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Thank you Snake Farm. I have the new throw out bearing now but have not torn the old transmission out yet. This week, quite a bit of work got in the road of my play. To complicate the matter, I have a T-5 sitting on the floor awaiting a place planned for, in another project down the road. That would give me a quieter transmission, and overdrive to help out my slow rear-end. I already have the right adapter [T-5 to Ford car bellhousing].
 
Guys, I took my four speed apart and found nothing wrong, of course, I'm pretty forgiving, but still no bearings that had hardsurfacing issues. I started to look for misalignment and runout problems. My adapter is slightly too low [see picture and use your imagination a bit]. The input shaft had to run on a wee bit of an angle, causing the whirring dry bearing noise and pulling the clutch disc cock-eyed so it didn't release properly. I have done this mixing and matching transmissions before, successfully, so I must have secretly become a wee bit arrogant. Anyhow, I think I have everything now to put a T-5 in there.
 

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Hi E-man. There will only be three separate projects. A 1954 33 Massey-Harris, a 1934 Dodge Brothers pickup truck and a 1968 Super Bee. The M-H tractor should be first, because it is all sandblasted and spread over the shop, [you've probably seen it in the background of quite a few pictures]. The Super-Bee has most of the running gear done now, [just have to loosen up the motor], and then take her to town to get a professional to do the tin work. The Dodge Bros. PU will be a rat rod so it should go faster than the '36 Ford did. I have a 354 Hemi for the dodge PU. and wire wheels.
 

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Thanks for posting all of this information. I am in the process of getting my "ducks in a row" to put a '48 IH panel on a Ranger frame. I will be referring back to this thread many times I am sure!
 
Hi E-man. There will only be three separate projects. A 1954 33 Massey-Harris, a 1934 Dodge Brothers pickup truck and a 1968 Super Bee. The M-H tractor should be first, because it is all sandblasted and spread over the shop, [you've probably seen it in the background of quite a few pictures]. The Super-Bee has most of the running gear done now, [just have to loosen up the motor], and then take her to town to get a professional to do the tin work. The Dodge Bros. PU will be a rat rod so it should go faster than the '36 Ford did. I have a 354 Hemi for the dodge PU. and wire wheels.

that dodge pu looks a way too good to ratrod out[S
 
Thank you Guys. Oneeye, the Ranger frame stayed quite narrow so was a treat to work with. I did have some issues overguessing how light the back end of the pickup would be, so with my modifications, I have not enough suspension travel. That's not the fault of the frame, though. Your unit will be heavier at the back than mine. You might have to add a spring leaf to each side. Good luck.
30sx, you are the victim of an illusion created by my superb photo skills,---or a lucky shot. This truck did live in a shed most of its life so that's good, very little rust holes. That's the good news. The old fellow that had the truck hauled rocks off of his fields with this truck and loaded it with his tractor front end loader, so there's 3/8" to 1/2" deep dents all over from the middle of the doors to the endgate. Both doors have obviously swung open on the road quite a few times, as the hinges and the tin all around them are bent, broken and ripped. Also, if he couldn't fix a breakdown with haywire he didn't fix it, so the brakes stayed dead for many, many years. He ran into trees and sheds to stop so the front is not good.
 

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30sx You were worried that I would have to rough it up a bit more to make it a ratrod. Well, my heart wouldn't be in that, no--no--no. I thought I would try to pound out half of the dents put on all four better fenders, repair the doors and hinges and make a new grill, shoehorn a Hemi in there and paint the whole dang thing flat brown [about the same colour it is now]. I agree with you that you shouldn't beat a car into worse shape for any reason.
 
Back to the '36, now. Here is a Borg-Warner T-5 that will be going in to the truck when I quit fiddling around. I had to build a different emergency brake bracket for this transmission so here it is in primer. I've got the right driveshaft yoke and a new throw-out bearing, so I should be set. The new store-bought adapter has been here for a while and a friction disc came with the transmission. Now I'm the only hold-up.
 

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Hi guys, I had to slip away for a while, back out into the oilpatch. It was gruelling, but rewarding. Now I'm trying to get ready for winter and work on the '36 a bit. The friction disc for the Ford transmission wouldn't fit on the Chevy S-10, T-5 input shaft, so I had to put the right clutch disc in. It looked like I could have changed discs without taking the bellhousing off, but there is a crossmember right under the clutch that isn't removable. I had to take the bellhousing off [not a nice job] and then things got a little easier. Here is a picture of the S-10 disc in and the pressure plate back on. I've already got the new throw-out bearing and the sliding sleeve bushed down to the size of the S-10 transmission.
 

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More news, guys. I finally got the bellhousing on, [what a rotten job from underneath] and then the adapter. Putting a transmission in from underneath is also a rotten job but that's done now too. Now I have to change the transmission mount, the crossmember and the speedometer cable. I already have the Chev splined yoke for the front end of the driveshaft.
The last picture is a way to put a little Viagra in your 3/8 drive U-joint if you want to start a bolt far away and in a tight, weird place. Wrap it with electrical tape.
 

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Dang, this working sure cuts into my play time. Well, I had to do a little on the '36 just so I could get it down off the jackstands and move it out of the road. It was sprawled out right in the middle of the shop, wasting all the available space. I now, need to put the old Kenworth in the shop and do some real fixing. It was 23 below this morning, so I don't want to work on iron outside anymore.
I got my crossmember remanufactured, fitted and mounted. Then I put the Chevy slip yoke on the driveshaft and installed it. Now, I can let down off the stands and move it over to the side and get more room.
Oh, that two or three day job I took in early September shows no end yet.
 

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Hello LB......it was nice catching up with you guys on Wed. Too long between visits. For the record I am Mercury Macs younger cousin from BC, and he and I have always had the same fondness for the old autos. He mentions his Super Bee awaiting restoration, and for one can't wait to see that, as I can remember him driving it here to BC back in the day.......and I am talking WAY back in the day! I digress...!!!Great build thread, very informative and helpful for anyone undertaking a similar project. Let me also say, we both may share the same enthusiasm for old cars and trucks, but he has the knowledge and ability to facilitate projects like these, I am afraid I do not. if we only lived a little closer I could haul my truck over to his shop, and borrow a little corner!Looking forward to future projects a build threads,
CG
 
Hello Cam, [cgerow] and welcome to RRR. Thank you for the kind words and build up.
Thank you Dr and 38Ford.
I finally got finished my trucking job at the end of November during a Chinook, [above 0C], so got a little more ready for winter, then it turned very cold here, [-40C], so I took off south into British Columbia to visit my cousins. When I came back it was only -20 and snowing. [Pic1] I have to get this going and plow the yard and driveway out.
 

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Hello again.
Dirtyrat, I just realized that I was wasting my typing talent putting that capital C behind the -40 when I did it, then I remembered that my typing could use some extra practice. I didn't have very good luck plowing snow, [got stuck a couple of times].
Do you get vapourized if you fiddle around and fiddle around and never get any building done? Distractions, sheesh.
Well, I dragged the old '36 out of it's hiding place and put it up on jack stands so I can crawl underneath it tomorrow and finish up the transmission swap.
Keep on tinkering.
 

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