[Healeys] Toyota 5-speed conversion

[richard mayor]

Well..... my experience is a bit different.
The shift towers come in about 6 different locations. In whatever position
it is, there is a long shifter rod that extends from the front half into
the back half of the transmission.  The shifter stick has a ball on the end
that goes down into a cup, and that cup is at the end of an arm, and that
arm is bolted to the shifter rod. Depending on the shift tower position,
the length of the arm is different. You cannot simply bolt on a different
shift tower and have the stick match up with the cup in the old shifter
arm.
When I converted a Supra transmission (W58 with rear tower position) to a
front shift tower position (W59 2 wheel drive truck), and I've done this
twice, I seem to recall that I had to split the transmission in order to
remove and replace the arm with a completely different length of arm.

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 12:44 PM, i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> good luck, not a universal endorsement of your veracity. I think this was
> a one off :)
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Michael Oritt <michael.oritt at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ira said:  *"Michael is correct."*
>>
>> I am forwarding that to my wife and I am sure it will give her a good
>> laugh.
>>
>> Best--Michael Oritt
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 2:00 PM, i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Michael is correct. I have a 5 spd on my car. It's about where the shift
>>> tower is located. It just bolts to the top of the tranny. The only
>>> fabricating I did was to lengthen the fulcrum point for the slave arm on
>>> the side of the tranny.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Michael Oritt <michael.oritt at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Gary--
>>>>
>>>> My "Smitty's Instructions" are not close at hand but my recollection is
>>>> that there are three different locations available for the shifter
>>>> depending upon which tower is used.  None requires any adaption, etc.--they
>>>> are simply alternative Toyota parts.
>>>>
>>>> Best--Michael Oritt
>>>> BN1 w/Toyota 5-speed
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 10:03 AM, <warthodson at aol.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> A friend is installing a Toyota 5-speed conversion kit. One of the
>>>>> changes required is installing a forward shift tower & "housing shift"
>>>>> #33521-35221", but the instructions do not explain how this is done.  The
>>>>> part we do not understand is how to install the new housing shift onto the
>>>>> existing shaft. Does the transmission need to be split in half to access
>>>>> the shifter shaft? Has anyone done this & could you explain the process?
>>>>> Does anyone know what I am talking about?
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Gary Hodson
>>>>>
>>>>>
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