5 speed swap

[Zed Head]

1 hour ago, CRS said:

For the clutch the part numbers for the 75 and 83 2+2 donor are the same. I should be fine.

The path to misery.  People get this wrong all the time.  43 and 35 years for somebody to have installed aftermarket, different, parts.  Good luck.

[CRS]

True. When I pull the old clutch setup I'll compare to the new one. That's for tomorrow. 

Looking at this car they may be original parts.

At this point diff and trans are on the ground. Good time to stop.

Thanks all for the help.

[Dave WM]

Glad you are making good progress. Are you planning to do the rear main while you have the trans off?

[Dave WM]

get some pics of the action if you can, always fun to see what others are doing.

[CRS]

Yep it's moving along. 

Will be glad once done.

I bought a felpro rear main. It's going in tomorrow with the new clutch setup and flywheel. 

I'll snap some pics too.

It's amazing how much gear oil and dirt is all over the trans and diff.

[Dave WM]

while you have the flywheel out of the way for the rear main, take a look for signs of oil seepage from the rear bearing block side seals, now is the time to see if they are leaking.

[Reptoid Overlords]

I'm sure you already know, but just to be safe, the Fel-Pro rear main requires a bit of oil on the outer rim before installation.

 

 

 

[Reptoid Overlords]

A trick that@siteunseen taught me was to cover the input, output, gear selector areas with plumbing pipe end caps, clamped with hose style clamps. Then cover it with oven cleaner for an hour or so. Once its soaked in spray it down with high pressure water. It works great. You can then easily detail the remaining gunk with a wire brush.

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[CRS]

Thanks for the tips.

[siteunseen]

I used cheap Walmart oven cleaner on this one, then high pressure washer.

[CRS]

Looks good.

Here is what the 4 speed looks like I removed. 

[CRS]

@Dave WM see the 3 connectors I have on the side? The one missing the leads is for the backup lights. They broke off when I unplugged them.

The one in the back leads me to believe it's for reverse lockout. 

I guess the 83 280zx 5 speed is mechanical instead.