Someone sent me an inquiry from this posting and as I was answering it a
power glitch acme along and rebooted my computer. Lost who it was.
Please respond and I'll answer
Paul
Morriservice
PAsgeirsson@juno.com
On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 01:56:10 EST pasgeirsson@juno.com (Paul A Asgeirsson)
writes:
>Hi Guy,
>
>The Datsun 210 that the tranny comes from in the States is actually a
>B310 according to all the dealer parts books. Be careful you don't
>get this mixed up with the F310 which is a front drive car. There is
>also a B210 with a 5 speed. This transmission is somewhat larger and
>stronger as it was also used in the SX series cars of that time
>period. It does fit in the Spridgets with no cutting, but not in a
>Morris without cutting the floorboards. On the B310 the years are 79
>thru 82. The 79 gearbox is the same length as the 80-82 but has the
>same shift pattern as the B210 5 Speed. First and reverse are in the
>same line. It also has a rear mounting pad that is closer to the
>center line of the output shaft than the later ones. It fits up OK
>with the aid of spacers on the pad. The transmission that you want
>is known as a FS5W60A. Hope this helps some.
>
>Paul
>Morriservice
>PAsgeirsson@juno.com
>
>On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 21:16:31 -0000 "Guy"
><Guy@weller-lakes.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
>>Having put the overdrive gearbox into my 1500 Midget, and been so
>>impressed
>>with the improvment for everyday driving, I am begining to think
>>about how
>>to deal with my '71 Sprite which I have been rebuilding for the last
>9
>>years
>>!
>>Yep, its nearly ready, and being what I expect to be the nicer of the
>
>>two
>>models I am really looking forward to driving it.
>>Now. about 5 speed 'boxes, over here in the UK the commonest
>>conversion
>>seems to be to use a Toyota box, but this requires quite a bit of
>>chopping
>>of the frame and tranny tunnel. Others have use a Ford (sierra) box
>>which
>>also needs modifications to the metalwork.
>>As I understand it the Datsun conversion that is so popular in the
>USA
>>is
>>pretty straightforward and dosn't need bodywork mods. Is that right ?
>>Datsuns were sold in the UK as Nissans, and I am trying to find out
>>which
>>was / is the UK model name / number of the version that you go for
>in
>>the
>>States? Was it sold in the UK? What year are we talking about? We
>>had a
>>thing called a Nissan Sunny, but I don't know if it was 5 spd.
>Havn't
>>seen
>>one for ages.
>>Then there was a Nissan Prairie, a sort of small proto-MPV (Van?)
>>Any ideas ?
>>
>>Guy
>>
>>
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