Anybody know where i could get parts for or buy a working Warner T85N for a 1971 Ford F100? Any help is appreciated.

 

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What's wrong with the transmission?

 

I have a t85n call (641)682-6091 Cliff.

 

I have a t85n trans O.D. call 641 682-6091 Cliff.

 

cliff what motor is it behind?

 

trans was in 63 ford car with 390 Ihave 3 of them all a little diff.1 has a dual bolt pattern t 85 Cliff.

 

Bill is going to go ape on this, but my '69 F-250 has a BW T85N-OD behind the 390. The reason he's going to go ape is because the F-250 isn't supposed to have the OD tranny from the factory. Factory literature lists them as available for only the F-100. But there it is in my F-250, anyway. It has a 3.54 trac loc Dana in it and this thing will flat out FLY. I get a little squeamish at 110mph because I'm not convinced the 9.50x16.5 bias plys are intended for that kind of rotating. But my gas mileage is phenomenal at reasonable speeds! Because of all of this, I know a bit about what you're into with your T85-OD

Pickups got the T-85 short tailshaft with bolt-on yoke and long input shaft/pilot nose, thus the N-case designation. Cliff's car tranny can work as either as a parts donor for yours, or you can install his in your truck if you can get the transmission mount right. You'd use the car slip yoke. You'll have to shorten your forward-most driveshaft. You may have to drop the transmission mount a tad so the u-joint angles are right.

If Cliffs has the shorter car FE input shaft with the shorter pilot nose, you'll need to use the shallower car bell rather than the deeper truck bell. Although there is a thicker pilot bearing available through mustang restoration parts suppliers that would allow the shorter car input shaft to work with the deeper truck bell, that's not the best way to go because the short input shaft isn't as sturdily supported as it should be. Swap bells or swap input shafts.

Good luck and keep us posted on how the fix goes!


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Good input onO.D.t85 trans.I hope we are on the same page on trans.I cant imagine some one tearing one up I understand they are un destructiable.My t 85,s have a side cover just like a B.W.4 sp. trans.the bottom of s.s. is circular not straight across as all other trans.side shifts.They have the biggest gears of any trans. that I have seen.Cliff.

 

If you're big into tranny arcania, the T85 has been around since the mid-1930's, so it's about as proven a transmission as there is. IIRC, the T85 was developed from the T89. So far as I'm aware, Ford never offered the straight T85, only those with the overdrive unit. In 1969, the year my F-250 hatched, you could order the Ford Toploader 3.03 as the so-called Light Duty Transmission (which was the no-cost standard transmission), the T85-OD supposedly only in the F-100, a T-87 medium duty 3 spd which to my understanding differs from the T-85 in having stronger straight cut gears instead of the T-85's helical cut gears (which increase the thrust load on the shaft as force loading of the transmission increases, while straight cut gears don't impose increased thrust load on the case) and then a "heavy duty" 3spd, which I'm not sure what that transmission was. Maybe somebody else can chime in with that bit of knowledge.

Also available was the New Process 435 four speed with granny low and the Borg Warner T-18 synchronized granny low 4 spd. And at least one automatic transmission. So you could get a total of 6 manual transmission options, all of which were tough cast iron cased, and a single automatic. Compare that to today, where you can only get the aluminum automatic transmission that's going to fail and cost you a fortune in tow bills and repairs, or the more expensive Allison aluminum automatic that's going to fail and cost you a bigger fortune in tow bills and repairs. But hey, you can text on your iPhone while driving the automatic Piece Of Schlitz... until you slam into a bridge pillar or a freight train that beat you to the crossing.

Ain't progress grand?

 

My f350 is gearbound 5:14 rear. I'd love to put in an overdrive. My 292 won't blow that tranny up I'd think.

 

I guarnte a 292 wont hurt it,406 wont hurt it they are tough.Cliff.

 

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T-85N 3 Speed Manual with Overdrive: 1965/67 F100 240/300/352 // 1968/71 F100 240/300/360/390

 

The difference in your rig and what Bill and I see in the Ford parts "books", is we see what Ford lists as "regular production". Ford didn't list all the special ordered parts on a specific built car or truck, or when in these parts books. On the D.S.O. sales sheet it would have. On Mardi reports it will list the equipment but not the special part numbers used.