AR-5, r-154 Anybody actually done this
So we are going deep into the plunge. I ended up getting a bellhousing for free. Buddy worked at a junkyard and it had been on the shelf so long they just gave it to him. Needs a fork but that can be sourced.
But hey its Free. Which is nice since the few I could find were around $200-$450.
Today I was able to get a driveshaft yoke from a colorado. Good thing Gm uses the same driveshaft in auto and manual trucks. Someone was nice enough to cut the driveshafts on removal on the two 5spd trucks. Guess they wanted the yoke to plug the transmission. The one auto truck had a yoke still. Picking up the transmission soon will allow use to make sure. But I know GM is lazy in the drivesahft department. My 96 Firebird can use a 82-02 driveshaft. 4,6,8, auto, manual it does not matter. It actually has a later auto one in it now. Getting excited as ebay has a transmission at the local yard for $192. I can go pick it up. Might even be able to get it lower by calling. Just got to make sure its got the shifter on it. We are going to throw a new mount on it as a maintenance item. Looking good. Just got to start pulling stuff apart soon.
So we are going deep into the plunge. I ended up getting a bellhousing for free. Buddy worked at a junkyard and it had been on the shelf so long they just gave it to him. Needs a fork but that can be sourced.
But hey its Free. Which is nice since the few I could find were around $200-$450.
Today I was able to get a driveshaft yoke from a colorado. Good thing Gm uses the same driveshaft in auto and manual trucks. Someone was nice enough to cut the driveshafts on removal on the two 5spd trucks. Guess they wanted the yoke to plug the transmission. The one auto truck had a yoke still. Picking up the transmission soon will allow use to make sure. But I know GM is lazy in the drivesahft department. My 96 Firebird can use a 82-02 driveshaft. 4,6,8, auto, manual it does not matter. It actually has a later auto one in it now. Getting excited as ebay has a transmission at the local yard for $192. I can go pick it up. Might even be able to get it lower by calling. Just got to make sure its got the shifter on it. We are going to throw a new mount on it as a maintenance item. Looking good. Just got to start pulling stuff apart soon.
