>All of this talk of welding, cutting and sawing has accomplished 2
things.
>Larry got motivated to avoid some work and shake a housing out of the
>bushes. And I am tooling up an adapter for a common modern housing.
I might have avoided some "garage" work but I sure spent a lot of time on
the phone. My phone bill probably ought to be rolled into the cost of my
conversion!
Jack is correct Trans-Adapt is not building the Buick bell housing
anymore, I guess there are a few around the country in "inventory". When
I talked to Dan Lagrou he said he had some (I believe he said 12)
Trans-Adapt bell housings but he strongly discouraged me from using one.
He suggested I hold out for the stock Buick one. Remember Dan sells the
Trans Adapt for $65.00 more than the stock one, so I figure that he was
trying to give good advise not trying to make a quick buck. I think
clearance problems is why he suggests the stock bell housing for the MGB.
Remember Dan also builds hot rods, I suspect that clearance is not a
problem there.
He also has built an adapter that is machined out of a 1" steel plate
that will allow a Ford T5 to be bolted up to a stock Buick 3 speed bell
housing (1962?). I'm not sure the 3 speed housing is plentiful but at
least it allows for one more option. The adapter is $125.
Bottom line? I can tell you there aren't very many Buick 4 speed bell
housings in the country. I can also give you dozens of names of Buick
parts specialists that don't have bell housings! : - )
>The best plan is the early T-85 bellhousing with an adapter plate to the
>Ford T-5 box. Easy to get tranny and cheap.
Jack what's a T-85 bell housing?
>As far as I can figure GM made 750,000 215's and 100 were manual shift.
Yeah, and when I was calling around I heard stories of guys scraping the
100 that were built. That's right, melting them down for the aluminum.
I wish I could have bought the bell housing at 50 cents a pound!
So what is the name of the bell housing company? Transadapt, Trans-Dapt,
TransAdapt, Trans-Adapt? I guess since they aren't in business anymore
it is a mute point, huh.
And how do you spell bellhousing, bell housing?
Larry Hoy, Denver, CO USA
1969 MGB Roadster (one half of a V8)
1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
It's not how fast you go, it's how fast you go fast.
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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998 20:53:20 -0500 Jack Emery <jemery@mint.net> writes:
>At 12:04 AM 1/7/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>Why not just use the trans-dapt bellbousing, its essentially just a
copy of
>>the GM 4 speed bellhousing and wasn't all that expensive last time I
checked.
>
>The reason that I didn't mention Trans-Dapt is because they are
unavailable.
>Period. Finis. Trans-Dapt was sold and are now TD and are no longer
>manufacturing part #0527. I did find out that Dan Lagrou is hoping to
cast
>up 10 or so but these do not fit a B with out a little tunnel work and
is a
>ways down the road to completion.
>
>I did locate a few housings to fit a 40-54 Chev gearbox but conversion
to a
>late pattern is needed and after spending $175 you shouldn't have to
>re-machine.
>
>The best plan is the early T-85 bellhousing with an adapter plate to the
>Ford T-5 box. Easy to get tranny and cheap.
>
>All of this talk of welding, cutting and sawing has accomplished 2
things.
>Larry got motivated to avoid some work and shake a housing out of the
>bushes. And I am tooling up an adapter for a common modern housing.
>
>A friend converts Datsun 5spds to fit MG TD's and TF's by welding an
adapter
>ring on the front of the trans and re-machining. Looks good, works
better.
>As far as I can figure GM made 750,000 215's and 100 were manual shift.
So
>the time for ingenuity is here.
>
>
>
>Jack Emery
>Glenburn Maine
>'67 MGB V-8
>'68 TR250
>'57 MGA
>others
>
>
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