UPDATE- t-85n tranny- UPDATED

peanutman · Post by **peanutman** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:07 pm

Well the tranny gods have been looking out for me. I found a local shop with parts for my od tranny. Will be picking up my brand new rebuilt tranny this week.

Whats crazy about the whole thing this is the same shop that worked on the tranny 10 yrs ago.
If anyone needs old standard tranny parts this guy has 2 shipping containers full of stuff. He is 2nd generation owner of this shop and his dad is still around, just to old to work but still has worlds of knowledge.

pm me if anyone needs this guys info.
Robbie

peanutman · Post by **peanutman** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:04 pm

Well more problems. I got a call from my tranny guy this evening and the core he is using has a bad gear he can;t find.
To make a long story short, he can still fix me up with a t-85 n tranny but will have to use some parts from a jeep tranny that will involve using a jeep input shaft which is to long.
He is saying he works with a machine shop that can cut and shorten the input shaft so it will bolt up to my bell because the jeep input is too long.

He is telling me that this machine shop has been doing this for a long while for some kind of tranny that people are bolting up to high hp mustangs.

My question is has anyone heard of doing this and will it hold up under tork.

I have always heard a good weld is stronger than the actual steel.

He is telling me this is a top rate machine shop and will stand behind this with a warranty that it won't break and will be balanced and no viberations.

What do y'all think.

SportCustom · Post by **SportCustom** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 2:17 pm

shortening the input should not involve welding, they will remove the shaft and shorten/remachine the end to mate to your engine so I would give it a shot. It should not change the power handling of the tranny at all. Are they saying that they are going to cut the end of the shaft and re-weld?

Todd

averagef250 · Post by **averagef250** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 3:18 pm

I would be fine with just shortening it, but are you sure the input splines will be the same? Ford used 1 1/16" 10 spline whereas most everyone else used 1 1/8 10 spline. You can use the bigger splines, but you have to run a different clutch disc. Just another hassle to deal with.

peanutman · Post by **peanutman** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:00 pm

Thanks for the input guys, i was told my orig input shaft would be used. Don't unsterstand it all but i trust this shop. He and his father has been in business 50 yrs.I was just concerned about the cutting and re-machine of shaft and if will hold up.
Have read some articles on net about and it sounds like for cases like mine it is done from time to time to replace obsolete parts. Can just hope it works out.