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differences between 4cyl m5od and 4L m5od
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The internals are more or less the same. The gear ratios are a bit different and the cases are different, notably in the bell housing. The real major difference is that the bell pattern is different. A 4-banger trans won't bolt to a 4.0 because the bolt holes won't line up.
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well i dont have a 4L to check. how else can i identify the 4L m5od? wats the pattern on the bellhouseing? anyone got any pics of the bell?
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I can try to get one in the next day or two.
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i tired looking on google to no avail 
anyone else? or even the bolt pattern of a a4ld or the like!
anyone else? or even the bolt pattern of a a4ld or the like!
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the bellhousing pictured could be EITHER a 4.0 or a 2.9
And infact that trans is a 2.9 transmission
How can I tell you ask?
Look at the outside edge of the bellhousing (like the edge of a coin)
See how the pictured bellhousing is smooth?
a 4.0 transmission case is "skeletonized" there are little depressions cast in
on the outside edge.
this was done as a visual identifier in the factory when both
2.9 and 4.0 transmisisons on the factory floor at the same
time in 1991 & 1992.
AD
And infact that trans is a 2.9 transmission
How can I tell you ask?
Look at the outside edge of the bellhousing (like the edge of a coin)
See how the pictured bellhousing is smooth?
a 4.0 transmission case is "skeletonized" there are little depressions cast in
on the outside edge.
this was done as a visual identifier in the factory when both
2.9 and 4.0 transmisisons on the factory floor at the same
time in 1991 & 1992.
AD
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where can i get a m40d?
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sorry m5od, fat fingers lol
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M5OD can be found in a junkyard,
To get an M4OD you gotta tear into an M5 and pull the OD gears out.
To get an M4OD you gotta tear into an M5 and pull the OD gears out.
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