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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 12:43 AM
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what is the best way to tell what transmission i have in my 83 f-150.its 4 speed with granny gear
 
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 10:36 AM
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Does your truck have a tag on the driver door that indicates what the trans code may be. I am not too familiar with the newer trucks so forgive me if this is off base...
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 12:37 PM
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im not sure ill have to check
 
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Old Feb 25, 2008 | 01:31 PM
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1st gear synchro? T19

Or T18 or NP435

Crawl under and look.

http://www.motivegear.com/tech_info/...nny_guide.html
 
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Old Feb 26, 2008 | 12:44 AM
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which one is better
 
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Old Feb 26, 2008 | 09:50 AM
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all 3 are good but the t19 is more desirable because of the syncronized 1st gear but you might not have any of them you might have a od 4spd which is not as strong as the others
 
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Old Feb 26, 2008 | 10:58 AM
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Can't be the OD as he has a low first gear.
 
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sorry somtimes i wonder how i missed that its like i skip certain words when reading
 
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yeah i got low first and its not syncronized
 
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OK, must be T18 or NP435

NP435 has aluminum top cover, T18 iron.

Where is reverse:

Hard R and UP = T18

Hard R and DOWN = NP435

Link was removed here. Beats me.....
 
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Duplicate post of above so I deleted the dupe part, see the Motive gear link above regarding top cover material.
 
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it right and down so it np435 is that a fairly tough model
 
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yes very tough all 3 t18/19 are good
 
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Originally Posted by 85e150six4mtod
OK, must be T18 or NP435

NP435 has aluminum top cover, T18 iron.

Where is reverse:

Hard R and UP = T18

Hard R and DOWN = NP435

Link was removed here. Beats me.....
My T-18 is down & right for reverse. I know it changed at one point, but I thought it was earlier than '83.
 
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I got the shift pattern from another site that won't post here. Think "ford" and (edu)cation".

As for the top cover info, that site is posted here.
 
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