Quote:

---

mine musta been the 535, my shifter mount didn't look like that

---

i thought that also, but you never know when someone might have swaped it out as the 535 seems to be the pink elephant with a gold nugget shifter.

I was looking real hard at the dak ax-15 which seems to be plentiful and cheaper in the u-pull but to new to hook up the speedo cable in the 88 truck. but still would make a nice swap if you dont mind the speedo and xmember fabbing.

Quote:

---

scrthn--that tranny is a 3550--means it is a 3500 with a removable bellhousing----chevy has run the 3500 (cast on bell) behind 350 powered trucks for years without any giant problems---but problems will arrise if you think it is for drag racing or other abuse ----i have picked off 2 of them recently at pickaparts for less than $120/each out of 97-98 dakotas....bob

---

Quote:

---

Had a chance to drive a five speed Chevy one ton today I think the transmission is a Getrag. It's synchronized in all five gears easy slick shifting what a difference from my NP 420!

R.

---

Quote:

---

shifter is MAI on all i find so far.

I check a ax-15 jeep 5 speed...close but no fit on the a535

I assume the 4cly will have a bell of its own and maybe the 4 speed trans listed may have the right shift lever.

looks like a boll on a shft then flats ground on both side to fit thru the 2 outer shift rail pawls

you can see it has to be thin to slide between the 2 square looking outer rail pawls to move the thin one in the middle

---

Quote:

---

scrthn--that tranny is a 3550--means it is a 3500 with a removable bellhousing----chevy has run the 3500 (cast on bell) behind 350 powered trucks for years without any giant problems---but problems will arrise if you think it is for drag racing or other abuse ----i have picked off 2 of them recently at pickaparts for less than $120/each out of 97-98 dakotas....bob

---

Quote:

---

Quote:

---

shifter is MAI on all i find so far.

I check a ax-15 jeep 5 speed...close but no fit on the a535

I assume the 4cly will have a bell of its own and maybe the 4 speed trans listed may have the right shift lever.

looks like a boll on a shft then flats ground on both side to fit thru the 2 outer shift rail pawls

you can see it has to be thin to slide between the 2 square looking outer rail pawls to move the thin one in the middle

---

looking at the pictures and your description, that sounds like a NVG4500 shifter *might* work. can you give me the dimensions of the bolt pattern, and height from the mounting face to the rail socket?

---

the mout bolt patteren is 4" across side to side and 3.5 front to back

from the top of the lug to top of shifter flange is 1 3/8" and about 2" to the bottom of the cup area.

I looked at a nv4500 and it has the flats like needed but if it fits is another story. to price to buy just to find out it dont.

Quote:

---

i should have looked at your pictures before my fingers took off---your tranny is a top loader and the 3500/3550 are not and i would check amazon/or summit for the shifter---- for my nv4500 i checked amazon and summit had one listed there---kinda funny....bob

---

seems the A535 is a pink elephant with a gold nugget shifter.

if i cant find a shifter for the 535 i am going with the bigger 5 speed i posted straped to the pallet.

those are 1/2 the price and replaced it in 92-up D-100/150/250/350 trucks that use the same removable bell for the v-6 & v-8 (from what I can tell anyways)

Quote:

---

i should have looked at your pictures before my fingers took off---your tranny is a top loader and the 3500/3550 are not and i would check amazon/or summit for the shifter---- for my nv4500 i checked amazon and summit had one listed there---kinda funny....bob

---

Quote:

---

Well, to jump backwards, the truck I drove is a 5-speed 1997 Chevy dually with Vortec 350 and the tranny is synchronized in all five gears. Also, First gear isn't as low as some I have driven, but it still workx better starting off in Second.

R.

---

Quote:

---

i am not an expert but i believe a top loader is one where the gears are installed from the top cover plate----a shifter coming out the top is not what top loader means--- i got corrected when looking at a ford 390 with a 4 speed---the shifter lugs came out the side of the case just like a 833----but it had that big plate on top for installing the gears----but then maybe i am easily corrected....bob

---

Quote:

---

Good luck. If ya deal with them a lot and are on good terms, I'd say ya have a fair chance.
I will soon be on the hunt for a 5 speed to go behind the /6. Really want a close ratio car unit out of a t bird turbo coupe. That is where the turbo came from.....

---

ok,JY had trans for a week looking for a shifter, sent it to their rebuilder and still no luck finding one.

so I got a full refund and will be picking up the bigger 93 5 speed.

not sure what this one is?? i dont think it is a 3550..does not look like the 3500 i have looked at.

any one ID this one for sure?