F150 tranny with overdrive

[Kahuna]

Thank You
I've got about 750 miles on the car now. The O/D functions well. I'm running a 4.11 rear axle, and in O/D it equates to a 3.20
Jim

[Crazydaddyo]

Here is the T-5 with a closed drive line in a stock A chassis

[miss victoria]

another nice looking conversion!!

[sturgis 39]

I appreciate the pictures and the information. I am going to have a wait for a while to do something. I kind of like Dave's the best right now.

Thanks Again

[miss victoria]

That is a nice bellhousing, saw one at a swap meet the vendor had a price tag $395.00 did not notice is there a mount on the bottom for the wishbone?

[Jim Parker Toronto]

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Originally Posted by miss victoria

That is a nice bellhousing, saw one at a swap meet the vendor had a price tag $395.00 did not notice is there a mount on the bottom for the wishbone?

Yes.........

[spdway1]

Who is NOW building these transmissions and that are RELIABLE. Dave's Delhume site is down again. I can't get in contact with him.

[CarlG]

Originally Posted by spdway1

Who is NOW building these transmissions and that are RELIABLE. Dave's Delmue's site is down again. I can't get in contact with him.

I just went to his site and it came right up:
modelaonly.net

Contact info on his website:
Dave Delmue
17649 Peak Ave.
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
408-722-2518
Email: [[email protected]]

[a-bone newby]

I have a model a and want to keep it as stock as possible if I want race I would buy a lamborgini I am not trying to be cheeky but why a A if not to put around han have people admire my car stock?

[spdway1]

Originally Posted by a-bone newby

I have a model a and want to keep it as stock as possible if I want race I would buy a lamborgini I am not trying to be cheeky but why a A if not to put around han have people admire my car stock?

You can use your Model A to go apple picking and it is your car to do what ever you please. We use ours to race (nostalgia hill climbs and such). It is not a hot rod by any means. Just looking for a transmission that will do the job! Any suggestions?

Second place is the first looser!

[1929]

Originally Posted by spdway1

You can use your Model A to go apple picking and it is your car to do what ever you please. We use ours to race (nostalgia hill climbs and such). It is not a hot rod by any means. Just looking for a transmission that will do the job! Any suggestions?

Second place is the first looser!

You had me laughing spdway, that was good, (go apple picking)

[Synchro909]

I understand you have to cut away part of the cross member to fit one of these transmissions. Here, that puts the car off the road straight away. No cutting of the chassis allowed, FULL STOP!

[CarlG]

Originally Posted by Synchro909

I understand you have to cut away part of the cross member to fit one of these transmissions. Here, that puts the car off the road straight away. No cutting of the chassis allowed, FULL STOP!

When I installed my F150 Transmission, there was absolutely no cutting of the cross member or any part of the chassis at all. It was all bolt in. The wooden floorboard had to have the cut out for the shift lever enlarged a tad since the shift lever was about 1.5 inches aft of where the stock model A was. That's all! No metal was cut or drilled.

[MAG]

X2 on CarlG's post,

[Cape Codder]

Hi Carl,
On 7/15/15 you wrote:

Originally Posted by CarlG

When I installed my F150 Transmission, there was absolutely no cutting of the cross member or any part of the chassis at all. It was all bolt in. The wooden floorboard had to have the cut out for the shift lever enlarged a tad since the shift lever was about 1.5 inches aft of where the stock model A was. That's all! No metal was cut or drilled.

If you will I have a few questions. First, did yours come as a kit with everything supplied OR did you buy it piece by piece. As to the drive shaft did that have to be cut and machined? Not knowing any of this installation was a AA Bell Housing used or is all of that included with the F150? Is there anything else that had to be moved or reworked?

Thanks for your time and hope to hear from you!

If you so choose you can send it to me at: [email protected]! My PM's are quite full and don't know how to save what I have which is another issue! HA! HA!

Thanks again,
Joe

[CarlG]

Originally Posted by Cape Codder

If you will I have a few questions. First, did yours come as a kit with everything supplied OR did you buy it piece by piece. As to the drive shaft did that have to be cut and machined? Not knowing any of this installation was a AA Bell Housing used or is all of that included with the F150? Is there anything else that had to be moved or reworked?

1) I bought a complete kit. I did have to furnish: Radius rods, Drive Shaft, & Torque tube to the builder. Everything else was furnished.

2) The Radius rods, Drive shaft & Torque tubes that I furnished had to be shortened and machined. They were returned to me complete and ready to install.

3) The kit used an AA Bell Housing, and that was furnished, assembled to the RTS transmission, complete with pedal and e-brake supports.

4) The only thing I had to "rework" was the wood floorboard. The position of the shift lever is moved aft about 2 inches. I also bought a transmission cover plate from Snyders (part # A-35245-X) which also had to be reworked to fit, but even that is not necessary.

[Don S]

Continuing with the installation of the Tremac transmission, I have had mine for several years now, love it , but am concerned that there is no rear tranny support . The original tranny had a rubber mount to the cross frame that gave some support and damping of noises ,and probably took some load off the u joint connection. Have any of the the latest Tremac installs been supported by a mount
fabricated to address the issue ? Any information ,drawings, etc could be very helpful.
Thanks , Don

[duke36]

Few other items we found, hopefully covered in prior posts:
Tranny is heavier than stock model A;
Plate can be made to support tranny on cross member with Float a motors;
Some frame spreaders may not clear the F150 tranny when using stock A motor mounts if/when installing engine with tranny already in car;
Brake/clutch shaft may need special bracket to support shaft end and to accommodate stock A pedals;
Speedo may need calibration , etc.

[JtownJoe]

Hi Ray, what part of Western PA? I'm from Johnstown and I put the 87' F-150 in my 30 Tudor ABOUT 3 years ago & I really like it.

[Ron W]

The ones that cut use the "A" bell-housing. Using the "AA"bell-housing requires NO cutting. I love mine! It only has one shift lever and you can downshift at any speed!!!
Ron W