<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_86007"><span>hi Joe</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85846"><span>and thank you.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85828"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85830">i had originally planed to cast or machine my own bell-housing for my TR3. cost became a big issue, so i abandoned that. had the 3d model all ready to go!</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85828"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85828"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_86008">but there is a supplier in Australia who sells the bell housing for around 500.00 US back when i bought mine.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85828"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85828"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_86029">all the other stuff i can machine myself, flywheel, slave cylinder adapter, pilot bushing etc</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85828"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85828"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_86030">i managed to build my own for less than 1000.00 and my prop shaft solution was far better than any i have seen.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85828"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85828"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_86031">so i take it your telling me my TR3 bell housing will bolt up to the GT6 block?</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85828"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85828"><span>Frank</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85828"><span><br></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85848"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85805" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85804"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85803"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85827"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Frank Fisher <yellowtr3@yahoo.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Triumphs List <triumphs@autox.team.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, July 18, 2016 4:30 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [TR] triumph transmissions<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85802"><br><div id="yiv3438325506"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85801"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85800"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_86050">Frank -</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_86051"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85825">I haven't done anything like this but I'll comment anyway...</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85826"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1468862836619_85799">The flanges on later gearboxes were thicker (and thus had more strength) so I think you would want to go with those.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>You do realize that the TR bell housing & gearbox case are all one casting so (I presume) you're looking at cutting and welding to make a bolt-up bell housing for the Toyota box? There are, of course, kits for all this.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Geo</div></div><div class="yiv3438325506gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv3438325506gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Frank Fisher <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:yellowtr3@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:yellowtr3@yahoo.com">yellowtr3@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv3438325506gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="yiv3438325506yqt9552675919" id="yiv3438325506yqt88860"><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><div dir="ltr">im about to embark on building a 5 speed toyota transmission for a friend. </div><div dir="ltr">its for his triumph GT6.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">so, i want to be sure i get the correct or near correct bell housing. its all about the bell housing and nothing more.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">a TR3 transmission will fit a TR4.</div><div dir="ltr">a tr4 transmission will fit a TR6 according to recent posts.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">a GT6 motor is the same block as a TR6 just smaller pistons and stroke to make it a 2000cc..??????</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">so i am assuming that a bell-housing from a TR will mount to a GT6 motor.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">i can engineer all other parts, flywheel, clutch, throw out bearings and forks etc.</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">am i correct in the statements i made above?</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">thanks</div><span class="yiv3438325506HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Frank</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">
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