Trying to install a 1989 tranny into my 1990 vert and the damn thing won't fit!
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Trying to install a 1989 tranny into my 1990 vert and the damn thing won't fit!
What do I need to make it work? tried swapping tailshafts and that was a waste of over 2 hours. Do I just need the 1989 mounting bracket?
I am probably going to say 'screw it' and just get a 1990 tranny.
what a royal pain in the ***, this stuff doesnt happen with FDs. I assumed S5 trannys were compatible, I suppose not.
Another question, which trannys *will* fit in my 1990 vert?
I am probably going to say 'screw it' and just get a 1990 tranny.
what a royal pain in the ***, this stuff doesnt happen with FDs. I assumed S5 trannys were compatible, I suppose not.
Another question, which trannys *will* fit in my 1990 vert?
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Originally Posted by SonicRaT
Unless you're throwing a TII tranny into an N/A, you shouldn't have a problem. What's not working? The mount not lining up properly?
We tried to swap tailshafts, and found an interesting diff----the 1989 has a large weight on the shaft, i am assuming to get rid of vibration. It looks like a huge metal hockey puck, and made it a tremendous pain in the *** to get the tailshaft off. the 1990 tailshaft came right off. Also, the 1990 tailshaft would not fit on the 1989 tranny.
What a royal pain in the ***.
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Are you positive it's an 89 tranny? The only time I ever had an issue with mounts was when swapping a mount between S4/S5, they woudln't interchange and I simply had to find a mount that matched the year of the tranny. I've swapped a couple of GTUs diffs into 90/91's without issues, and one '89 GXL without any troubles with the mounts, so it's leading me to think you may have an older tranny than you believe. Really, the easiest thing to do if that's the case is find an older mount.
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Hmmm, maybe it is an 88 tranny? I need to call the dude I bought it from. It def came out of a vert, I saw the car briefly.
So you are saying if I get an older mount than the tranny will bolt right up? I verified that the driveshaft fits fine, I am concerned about the tranny-to-motor connection.
So you are saying if I get an older mount than the tranny will bolt right up? I verified that the driveshaft fits fine, I am concerned about the tranny-to-motor connection.
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Hope this helps:
There are differences between a S4 and S5 NA box. The mounts are slightly different. You cant switch crossmembers/mounts between the two series, but when installed on their respective transmissions they line up perfectly. If the S4 crossmember is left on the S4 tranny it will work fine.
An S4 Mounts onto a flat section of the tranny and the S5 has 2 angled bosses that the cross member bolts to.
There are differences between a S4 and S5 NA box. The mounts are slightly different. You cant switch crossmembers/mounts between the two series, but when installed on their respective transmissions they line up perfectly. If the S4 crossmember is left on the S4 tranny it will work fine.
An S4 Mounts onto a flat section of the tranny and the S5 has 2 angled bosses that the cross member bolts to.
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The bellhousing/starter/flywheel will all bolt up fine, the only troubles will be the mount. But yeah, I've fit S4 trannies in S5's using the s4 mounts without a problem.
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Originally Posted by Turbonut
Hope this helps:
There are differences between a S4 and S5 NA box. The mounts are slightly different. You cant switch crossmembers/mounts between the two series, but when installed on their respective transmissions they line up perfectly. If the S4 crossmember is left on the S4 tranny it will work fine.
An S4 Mounts onto a flat section of the tranny and the S5 has 2 angled bosses that the cross member bolts to.
There are differences between a S4 and S5 NA box. The mounts are slightly different. You cant switch crossmembers/mounts between the two series, but when installed on their respective transmissions they line up perfectly. If the S4 crossmember is left on the S4 tranny it will work fine.
An S4 Mounts onto a flat section of the tranny and the S5 has 2 angled bosses that the cross member bolts to.
So it looks like I may have an S4 tranny. dude I bought it from def said 1989.
Just to clarify---if this is an s4 tranny and I get the s4 tranny mount, than it *will* bolt into my 1990 vert with *no other fitment problems* at all?
thanks guys!
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Thanks for all the input guys! I spoke to the guy i bought the tranny from. He was very helpful, is mailing me the mount asap.
I think there was an S4 tranny in there from a previous owner and he had no idea. he personally dropped the tranny down from his 1991 vert.
I also ordered a new s4 clutch fork and throwout bearing from malloy, b/c I was told they aren't compatible from s4 to s5 (the s4 tranny i have doesnt have those 2 pieces on it). My price from malloy was only 40 bucks for both pieces!! On an FD, I'd be looking at more like 250 bucks. Gotta love the older rx7s
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I think there was an S4 tranny in there from a previous owner and he had no idea. he personally dropped the tranny down from his 1991 vert.
I also ordered a new s4 clutch fork and throwout bearing from malloy, b/c I was told they aren't compatible from s4 to s5 (the s4 tranny i have doesnt have those 2 pieces on it). My price from malloy was only 40 bucks for both pieces!! On an FD, I'd be looking at more like 250 bucks. Gotta love the older rx7s
Rich
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And just to throw a little more on to the fire, remember the M50 tranny that the verts come with uses a different clutch than the M85 that the non turbo coupes come with.
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Non turbo verts and non turbo coupes use the same case, so you couldn't tell the differences externally.
Clutch is probably something simple like being heavier clamping, or 5mm bigger (like the S4 Turbo clutch is when compaired to the smaller S5 Turbo clutch).
Clutch is probably something simple like being heavier clamping, or 5mm bigger (like the S4 Turbo clutch is when compaired to the smaller S5 Turbo clutch).
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