[Healeys] BN1 or BN2 Transmission Conversion

[Awgertoo at aol.com]

Doug--
 
I have a Smitty's conversion on my  BN1 with the Toyota W58 transmission.  Do 
you have the Smitty's  installation manual?  It has all the information you 
need--ditch the  mechanical linkage and go over to a hydraulic master/slave 
set-up, it's  great.  I eventually upgraded to a BJ8 diaphragm clutch and it is  
light and positive.
 
Probably the most daunting aspect  of the conversion was the replacement of 
the BN1 transmission tunnel with a  proper one to fit the Smitty bell housing.  
The BN1 tunnel is  very small  and I used the Moss FG tunnel for a 100-6, 
filled the  side-shift hole and cut it to fit--it replaced both the front and  
intermediate sections, though I did have to fabricate a new extension  panel.  I 
know the BN2 tunnel is larger than that for the BN1 and  perhaps it will 
accommodate the Smitty's bell housing.
 
If you or anyone else need any  information contact me offllist--I can point 
you to several good sites on  Toyota transmission ID and selection but the 
list server will strip the  links.
 
Best--Michael  Oritt    
 
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In a message dated 5/3/2008 8:52:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
dougnewton at sbcglobal.net writes:

Good  Morning List- I know there are many of you who have converted their
stock  transmissions to a Toyota, but most of the folks who have done this
are  you guys who have 100-6 or later cars. I was hoping that if there  are
some of you who have done this to a BN2, that you will respond with  the
steps you had to take to get this completed. 

My main concern  is the mechanical clutch linkage and how it has to work with
the Toyota  tranny; were you able to use it or did you have to use some sort
of a  Clutch Slave Cylinder to make things  work?








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