will it fit @ work
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will it fit @ work
I have A 1985 F150 with a 351w and C6 auto tranny, 4 x 4. I also have a 85 F250 no motor and a 4 speed manual tranny. i`m dropping a 460 motor in the F150 can i use my C6 auto tranny, and transfer case with this 460, or can i use the 4 speed manual tranny, and will my transfer case fit on the 4 speed.
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I am guessing that you want to keep the truck 4x4? also what motor was the 4 speed mounted to? Would you rather have the 4 speed or the C6? The 351M/400 bellhousing will bolt up (not sure about the 351W) but I believe it needs a spacer for manual trannies. Not sure if the spacer is required for autos. You may want to look in the 385 series forums. Hope that helps alittle.
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The C6 will not bolt to your 460. It has an integral bellhousing that is different from the 460 bolt pattern. Is the F-250 4WD? If not the 4 speed would be tricky to use as well. Although you would have a much better chance of bolting that up to your 460 since you can just swap the bellhousing off if it does not have the right one. If the 4 speed is for a 2WD truck you would have to swap tailshafts and extension housings to be able to make your transfer case fit. Almost forgot, Welcome to FTE! 
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thanks guys, you info. is helpfull, the F250 is 2wd it had a small block diesel in it, don`t know what size, but it had a adaptor plate on it for the trany, and the adaptor plat will also match my 460,so if my stock c6 trany,and transfer case won`t bolt up i can just make my F150 4x4 a 2wd truck, with maybe the 4 speed, and i`ll have to take the front end out of the F250 and put it under my F150
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When I bought my truck the previous owner replaced the 4x4 C6 with a 2x4 C6. All they did was drop the front driveshaft and tranny/transfer case. I guess the 2x4 tranny is the same lenght (or close to it) as the 4x4 tranny/transfer setup. If you don't mind losing the 4x4 for a little while you could just drop the front driveshaft put the 2x4 tranny and rear driveshaft in and hope that 1) the rear driveshaft fits 2) you find a cheap 4x4 tranny for that 460. You could also look through the junk yards and find a 460 C6 4x4 tranny and maybe trade both of your trannies for the one you need. Just an idea.
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i have a 460 C6 auto trany in a 85 one ton duelly pickup, 2wd, can i put my transfer case on it, and keep my 4x4? I really didn`t want to use it because the pickup is in good running shape, and i was going to sell it, but if i can use the trany with my 4x4 transfer case i`ll do it, and figure something else out for the duelly.
