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- Michigan
- Vehicle Year
- 1984, 1997
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 302, 2.3
- Transmission
- Manual
- My credo
- If you're not making mistakes, you're not learning.
So I finally bothered to pull my transmission on DEATHTRAP and at least look at it, preferably rebuild it, the kits were only ~$200 so I figured what the hell...
Novak offers 2 kits that I have narrowed down to as being my transmission:
1979-1982 master rebuild kit
1983-1991+ master rebuild kit
This is where I'm stuck, as I can't find anything definitive as to which of those years I have. This is what I've found:
13-01-065-807 < Case# It is indeed a '79+ T18
13-01-097-809 < Cover No other information present
Reverse is Over and down (also pointing to '79+)
Cast Aluminum shift forks - Yet again, '79+
I was told it came out of an '86 F250, I did not see the vehicle or removal
Cast Iron bearing retainer - way too heavy to be aluminum, and wrong color. Also later I checked it with a magnet and it is indeed cast iron.
The later ones ('83-91) shouldn't have the cast iron retainer, but an aluminum one, though supposedly they can be interchanged. Since I never saw what it came out of, there's no telling what it's actually from, but supposedly it's the later unit ('86) from what I was told.
Is there any way to tell for sure, I don't want to get 1/2 way through my rebuild and find that I have a few parts different/missing.
Novak offers 2 kits that I have narrowed down to as being my transmission:
1979-1982 master rebuild kit
1983-1991+ master rebuild kit
This is where I'm stuck, as I can't find anything definitive as to which of those years I have. This is what I've found:
13-01-065-807 < Case# It is indeed a '79+ T18
13-01-097-809 < Cover No other information present
Reverse is Over and down (also pointing to '79+)
Cast Aluminum shift forks - Yet again, '79+
I was told it came out of an '86 F250, I did not see the vehicle or removal
Cast Iron bearing retainer - way too heavy to be aluminum, and wrong color. Also later I checked it with a magnet and it is indeed cast iron.
The later ones ('83-91) shouldn't have the cast iron retainer, but an aluminum one, though supposedly they can be interchanged. Since I never saw what it came out of, there's no telling what it's actually from, but supposedly it's the later unit ('86) from what I was told.
Is there any way to tell for sure, I don't want to get 1/2 way through my rebuild and find that I have a few parts different/missing.
