[TR] 5 speed conversions

[Bob Danielson]

And I went the other extreme.......... $65 on eBay plus $60 shipping. I took 
it to a local father/son tranny shop and for $100 they replaced the front 
and rear seals and fixed the gear for the speedo cable. I stopped back there 
last fall and asked about getting it rebuilt as I was pulling the engine & 
tranny for some bottom end work last winter.......... the father asked if it 
was shifting OK with no grinding or crunching..........said yes....... he 
said to keep driving it as they're pretty bullet proof.

Bob


Bob Danielson
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
1975 TR6 with:
Throttle Body Injection
Toyota 5 Speed
Nissan Diff & CVJs

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dan Cronin
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 12:48 PM
To: Bob Danielson
Cc: spook01 at comcast.net ; Triumph List ; triumphs-owner at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] 5 speed conversions

Folks
As an add on to Bob's rundown, I had my M58 totally rebuilt (main shaft and 
several of the gears and all synchros/bearings) by Mann Transmission in 
Florida (NFI) for just a tad over $600.  Shipping was around $60
.  I considered it prudent as I was purchasing a "used" transmission from a 
"junk yard" and had no idea if the folks advertising it really knew much 
about it.  Mann's fee is a flat rate regardless of what they find wrong (or 
not).
Dan
On Dec 15, 2011, at 8:17 AM, Bob Danielson wrote:

> For a TR6, there's three 5 speed conversion kits out there: HVDA, 
> Eaglegate and Dupont. The first two use the Toyota W58 tranny while Dupont 
> uses the T5 tranny.  Quantum Mechanics and Moss used to offer conversions 
> based on a Ford transmission but I don't know if they still do.
> I went with Herman's kit (HVDA) because......
> ....The only downside to the W58 is the cost of a rebuild. The only thing 
> you can do to a W58 without a complete teardown is to replace the front 
> and rear seals. If it needs bearings or synchros, it's a teardown.
>
> Bob
>
>
> Bob Danielson
> http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
> 1975 TR6 with:
> Throttle Body Injection
> Toyota 5 Speed
> Nissan Diff & CVJs