'65 I-6 auto swap to manual

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04-28-2014, 11:18 AM

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wagonerkl

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Join Date: Apr 2014

Location: Washington

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Originally Posted by siobhanspony

I'm coming up in june for the Yankee series, I'll be up there for 3 days I think it's the 10th thru 12th. Be glad to unload some of these parts if you can wait that long. I got a new driveline from the guy I bought the C4 from, the rest I could UPS. let me know. -Doug

Doug,
I sent you a private message. Please check that and get back to me.

04-29-2014, 08:27 AM

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Al Newman

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Join Date: Sep 2012

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Originally Posted by wagonerkl

Al, thank you for the detailed response. I keep learning but mostly by my mistakes

I went and bought what was supposed to be a '67 bell housing out of a Falcon. Unfortunately THAT bell was the 1966 ONLY bell that was, as I now understand it a one-year item. Guess the Falcon used it until '67 but the casting is a '66 number.

Why is the drive-shaft from a 65-66 Auto on your list? I have the original drive-shaft from the 200CID manual to work with. Is that no good for my application?

1. The bell housing you found in the Falcon was not offered in the car. The bell housing that came with that Falcon should have been the C7 casting.
2. The standard transmission (unsynchronized) in the 1965-66 6 cylinder Mustang utilized a small U-joint, front and rear yoke, while the A/T in the same years used the same yokes, drive shaft and U-joints as would be found on the synchronized 3 speed you are installing; thus you will need to locate yokes and drive shaft I mentioned. After you have located the components, call or E-mail me for proper change-out of the rear yoke. Mrmust@juno.com 817 456 4322(leave message; I'll call back)
Best,
Al