I spent $475 on a World Class T-5.
Larry Hoy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Kris & Bill
> Wessale
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 6:29 PM
> To: buikc-rover-v8 newsgroup
> Subject: What's a T-5 worth?
>
>
> Greetings from unseasonably warm Houston:
>
> I am stuffing a BOP215 into a MKIII Spitfire and
> I am finally to the
> point of purchasing the tranny. (As if I need
> more parts!)
>
> Research I've done from the MGV8 Newsletter as
> well as guidance from
> list members tells me that I should use a
> post-1988 T-5 (to get the
> World Class T-5 -- a presumptuous name) from a
> 4.3L V6 (to get the right
> number of splines on the input shaft) Chevy S-10.
> I have the bell
> housing that the Chevy T-5 will bolt right onto,
> and I need the short
> tailpiece on the S-10 to keep the shifter from
> being positioned between
> the seat backs.
>
> So I called 12 appropriate junk yards (auto
> jumbles) in Houston today
> and found *one* S-10 T-5 post-1988 for the 4.3L
> V6. And they wanted
> $550 USD for it -- delivered. Does that seem
> right? It was double what
> I expected, but that's a common phenomena.
>
> Also, am I being too selective? As far as I
> know, only the S-10 the
> tranny for the 4.3L V6 will work (has the right
> number of input shaft
> splines).
>
> Is this tranny in something other than just the
> S-10? How about some
> GMC thing, or maybe the little Blazer?
>
> Finally, if someone knows where I can buy one for
> $250, I could probably
> get it shipped here for $250.
>
> Thanks.
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