The tranny used in the Z/SX and trucks is the FS5W71, with slight
variations
giving a last digit of A,B, or C. and was used from '77 (?) to '96
(240SX).
I am told you can mix and match parts with almost all of them.
Care to guess at a quantity made?
Parts for these trannies will be around for a very long time. Difficulty is
finding the right parts to fit our cars. They are out there, Just not
decently documented.
Anyone from Down Under have anything to add? You guys have always been way
ahead of us in north america on the 4 cyl scene.
I'm all for an easier/faster/better solution. If you've got some solid info
on something that could possibly work, please share.
Cheers
Daryl
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <geegc@aol.com>
> To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 8:53 AM
> Subject: Re: 5spd transmissions/Parts availability
>
>
>> Seeems to me that all this talk about 240Z and Roadster tranny swaps is
>> off the point. As parts get less and less available, the solution is not
>> to find a 30 year old part to replace a 38 year old part, but to find
>> someting much newer and more readily and cheaply avalable, say figuring
>> out how to use a 1990 Miata 5 speed in a Roadster, or dropping an entire
>> Miata drive train into the Roadster, or using a Ford steering box to
>> replace the NLA boxes for our cars.
>>
>> Someone with more skill and time than I could probably make a minor
>> career out of swaps like that, and help keep our old cars running for
>> another 20 years, by which time our kids will be lusting after "antiques"
>> like the current 350Zs!
>>
>> Gary C
>> red red black
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