverse sliding clutch ($32). The reverse slider was broken in half, which might explain why it was sometimes hard to get the tranny in reverse.

But, this should be a sweet tranny when I get it back.