At 10:16 PM 10/29/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Listers,
>I obtained another toploader transmission but I am not really sure what I
>have. I measured the one in my Tiger and it is the original HEH-E tranny and
>the tail-shaft section to the edge of the yoke seal is 15 and ½ inches. The
>tranny I obtained is a HEH-M Trans with both bolt patterns and with the rear
>section being only 14inches long. I thought the Tiger had the shortest
>tail-shaft section?
>Regardless I needed the front bearing/seal support to fit in the new 6 Bolt
>bellhousing that mates up to the 5.0 HO block I am using.
>
>My Question is: this case is a dual bolt pattern case and I would like to go
>through it and prep it for the Tiger. Can I swap the tailshafts after or do
>I need to do it as part of the rebuild. If I do does anyone have a spare
>Tailshaft and the Tailshaft housing required to build it while I still drive
>my car? I am hoping that this is the wide ratio trans with the lower first
>gear....can anyone confirm that. It has been gone through and looks nice and
>clean but one of the gears dog teeth are missing and I want to ensure that
>this thing is Mint and a wide ratio box like the HEH-B.
The easiest way to tell if the toploader is a "wide ratio" is to remove the
top and examine the input gear. In the wide ratio transmission, this input
gear is smaller in diameter than the syncro portion at the rear of this
gear. The close ratio input gear is just about the same size as the
syncro. The other possibility is that it will have a "short" nose (.800")
as opposed to the 1.125" nose on all smallblock transmissions. This short
nose gear from big block applications can be used but it will require a
special pilot bearing that is longer than the OEM unit.
Tom
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