I have a 77 f250 crew cab. The previos owner put a 428(FE) in it and now I can't get it smooged in california. I found a 460 to put in it(i know i will need to change motor mounts), but I don't know where to find a bellhousing, if one was ever made to go between a 460 & the 4-speed I have. I think that it's a sm465. It's married and has the granny low first. Any info would be grweatly appriciated. Thanks

 

The trans is probably an NP435. The bellhousings come up on ebay all the time, Usually they end around $100 with the shift fork.

 

bell housing are no problem. Get a 400/351m, a lot of trucks came with those, and a 4 speed. DONT ask the salvage yard for a 460 bellhousing!! Either they will 1 say they dont have it(cause they dont know), or 2 they will have a actual 460 bellhousing, and charge out the butt for it, or 3 they will have a 400 bellhousing, but since you asked for a 460, they will say they got it, and they will charge out the butt for it.

I have em, dont think it would be cost effective to ship that far, i would sell but would rather hold on to it.

You can find one at the yards, i am sure. Like i said the 400/351m with 4 speed was very common on al the 79 models, the bellhousing are the same same same.

When i got mine, we were out of em, as we are the ford place around here. So i went to anouther yard and asked for a 400. Guys says yea i got one, its down there in that pile, i go look and find one with a little crack in it, go back ask how much for the one with the crack, He tells me, i pay, i go get it, bring it back, he sees it, says hey wait a minute, thats a 460 bellhousing!, i says yea, well its the same part number as this broken 400 one i have here in the truck, he says really?, i says yup, hes says ok, but i was sure that came from one of those rare 460 trucks i had?, you sure you got a 400?, i says yea im sure, i have the heads for it here too, wanna see? yup those are not 460 heads, and the numbers match, and i priced it all ready, so go on, but i ussually get 100 on 460 bellhousing, well i only run 400's or 351's(lie, sorry), so i'll only ever need those, see ya later.

 

i picked up a 80s 460 bellhousing for a 4spd for 50$ with the fork

 

Check your CA smog laws but I thought it had to be the same engine as it was built in the factory, probably a 360???

 

Thanks for the info. It wiil be useful when dealing with the wrecking yard.

Torque1st,
I thought that would be the case too, so I told everyone it was a 360. 300, 302, 330, 361, 391, 351, 400, 460, 477, & 534 were the options for light & heavy duty pickups in 1977. Basically everything but what I have.

Thanks again for the info.

 

I thought in California you had to have the original motor though. As in if it came with a 351m it had to stick with a 351m. 460 F250 has to have a 460. I don't think you can license a F150 with a 460 in California. I may be going out there so...no cut up exhaust for me....

 

1977 F150 did not come with 360/390 etc. 1976 was the last year of the FE engines. 1977 was the last year the 460 was available in Calif in F150. We had one where I was working in 1977/8 and it was a going rig.