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I did a zf install. The pilot bushings are the same for most ford transmissions. You can look your truck up and then the donor truck up to see if the pilot bushings are the same part number.
@Franklin2@FuzzFace2 thank you I did look on rock auto and I did see that the pilot bearing and bushing were the same for like 15 years. For vehicles with 300 in it.
i’ve started receiving parts this week, and I bought it from Rocco and I did the searching for the slave cylinder as discussed. And the slave cylinder looks different from the one that I received the one that’s in the transmission.
@Franklin2@FuzzFace2 thank you I did look on rock auto and I did see that the pilot bearing and bushing were the same for like 15 years. For vehicles with 300 in it.
i’ve started receiving parts this week, and I bought it from Rocco and I did the searching for the slave cylinder as discussed. And the slave cylinder looks different from the one that I received the one that’s in the transmission.
Trans Rockauto….
what do you think?
Keep using rockauto for reference. What year was the original slave? What year did you order? Look up the hydraulic line for the slave you ordered. Is it the same part number as the hydraulic line the old slave uses?
Keep using rockauto for reference.
What year was the original slave?
Transmission is a 97 or 98.
Originally Posted by Franklin2
What year did you order?
1989
Originally Posted by Franklin2
Look up the hydraulic line for the slave you ordered.
the hydraulic line was the one that came on the slave. I didn’t order just the line.
Originally Posted by Franklin2
Is it the same part number as the hydraulic line the old slave uses?
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. The slave was the same part number for the 89. But the truck that I used in the search criteria was a F150 with a 300 as there wasn’t a F100 at the time.
After looking at it for a third time I think it may work. I just don’t understand why the line is different. That would tend to indicate that there is indeed something going on with the slave not being correct.
There is a danger that things will not match up sometimes unless you research what you are ordering. The transmission and slave and hydraulic line are all 97 or 98. You are ordering 89 parts. Just be careful, Ford liked to make little changes sometimes. It takes some time to look things up for the different years all the time, but it helps avoid mistakes.
The aftermarket parts places try to stock the least amount of parts on the shelf as possible. So if a part will work for several years, that is all they will stock. You may encounter minor differences, but they usually will work with a little massaging. Sometimes the instructions that come with the part will tell you what you need to modify to make it work for different years.
For instance it's not unusual to get a replacement brake master cylinder that has adapter fittings installed to make it work for your application.
@Franklin2 I don’t know why I thought I should be ordering 89 parts. For some reason I had the impression in the thread that I should be ordering 89 and so that’s what I did. But I can’t find anything in thread now that would indicate why I should order anything that is an 89 other than not to order a 87 - 89 pedal that won’t fit that year truck due to the dash fitment.
I will check to make sure the 97 or 98 trans slave cylinder is the same. I’m probably buggering it up somewhere though. I’ve looked at all the parts and most everything else looks like it’s going to fit. That is hard to tell when you’re just looking at it in the box and trying to eyeball it though.
I believe I can use the electrical signal from the Mazda trans to go to a speedo such as autometer….. thanks
If you are going for a new Speedo to work with the transmission why not get a GPS speedo?
I go one in my (long term) project car but has yet to use it.
I know in the garage, where it spends 99% of its time, it will not get a signal but out in the yard it dose.
This is who I got mine from as the project has all custom gauges that look factory. https://speedhut.com/
@Franklin2 i’m getting pretty confused and dejected on this one. One of your post had mentioned to look at an 89 and then versus 81 or 84. That’s where I got the 89 from. I did send back the master cylinder slave cylinder kit that I had so that I could get the one from 96 or 97. however, I did not send back the clutch due to weight and the cost to return, hoping that I could work out the clutch that I have so that I can install it on the transmission that I have. I communicated directly with a clutch manufacturer and not rock auto. I’m trying to find out if the clutch that I have would be compatible with the one that I think now is supposed to be in the transmission that I have. I used an 89 manual transmission as I mentioned before as that was what was referenced in an earlier post. However, the transmission is a 97 or thereabouts. The 97 doesn’t have any clutch options in rock auto. However, the 96 as it is known as the last year, has a different clutch than what I have purchased already so I don’t know if I should return the 89 clutch and buy the 96 clutch. Any pointers would be great at this point thank you.
‘97/98 would be from a 10th generation “Jellybean” F-150 which is probably why the slave was redesigned? It might have worked as long as the quick connection is the same. I remember reading somewhere that the V6 used the same Windsor bell housing bolt pattern but I wouldn’t have gone the route that you did. The junkyard ZF5 I bought came from either an ‘89 or ‘90 F-250.
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