[Healeys] Smitty kit

[i erbs]

It should be a w 58

Ira Erbs
Milwaukie, OR
1959 Austin Healey 100-6

On Sun, Oct 19, 2025, 11:17 PM Al Fuller <alfuller194 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Which transmission do you have Ira?
>
> The Toyota W-58 was the most popular, and on it the transmission drive
> gear is available in a range of ratios (due to the fact that trans was used
> in a variety of vehicles).
>
> This can be a useful addition, especially since a Healey with a 5-speed
> likely also has tires different from the stock, and often a changed rear
> end ratio, too.
>
> That drive gear was pretty inexpensive last time I looked.
> ________________
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> Best Regards,
> Al Fuller
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2025, 12:23 PM i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There is a shop near me who can rebuild my angle drive so my speedo is
>> correct for the tires on my car. I need to find my notes. I used a Speedo
>> app to help calibrate the drive
>>
>> Ira Erbs
>> Milwaukie, OR
>> 1959 Austin Healey 100-6
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2025, 21:12 Robert Markovich <rmarkovich at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> That .73 gear is essential, and after a couple of miserable weeks with
>>> the .63 gear, I told them so. They were extremely gracious in getting me
>>> the .73 replacement and a local transmission shop made the swap. Sorry to
>>> hear there’s a wait for that gear now, but obviously others came to the
>>> same conclusion that the .63 is way too steep for the Healey. Some simple
>>> math would have saved me some trouble: fifth gear ratio x rear end ratio
>>> for the ultimate, final drive, and it’s obvious that .73 is about all you
>>> want with the 3.91 rear and even the 4.10 on the 100/6. And I think even
>>> the .73 would be too much with a 3.54 rear; there should be a .88 or so
>>> gear for the Tremec T5, which I’d pick that that rear.
>>>
>>>
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>>> On Saturday, October 18, 2025, 5:52 PM, Al Fuller <alfuller194 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The tremec conversion is supposed to be nice, but one of the guys has
>>> been waiting for months for them to get that particular gear.
>>>
>>> I've lost track of whether they finally got a batch.
>>>
>>> ________________
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>>> Best Regards,
>>> Al Fuller
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 5:22 AM Robert Markovich via Healeys <
>>> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Try The Driven Man in Cooksville TN. They make kits for Healey Sixes and
>>> Jags using a brand new Tremec T5. Just be sure and order the .73 fifth gear
>>> ratio as the standard .63 is way too steep. Trust me on this!
>>>
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>>> On Friday, October 17, 2025, 8:33 PM, i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The guy who bought the biz from Smitty is even less responsive to
>>> inquiries than he was.
>>>
>>> Ira Erbs
>>> Milwaukie, OR
>>> 1959 Austin Healey 100-6
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 21:49 Jim Ryan <ryan at jimryan.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Aren't they're people that sell the conversion kit for this setup?  If
>>> you can find out who does that they might be able to help.
>>>
>>> Jim Ryan
>>>
>>> ©¿©¬
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2025, 4:08 PM i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello
>>> I about to start figuring out why my speedo stopped at 70mph.
>>> I pulled it and drove for a while but the inner cable did not spin.
>>> My question is where do I source and angle drive for a Toyota
>>> transmission on one end and British on the other that the cable attached to.
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Ira Erbs
>>> Milwaukie, OR
>>> 1959 Austin Healey 100-6
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