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In looking at your exhaust pics, you don't have what I would call a Muncie 4 speed. If it is the original trans it is a SM420 4 speed. A typical truck trans with the granny low 1st gear. Reverse will be towards you and back.
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Ok finally an answer on it. I've been wondering about this without taking much time to investigate. It does have the fill plug just below the shift tower one the RH side, and the drain plug same side below that. So on I have a few questions... First off what is the fluid capacity and weight? It shifts very well and surprisingly smooth for an old truck! But boy is that first gear useless for me. Second off, I'm wondering if fourth is 1:1? I haven't had it over 40 yet so not sure what the rpm will be around 55. Also haven't yet got into the rear diff to see what gearing it has. It's factory for sure though.. Last question, what would be a good reliable more "street roddish" type manual transmission for this truck that's affordable, will bolt up to my factory crossmember any maybe bell housing, and hopefully use the same shift lever hole in the hump? Also wouldn't mind if I didn't have to shorten my driveshaft and could still retain the manual clutch. Thanks for the help captain fab, I enjoy reading your posts on this forum. Another thing maybe you could shed some light on, I'd love to convert this to posi.. How hard is it to locate the parts and what all do I need to find to make the change? I'm sure there are write ups on here.. Maybe someone close has the parts laying around. Pull and save on the north side gets these trucks in quite a bit, and the manager in the valley showed me a beautiful '66 that was redone then smashed in the nose before it went into the yard... Didn't have my tool bag with me that day or I would have been able to snag some goodies before the scavengers
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Anybody have fan shroud ideas? Has the 292 radiator. Is there a plastic one off another year I can modify without looking goofy?
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Also thought I'd share this picture of my five year old sweetheart
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SM420 http://www.novak-adapt.com/knowledge...s/manual/sm420 SM465 http://www.novak-adapt.com/knowledge...s/manual/sm465 You would have to go to a car 4 speed to get a "street rodish" type of trans, that would require a drive shaft change and shifter type and location would change. Quote:
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Wow thanks for the great reply! I'll wait to hear about the shroud. I've been looking locally for one with no luck at all. I would love to find the metal one though. Sucks that mine was missing. :waah:
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What do you guys think about this trans?
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Awesome! Thanks for the detailed response! I will ask him about the shaft :burnout:
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can this trans be used with my manual clutch set up? For some reason I just like having it. And I spent some time building the linkage for it and fighting that darn zbar
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Thanks duder :burnout:
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Hey guys, so I have been getting a lot of questions about the acid I've used to clean my truck up in the first few posts of this thread. I thought I would share some info. The product I use is called Pro Power Acid Cleaner. It's made up of three different acids one being phosphoric and the other two I can't recal as I don't have access to the label or msds right now..For $20 a gallon for concentrate...I've used this on many wheels, chrome, paint, glass, aluminum,porcelain, soiled concrete among anything else I can try it on. Depending on what ratio you mix it, it's a very handy tool and time saver. I am truly blown away by this product. In my profession (helicopter/airplane mechanic and crew member) I'm always looking for products and chemicals that makes life easier. I installed new windows on my home ($6k later) and they got hit by our sprinkler system all summer causing them to have a thick mineral build up on them so bad that they were difficult to see out of. I tried everything. I even got a rubbing compound made for this and got out the electric buffer. Nope. I saw the guy at the Honda dealership use this on my wife's Windows on her odyssey that suffered the same damage. I was amazed and asked him for a bottle of it. Sprayed it on the windows at home, and hosed it off right away. BAM crystal clear. So then I bought a gallon from their detail supply distributer. And tried it on everything. We have since bought gallon and gallons at work to use on our S/S Jet fuel tanks and wheels and everything else. Best part about it is it leaves a corrosion barrier behind. Anyways.. I'll attatch some before and after pics. The wheels pictured where on my friends old boat trailer, and the chrome was peeling pretty bad so don't mind where the acid ate the flakes away but rather what it did to the in tact chrome. This was spray on and spray off...
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After.. whhhhaaaatttttttt
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Wow I May have to get myself a couple gallons of that stuff. Looks like it does a great job
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Thanks again for the help. I'll take some measurements and get it figured out. Hopefully I can locate a shroud. Seems like every truck I've found has this missing. I've run the truck a few miles and up a pretty good grade without overheating problems and the motor was war to the touch. I'll run it a while and see what happens. I can't imagine it won't overheat without one. They make a big difference.
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You can buy reproduction '63-'66 fan shrouds, but they aren't cheap. Once in a while used ones show up in the classifieds here on the forum but they don't last long.
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Got some new wheels tires and hubcaps today. Looks sweeeet
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Wow looks really good, I need to find Myself a pair of those s10 hubcaps
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If you have experience with resin and mat, etc. it really isn't that difficult to make up your own shroud if you have the time. I used to have a link saved to a fiberglass forum that showed a step by step on making a fan shroud, but that forum is gone now.
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