[Healeys] Healey with a Toyota five speed

I Erbs eyera3000 at gmail.com
Sun May 11 21:57:07 MDT 2014


I had mine rebuilt by a local friction reliner. I believe it was 9 mm. Ill
check for old email

Ira Erbs
IT Educator and Consultant
Portland, OR.

Sent from my mobile phone. What you get may not be what I typed.
On May 11, 2014 8:06 PM, "tom mitchell" <3000mk3 at bighealey.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> Back in 2004 I installed a Toyota five speed using the original Smitty kit.
> It' been great addition to the car as my wife and children can drive it,
> besides my old transmission was toast.
>
> It was a beautiful day so we went for the first ride of the year, only to
> discover that the clutch was slipping (20,000 miles).
>
> Supposedly my transmission came out of a 1991 Toyota 4 cyl two wheel drive
> pickup yet I have no way to verify that.
>
> I've read somewhere that the newer Smitty kits supplied Pete D. use a
> heavier clutch friction plate, does anyone know the part number? When I
> reviewed the directions (from a friend who just installed the kit) the part
> numbers for the friction plate is blackout out (yet only those parts). I
> looked online and didn't find anything. I'll call Pete tomorrow and maybe
> he'll tell me. Yes I know I'm being impatient, so much work and now so
> little time.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom Mitchell
> 1965 Austin Healey BJ8 MKIII
>
> "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." -John
> Lennon
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