What happens to a transmission in for a rebuild

[corvette8n]

Thanks for bringing this series to the barn, looking forward to the installments.

[expavr]

Originally Posted by Aarongriffey

I have a ‘’49 or 50 Mercury transmission with overdrive.
I also have nice F1 with a rebuilt engine and broken transmission.
I ve been told by several people
that putting an overdrive tranny in an F1 requires too much frame cutting to be worth the effort.they say too many F1 pickups ended up in the junk because somebody tried to install an overdrive tranny.

Check your PM. The swap is doable. No frame cutting.

[Krylon32]

Great stuff

[Mac VP]

We were talking at the shop today and the choice of transmission candidates for this thread came up. I will explain that I chose this particular type for several reasons. Mainly, it’s the one transmission that shares the most common characteristics of the various early Ford transmissions that we rebuild. Its 3 speed gearset is virtually the same as most 1940-48 passenger car trannies......it has the large round bell and clutch shaft shared by the typical 1932-48 Ford three speed units of this era.....and the side cover and shifter forks are nearly the same as the 1940-48 side loaders. Then, we have the added benefit of the Borg Warner overdrive section to provide some benefit for the overdrive guys’ interest. So, this single model touches all the bases for this project.

I really don’t plan to spend any time on how you can modify this trans, or how it could be fitted to other vehicles beyond the 1949-50 Mercury cars. We’ll stay focused on the transmission itself and the rebuild techniques we use.

[tubman]

Excellent choice for the reasons stated. I particularly like the O/D part.

[mfirth]

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Thanks Mac ! I have o/d in the 52 Vic, so....if i need parts some day...thanks again !
mike

[Mac VP]

I took many pics at the shop yesterday. The next segment should be posted by Friday. Stay tuned......

[Mac VP]

Part 4 is now up and ready to view.....Enjoy!

[Mac VP]

Part 5 is up and read to view!

[Mac VP]

Part 5 was expanded and I just posted Part 6.

[petehoovie]

"Parts Is Parts"

[Mac VP]

I just posted Part 7 of this project. Also, please note that I have added a couple pics to some of the previous Parts, so you can re-read those to see anything fresh.

[Mac VP]

And now Part 8 is posted...….

[Mac VP]

Part 9 done and Part 10 coming later today....

[Mac VP]

Part 10 is there now. Still more to come of course.

[Mac VP]

I just added the rest of the pics for PART 10 for those who are following this thread. I will try to put PART 11 up this weekend.

[Mac VP]

I’ve had some requests recently from people interested in this rebuild process, and my old thread is a bit difficult to find in the search tool. So, I am popping it back up once more for those folks. Don’t forget that this project was covered in 10+ separate threads so you have to jump to Page 2 then Page 3 and so on.

[19Fordy]

THANK YOU so much for posting all this info.

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by Mac VP

I’ve had some requests recently from people interested in this rebuild process, and my old thread is a bit difficult to find in the search tool. So, I am popping it back up once more for those folks. Don’t forget that this project was covered in 10+ separate threads so you have to jump to Page 2 then Page 3 and so on.

Hey Mac....I'm kind'a dense at times, and right NOW is one of them. Can you PLEASE point me to the link for these 10 threads? Thanks a million! Coop

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[Mart]

Coops (and all) just revisit post #1 on this very thread.

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=278347

Mart.