after many hours looking at the way the transfer case hangs with the auto off the chev im pretty much convinced that i need to go back to my manual so there fore i need a bellhousing to do it..... maybe
any info would be appreciated
cheers
WANTED.....maybe
WANTED.....maybe
hi all im looking for a bellhousing for chev V8 to cruiser G.box
after many hours looking at the way the transfer case hangs with the auto off the chev im pretty much convinced that i need to go back to my manual so there fore i need a bellhousing to do it..... maybe
any info would be appreciated
cheers
after many hours looking at the way the transfer case hangs with the auto off the chev im pretty much convinced that i need to go back to my manual so there fore i need a bellhousing to do it..... maybe
any info would be appreciated
cheers
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no idea if he'll be any help, but my mate gary seems to have a lot of '40 bits and pieces lying around (mostly mine at this stage, eh!) but who knows, might be able to help: a1polymer@xtra.co.nz. he's a decent bloke, can't hurt to get in touch i guess.
zebedee99 wrote:no idea if he'll be any help, but my mate gary seems to have a lot of '40 bits and pieces lying around (mostly mine at this stage, eh!) but who knows, might be able to help: a1polymer@xtra.co.nz. he's a decent bloke, can't hurt to get in touch i guess.
is that gary from auckland who is selling the lwb diesel chev'd 40 ? yea ive sent him a message on his trade me auction.
see what happens.... wouldnt mind getting in contact with that guy who bought all the 40 stuff off trade me not long ago from tauranga....there was a bellhousing amongst that lot.....
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Sadam_Husain
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You definately see them come up on trademe once a month or so but you know what happens when your trying to find one 
when I did mine I started off with the only thing I knew about chev's was the dizzy was at the back and went into it all completely blind without much mechanical knowledge and learnt as quick as I could, thats what you use your clever mates for
In hindsight unless your a guru that can fabricate an adaptor plate for a chev bell housing I'd always prefer to use a bellhousing kit (I think the only ones here are Graeme Berry, Dellow and Marks adaptors). The Dellow bell housing I used was cast to pick up all the old cruiser parts and mountings, cruiser clutch fork and rubber boot, clutch cover/inspection panel, cruiser slave cylinder, it all just bolted straight on with no mucking around. Input shaft lined up correctly and at the right length into the back of the crank. At the time my mate was replacing a 350 crankshaft in a cruiser that had a homemade adaptor on the back of a chev bellhousing, the inputshaft was not aligned properly and reached the back of the crank on an angle (only a bush in the crank not a bearing) and was starting to make a nice big mess, he spent quite a bit of time fixing it all up and realigning the adaptor plate to get it all right, maybe that was a one off but definately worth being weary of? :scratch:
With the networking on here somebody should be able find someone thats got some conversion bits lying on the parts shelf and dont forget to add the flywheel and clutch to your shopping list
when I did mine I started off with the only thing I knew about chev's was the dizzy was at the back and went into it all completely blind without much mechanical knowledge and learnt as quick as I could, thats what you use your clever mates for
In hindsight unless your a guru that can fabricate an adaptor plate for a chev bell housing I'd always prefer to use a bellhousing kit (I think the only ones here are Graeme Berry, Dellow and Marks adaptors). The Dellow bell housing I used was cast to pick up all the old cruiser parts and mountings, cruiser clutch fork and rubber boot, clutch cover/inspection panel, cruiser slave cylinder, it all just bolted straight on with no mucking around. Input shaft lined up correctly and at the right length into the back of the crank. At the time my mate was replacing a 350 crankshaft in a cruiser that had a homemade adaptor on the back of a chev bellhousing, the inputshaft was not aligned properly and reached the back of the crank on an angle (only a bush in the crank not a bearing) and was starting to make a nice big mess, he spent quite a bit of time fixing it all up and realigning the adaptor plate to get it all right, maybe that was a one off but definately worth being weary of? :scratch:
With the networking on here somebody should be able find someone thats got some conversion bits lying on the parts shelf and dont forget to add the flywheel and clutch to your shopping list
Will I, should I, will I ever use it myself, 
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may be someone else could use it.
On the shelf at the back of my shed is a Marks bell housing, it started off as a bellhousing for a 3 or 4 speed Toy box to SB Chev; . It was modified by the previous owner ( he owns an Engineering shop in CHCH) to fit a 70# 5 speed to Chev; . He ran a 350 SB in a 87 70# with std trans, I think he used std Toy clutch, not sure of flywheel.
Anyway, give me a call. 033387202.
V8,V8,
. 6, 6, .
FITZY.
, may be someone else could use it.
On the shelf at the back of my shed is a Marks bell housing, it started off as a bellhousing for a 3 or 4 speed Toy box to SB Chev; . It was modified by the previous owner ( he owns an Engineering shop in CHCH) to fit a 70# 5 speed to Chev; . He ran a 350 SB in a 87 70# with std trans, I think he used std Toy clutch, not sure of flywheel.
Anyway, give me a call. 033387202.
V8,V8,
. 6, 6, .
FITZY.
turoa wrote:I would have stuck with the auto. Why do you want to convert it back to manual?
the auto is so bloody long and im going to have a big bit of transfer case hanging down in harms way
not ideal for what i do 
to get it up higher i would have to cut a massive hole in the floor and have about 1/3 of the transfer case in the cab again, not ideal. i would have liked to run the auto but im having second thoughs about the amount of work it entails to get it to work properly without being a weak point. if i go back to the manual then im back to using my box/transfer/drive shafts/PTO/and good underbody clearance.....which is at the moment a much better and stronger option.
SMOKEY: ill give you a call later tonight or tomorrow dude, is that your home number or can i reach you on that during the day as well ?
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zebedee99 wrote:yeah, that's gary with the LWB '40 and 350 diesel - same guy. nice truck too. ask him about the time we took it for a spin (before he did it all up) and we had to be rescued by a farmer in a surf, hahaha. (electrical problem, all good now mind!)
hahaha..sounds interesting
will ask him about it.
i might be in need of some bellhousing mount rubbers as well, just had a look at mine and they aint lookin too flash
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BlackCruiser
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BlackCruiser wrote:phone 0274525382, he has a berry bellhousing, flywheel, fork.slave,clutch,flywheel to suit SB350 to 4sp Landcruiser
cheers for the info mate, just sent him a text message...bit late to ring now i think
wheres he situated ?
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BlackCruiser wrote:phone 0274525382, he has a berry bellhousing, flywheel, fork.slave,clutch,flywheel to suit SB350 to 4sp Landcruiser
rang him, getting it next week if its all good i will have a good bit of work to do then getting it all in
cheers for that mate
and smokey cheers for the offer as well mate, looks like you will just have to use it in your truck now
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