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Originally Posted by KULTULZ
That's my understanding also. '55 BIRD came through with the T86 and the T85 came through on the '56/57 BIRD.
The truth will most likely be found @ CTGI, but it makes sense.
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Originally Posted by zoegrant Posted 09-30-2012
The 55 t-bird tranny case is stamped AF7006-B the overdrive was R 10F-1B. This was a BW 259 tranny...side cover has 9 bolts and is rectangular in shape.three side cover corners are rounded,the lower front corner is square.
The overdrive housing is 18" long,the input shaft has 10 spines and a diameter of 1"....the output shaft has 16 spines and a diameter of 1.175".
Some passenger cars 1952-1956 have similar tranny`s....
This info is from the restoration manual by Gil Baumgartner of CTCI
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I believe CTCI. Those guys are experts. The T86 is a top loader whereas the BW259 is a side loader so it should be fairly easy to differentiate.
THANX! zoegrant...
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