can someone ID this monster?
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02-26-2012, 11:40 PM
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it's identical to the picture i posted. i'll have to go look tomorrow for a "turret" or not (i think i'm following what you're saying, but having been in the Army nearly a decade, that's not a turret. a turret is a round hole in the top of a tank or wheeled vehicle that someone sticks their head out of and fires a weapon.) what i think you're referring to is a protruding "rail" on one side of the shifter. and again, i'll look tomorrow. but, as i said, it's identical to the picture i posted. looked some more at MotiveGear's website...i don't think i have an SROD as they describe the "turret" in more detail...and i don't think i have that...
it's top shifted...shifter appears to be part of the top cover from what i can tell. it's a traditional shift pattern...1 3
2 OD R
oh, and again, i've looked at that "motivegear" website (1st link) like 10 times today...everyone seems to wanna post it. it doesn't give concrete evidence as to what transmission i have. heck, it says the SROD wasn't used after 1983. my truck is an all-original 1987...how do you explain that? heck, it shows NO 4-speed being used in 1987...when it's fairly common knowledge Ford didn't offer a 5-speed (that i've heard of) until 1988. like i said, nothing concrete on that site.
from what i've gathered, i don't think it can be an SROD. supposedly, on an SROD, there's a "false fill plug" on the side, that if you try to pull it out, something inside the transmission will fall apart...there's no such "plug" on my transmission. only an actual fill plug, at an angle, on the passenger side. i'm starting to wonder if it's the T170FT (code-RTS)...also called a TOD. i dunno, i just need to find out...
thanks for the help guys!!
it's top shifted...shifter appears to be part of the top cover from what i can tell. it's a traditional shift pattern...1 3
2 OD R
oh, and again, i've looked at that "motivegear" website (1st link) like 10 times today...everyone seems to wanna post it. it doesn't give concrete evidence as to what transmission i have. heck, it says the SROD wasn't used after 1983. my truck is an all-original 1987...how do you explain that? heck, it shows NO 4-speed being used in 1987...when it's fairly common knowledge Ford didn't offer a 5-speed (that i've heard of) until 1988. like i said, nothing concrete on that site.
from what i've gathered, i don't think it can be an SROD. supposedly, on an SROD, there's a "false fill plug" on the side, that if you try to pull it out, something inside the transmission will fall apart...there's no such "plug" on my transmission. only an actual fill plug, at an angle, on the passenger side. i'm starting to wonder if it's the T170FT (code-RTS)...also called a TOD. i dunno, i just need to find out...
thanks for the help guys!!
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02-27-2012, 05:06 AM
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You should be able to swap a ZF 5-speed pretty easily. I put one in my '87 behind the 302. You'll need a 5-speed crossmember, support brackets, and floor pan insert (any 88-96 F150-F350 small block 5-speed, ZF or Mazda), a new clutch hydraulic line and slave cylinder for an '88 F250 5-speed, and a two-piece driveshaft. You will need to get a custom driveshaft since most of the factory ZF trucks used the 10.25" rear end which makes the driveshaft right at 3" too short for the 8.8". I started with a driveshaft for an F250 with the same wheelbase as my truck and had a driveshaft shop re-tube the rear half to get to the correct length.
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Yea, I wanna swap in a ZF5...although I'm not "too" enthused since my OD is about the same ratio, from what I read (feel free to debunk this). I guess having 3rd in better spacing would be a good thing, and more gearing is always nice...
Now, my factory d-shaft won't work? Will it not spline in? Because my truck has the two-piece shaft from the factory...
Now, my factory d-shaft won't work? Will it not spline in? Because my truck has the two-piece shaft from the factory...
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