FE Bellhousing Q's
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FE Bellhousing Q's
I've got a 65 F250 with a 352 and NP435 trans. The granny type.
From what I've been able to learn, the bolt pattern on the front of the 435 is not the same as a toploader, which is where I want to go.
I do know there's bellhousings out there to put a toploader behind an FE and I'm sure David Kee would sell me one. They seem to be the pre-eminent toploader shop on the planet.
But I'd like to score one for cheap on E-Bay. The problem is I can't tell the difference between the 435 or toploader flavor. Some auctions say out of a truck which is more than likely the 435. Others say toploader and are hopefully correct. Others have no info at all.
The bellhousings I've seen recently are usually a C5TA or C6TA casting and while they don't always include the info on the next 4 numbers, I have seen 7505, 6505, etc.
If anybody knows how to ID the toploader version on the these bells by the P/N, I'd sure like to have the info.
Thanx for any help. Bill
From what I've been able to learn, the bolt pattern on the front of the 435 is not the same as a toploader, which is where I want to go.
I do know there's bellhousings out there to put a toploader behind an FE and I'm sure David Kee would sell me one. They seem to be the pre-eminent toploader shop on the planet.
But I'd like to score one for cheap on E-Bay. The problem is I can't tell the difference between the 435 or toploader flavor. Some auctions say out of a truck which is more than likely the 435. Others say toploader and are hopefully correct. Others have no info at all.
The bellhousings I've seen recently are usually a C5TA or C6TA casting and while they don't always include the info on the next 4 numbers, I have seen 7505, 6505, etc.
If anybody knows how to ID the toploader version on the these bells by the P/N, I'd sure like to have the info.
Thanx for any help. Bill
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www.4speedtoploaders.com click on the ID section then on bellhousing ID. That will give you a list with part numbers of all the Ford bells and application. It's the David Kee toploader site.
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Truck And Car Are Different
Truck and car bellhousings are different depths. Truck housings are more shallow-1/2 " or so, I don't remember the exact amount but they are close enough that they must be measured. "C5TA" type numbers are truck #'s (the "T" in the prefix). Car #'s might be like "C5AE". for a "full size" (the "A" in the prefix).
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