Quick tranny question...
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Quick tranny question...
I have a 1976 L48 that I am buying a new transmission for. I sold the one that came with the car a while back. I am simply trying to find out which tailshaft came with the car. It of course had the automatic Turbo 350 transmission and I am almost positive that it had the 6" short shaft, but before I spend money on a performace tranny, I wanted to be sure. Unfortunately, I got my car without a driveshaft, so I am going to have to buy one of those also. I planned on buying a standard driveshaft for that year and model, so again, I want to make sure everything fits right. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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350's cam with 3 different tailshafts- one for 4x4's that was really short, the standard shaft (rear housing is about 6 inches long) and a real long one they used in some pickups- that one is 12 or 14 inches. (that one is sort of rare- )
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I have a 1976 L48 that I am buying a new transmission for. I sold the one that came with the car a while back. I am simply trying to find out which tailshaft came with the car. It of course had the automatic Turbo 350 transmission and I am almost positive that it had the 6" short shaft, but before I spend money on a performace tranny, I wanted to be sure. Unfortunately, I got my car without a driveshaft, so I am going to have to buy one of those also. I planned on buying a standard driveshaft for that year and model, so again, I want to make sure everything fits right. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Thanks a lot for the replies. I ordered my transmission and it came in; however, they did not include the tail shaft housing... I wish they would have told me that... Anyhow, can someone verify that this is a standard housing for a plain TH350. My only concern is the speedo cable? portion. Does it look like the right one? Again, thanks a lot!!!
http://s577.photobucket.com/albums/s...1.jpg&newest=1
http://s577.photobucket.com/albums/s...1.jpg&newest=1
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There are also 2 variations based on big speedo driven gear and small driven gear. The one you show is a big gear. Most Chevrolets use the small gear. Really doesn't matter as long as you have all the parts.
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I have a nice 4" Spicer yoke for sale on Ebay. It came with aTH400 in my 69. I also have a shaft (not listed) that may work. PM to me the length if your interesed.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...%3AMESELX%3AIT
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...%3AMESELX%3AIT
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