bellhousing

monaro427 · Post by **monaro427** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 11:02 am

The bellhousing for the supra w58 does that have it stamped on the side, just to make sure that it is right one and not a w55 or w56

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 1:08 pm

http://www.4wd.net.nz

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:26 pm

tomsoffroad wrote:www.4wd.net.nz

Awesome photo's, crazy, crazy, crazy

monaro427 · Post by **monaro427** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:06 pm

cheers for the info, tried alot of car wreckers no go yet, emailed dellow in oz, have'nt heard back yet

pinky · Post by **pinky** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:43 pm

try this one he only deals in old toyota's SHAW STREET AUTO SPARES ( TIMARU ) 03-6846652

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:28 pm

There was a celica with a 5mgeu in the buy-sell this weekend, was getting wrecked, it'll have the right bellhousing (W58) FOR SURE, give him a ring, buy the whole gearbox complete, keep the bellhousing, thrust bearing carrier, and clutchfork, then sell the w58 box on trade-me, you'll still get 250-300 for the box and you're left with all you need. (if you already have a flywheel)
I went down this path just over a year ago, oh and I still have a grin from ear to ear whenever I drive it, something that doesn't happen till you repower

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:30 pm

I can whip up steel flywheels to suit 5m/7m setups....

monaro427 · Post by **monaro427** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:30 am

went to have a look at that motor and box on friday it was sold 5 minutes before i got there, i'll keep looking will try that wreckers in timaru cheers pinky, hey hosehustler maybe i can come out to brooklands with colin next time to check out your truck, ps it's craig here

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:58 am

Hi Craig,
yeah sure, good to see someone else making the effort with a lux,
have you been out in one thats got the supra repower?
if not i'll take you for a spin if you like
cheers
Tim

monaro427 · Post by **monaro427** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:32 pm

na not yet tim meaning to come out to see your one only got your cell ph and home number of colin the other day.

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:25 pm

I've been through this with mine here's what I've done

The flywheel off a Hiace van will fit apart from one bolt hole, all I've done is machine out the hole to fit and made a small cresant shaped filler that sits in Mike (SupraSurf) put me onto that one cost $20 including clutch

Bellhousing I've managed to track down a Supra nut who has spare bellhousings

but... he knows how rear they are and he said $450 :shock:

to much for me! (if you want I'll track his number down) my option was to make my bellhousing
found an auto bellhousing for a 7m ($20) and used the lux one for the other end (free

)
Stripped the gearbox (needed a survice) stuck the input shaft from the box into the front housing, use this as a guide to line everything up .... cut the two bellhousings so they will sit with a couple of mm extra spacing (your lux one is the correct spacing think its 194mm face to face) and machined the mateing faces (to keep everything even) could do this with a grinder and file if you don't have access to a mill
Had the motor out so tipped it on its end put the flywheel and clutch and motor half of bellhousing on, put the gearbox half onto gearbox and use the input shaft to line it all up and weld then when finished machine both sides to parrallel .... hmmm only took me the better part of 10hrs to do oh and cost not including labor $120, ($20 for auto housing and $80 worth of gas for the welder and $20 for rod etc) its a work of art

but every time I drop the clutch I'll be wondering just how strong is it

wish I'd bought one instead :lol:

Cheers Reece
Ps let me know if you want the number :wink:

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:44 pm

good work!!
I can appreciate the amount of work that went into that little project as I looked at doing it myself when I was looking for a bellhousing.
They are still out there especially around rural areas, I put a wanted to buy add in the buy sell week after week, eventually found a bellhousing at the Timaru wrecker and he charged me $200, as murphy would have it a young guy phoned me the next day and saind he had a whole car (manual with 5mg-eu) with a bent chassis and wanted $400, so I went round and bought that as well!!, did a deal with Mike (he did my wiring and Gareth did my eng mounts)
everyone was happy,
they are out there perservere with the buy sell or if you're in a hurry this sounds like a way out

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:48 pm

I've been investigating too, just out of interest (I already have my 5m/7m belhousing :lol:

) and I have tracked down a guy who will cast up some but a minimum order of 4 and fully finished,ready to bolt in are gonna be......wait for it.....................................$800 each!!! :shock:

But in the future they might be the only option left as all the good ones get swallowed up.
Might have to look at adapting the auto belhousing......

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:56 pm

I also have to say at this point, it is starting to get a LOT cheaper for a manual Commodore 3.6 v6 than it was 14 odd months ago when I did my hilux, if I was doing it again I would look in this direction due to the availability of conversion kits.
Having said that, the Supra straight 6 is best bang for your buck, if you can find the bellhousing at the right price!!
At $800 each I would put in the V6 :shock:

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:57 pm

S#@T did I say 3.6
meant 3.8!! :oops:

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 9:30 pm

hey Jafa have a word with Mike (Suprasurf) they had a guy down that way who had made an addapter plate to use the auto bellhousing as its narrower than the manual
Then all you need to do is sort the clutch fork.... a bit less welding :wink:

I'll have to sort the cammera and post a pic of mine :lol:

you won't beleive the amount of work it took!

Oh and thanks for the shackles Steve dropped them off today

Cheers Reece

monaro427 · Post by **monaro427** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:13 pm

well it took a while but managed to score a w58 bellhousing, got from taupo wreckers cost a bit but oh well should be worth it once i get that 5m-geu in there, bring on the mud, be gone with that old diesel

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:16 pm

Good stuff Craig,
any help, just text or cell me

cainef · Post by **cainef** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:56 am

http://www.rodshop.com.au/bellhousings.htm
Not sure if this helps at all....

monaro427 · Post by **monaro427** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:00 pm

cheers cainef, already tried them and dellow over there, but i managed to get one from a wreckers in the north island thanks to de-ranged, and a bit of waiting

De-Ranged · Post by **De-Ranged** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:28 pm

Hope he didn't sting you too much :shock:

Cheers Reece

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