[Healeys] Smitty kit

Mon Oct 20 00:16:05 MDT 2025

Thanks all. I have two transmissions, but have never been able to sort out
what they are. I'll look at the link

Ira Erbs
Milwaukie, OR
1959 Austin Healey 100-6

On Mon, Oct 20, 2025, 3:39 AM Michael Oritt <michael.oritt at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are several sites on identifying various W-series
> transmissions--here's:the Wiki page
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_W_transmission
>
> I was fortunate to get a later W58 which is easy to identify by the steel
> plate sandwich.
> They were used in non-Turbo Supras which developed 200 or so HP--plenty
> strong for a Healey.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>> ________________
>>> Sent from my phone
>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> ________________
>>>>> Sent from my phone
>>>>> 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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