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using the link posted above(thank you!)
looks like i am looking for a AX15 trans.
5 speed with removable bell housing used in a 88 pre-mag v-6 d-100
now if i could find a pic to ID one with.
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The NV 2500 and the NV 3500 are light duty trannys and are not really suited to being behind a torquey engine. If your thinking what Im thinking you are you want the NV4500. Those came behind the 360s.. IIRC you will definately have floor pan clearance problems if you dont have the stick floorpan.
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My 4.7 auto, 2wd quad cab Dakota weighs 4500 empty. A 4wd will be a couple hundred pounds heavier. But I've never seen a quad cab with a stick... Although I've heard some do exist
some sheet metal to make a shifter box/tunnel modifacation as need.
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Does that trans have the big register like an 833od?
Sure would be cool behind a /6.....
Glad ya found a complete unit!
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mine musta been the 535, my shifter mount didn't look like that
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.....
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it seems it decoded as a NVG 4500 92-93 D body
v-8 hydro bell/clutchfork/trans/shifter/yoke for 400$ 90day warranty. good deal??
sure better than the 800$ pink elephant with a gold nugget shifter a535 5 speed
going back for a rust free 91 d-100 cab to replace the daily driver 85 rust bucket.
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it seems it decoded as a NVG 4500 92-93 D body
v-8 hydro bell/clutchfork/trans/shifter/yoke for 400$ 90day warranty. good deal??
sure better than the 800$ pink elephant with a gold nugget shifter a535 5 speed
going back for a rust free 91 d-100 cab to replace the daily driver 85 rust bucket.
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check fifthgearrepair.com for the simplest/cheapest way to fix the fifth gear---it is a simple process that an average mechanic can do in less than one hour---the only failures i have heard about are cummins powered units where the tranny is lugged under load in fifth gear--chev 454 and dodge V10 ones dont have the 5th gear issue so i wouldnt suspect your motor will take it down...bob
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