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<div>I will reverse the question & suggest the advantages of retaining the original transmission & overdrive.</div>
<div>The shift lever is located exactly where the factory intended it to be. No modification to the tunnel & center console required.</div>
<div>The rear mounts all line up - no modifications & adapters required.</div>
<div>The speedometer cable does not require any modifications or adapters.</div>
<div>The engine back plate fits the bell housing without modification. </div>
<div>You have 6 speeds forward. 1, 2, 3, 3rd overdrive, 4th & 4th overdrive.</div>
<div>No need to purchase a used Toyota 5 speed & worry about it's condition. Or pay to have it inspected & rebuilt</div>
<div>No satisfaction in learning the art of double clutching. I love double clutching down into lower gears including 1st gear - very satisfying! I am easily satisfied.</div>
<div>The original pressure plate, clutch plate, slave cylinder & clutch hydraulic line all fit without any re-engineering.</div>
<div>Your car will be more original & if you care perhaps worth more.</div>
<div>I am not saying you will experience all of these if you choose a Toyota, but it does give you a few things to consider.</div>
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<div>My personal favorite reason: I heard a woman say "It makes me tingle when he flips the overdrive in & out of gear". </div>
<div>Does your Toyota do that? </div>
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<div>Seriously, anyone can shift gears, but knowing how & when to engage or disengage the OD is one of Healying's little pleasures.</div>
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<div>If your 50+ year old transmission & overdrive are causing you some type of issue(s) & you are not intimately familiar with rebuilding them you should consider having them professionally rebuild. When done correctly they perform well & should not leak (much). Generally, finding someone that truly knows what they are doing & is meticulous in their work is the challenge.</div>
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<div>Please add to the list if you know of other reasons to keep the original drive train.</div>
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<div>Gary Hodson</div>
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From: John O'Brien <banjojohn@cox.net><br>
To: Ed O'Neal <Ed@wadsworthoneal.com>; healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Sat, Jul 1, 2017 8:55 am<br>
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<div>I've seen threads on the Toyota 5 speed conversion, and looked
through the archives a bit. My BJ8 has the original trans. with
the overdrive which all works as it is supposed to. What is the
advantage to converting to the Toyota 5 speed over using the
factory setup?</div>
<div>John O'Brien</div>
<div>'61 bugeye "Lucy"<br>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>I’m
going to do the Toyota 5 speed conversion on my 1960 BT7.
Apparently, I will need a BJ8 flywheel. Can the old BT7
flywheel be successfully re-machined to accept the BJ8
clutch plate? If so are there any instructions for this
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