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1963 muncie speedo gear question

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I have a spare 4 speed sitting in my garage that does not have a plastic driven gear or fitting in the side of the transmission. It is a 63 muncie that I bought that way a while ago.

Short of pulling the tailshaft off and checking the speedometer drive gear, any suggestion as to what color gear I should buy just as a good starting point? For what they cost I just want one in there to keep debris from getting inside. Thanks in advance.
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Whats your differential gearing...?

Here's a calculator...


http://www.stl-vettes.com/65Vette/GearCalc.htm
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Originally Posted by champs65
I have a spare 4 speed sitting in my garage that does not have a plastic driven gear or fitting in the side of the transmission. It is a 63 muncie that I bought that way a while ago.

Short of pulling the tailshaft off and checking the speedometer drive gear, any suggestion as to what color gear I should buy just as a good starting point? For what they cost I just want one in there to keep debris from getting inside. Thanks in advance.
Here's a Tech Sheet written by JohnZ and posted a while ago. The two drive gears have a slight width difference in addition to the diameter. You might be able to measure it to tell what you have?

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Originally Posted by 66jack
Whats your differential gearing...?

Here's a calculator...


http://www.stl-vettes.com/65Vette/GearCalc.htm
I like that calculator.

Originally Posted by Mike67nv
Here's a Tech Sheet written by JohnZ and posted a while ago. The two drive gears have a slight width difference in addition to the diameter. You might be able to measure it to tell what you have?
Looks like I'll have to pull the tailshaft off to measure the drive gear before I can settle on a driven gear after all?
I was hoping it would be as simple as finding the most common 63 driven gear and starting there but I guess I need to know what diameter the drive gear is first

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