[Healeys] Smitty kit

Al Fuller alfuller194 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 20 13:10:01 MDT 2025 

Hi Michael:

What you say about identifying a W58 by its steel sandwich plate is 
correct, but unfortunately a little incomplete.

It turns out Toyota produced a number of W58 variants with differing 
gear ratios, but did not put the identifier on the gearbox. Instead, it 
was on a tag on the car or truck! Unfortunately, most people didn't 
realize this when pulling transmissions out of vehicles, so it's not 
clear on inspection which particular gearbox one has.

  Luckily, the gear ratios are not that hard to measure by turning the 
input shaft and measuring the outputs of the various gears...

As such, someone thinking about grabbing a W58 gearbox would be well 
advised to know what gear ratio set they want [or, are willing to 
accept] and check the subject donor trans before committing to it.
===========================
Al Fuller
714.335.0248 Mobile


------ Original Message ------
>From "Michael Oritt" <michael.oritt at gmail.com>
To "i erbs" <eyera3000 at gmail.com>
Cc "Al Fuller" <alfuller194 at gmail.com>; "Ahealey help" 
<healeys at autox.team.net>
Date 10/19/2025 6:39:25 PM
Subject Re: [Healeys] Smitty kit

>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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