New Bearings/Seals for 5spd

[EricB]

Is this all I need to know in order to ID my 5spd tranny and get the right parts for it when I decide to go through it and give it all the TLC it deserves:

"So:

0.745 x 360 = 268.2 degrees (1981-thru 1983) = 8:45 o'clock

0.773 x 360 = 278.3 degrees (1980 )_ = 9:15 o'clock

0.864 x 360 = 311 degrees (1977 thru 1979) = 10:30 o'clock

Just remember that the earlier the "time" the "Later" (meaning newer

model year) the box._ Before 9:00 o'clock is the 81-83 box, just

after 9:00 o'clock is the 1980 box and at 10:30 o'clock is the 77-79

box."

Thanks to Royce Miller and Carl Beck...

Just looking for a confirmation that there's nothing else to it...

-e

[texasz]

Eric, I do not have any information for you but I do have a question. What does all the information you listed here mean??? Does it matter what time of day it is? JK

Serioursly though, what does all the info you posted mean?

[Victor Laury]

What he is describing is how to identify the gear box by the ratio of the final drive. Put the transmission in fifth gear. Put a clutch plate on the input shaft. Mark the plate and note the mark's position, that position is known as 12 o clock. Rotate the output shaft 1 or 10 complete revolutions. Note the new position of the mark on the clutch plate and relate it to the original position like the hour hand of a clock.

Ok. Now it's been a year since I did this and I can't remember whether you turn the input shaft and read the output shaft or visa-versa