type 3 trany in a 58 bus

smoothbus · Post by **smoothbus** » Sun May 12, 2002 3:29 pm

i bought a type3 trany and swing axel lowering kit that was in a 64 bus...i took all my stock stuff off and went to bolt the new stuff on...the nosecone on the type3 trany is 1/2 inch shorter than the stock one i took out...
can i just switch nosecones???
what else might i need to do??
thanks
chris

rizzag11 · Post by **rizzag11** » Thu May 16, 2002 9:27 am

call busboys or wolfgang and order the late tranny(syncro) into an early bus(splitcase) front adapter. you cant put a splitcase nosecone one a syncro tranny.

Pablo · Post by **Pablo** » Thu May 16, 2002 4:12 pm

'60 and later are tunnel, not split-case. You should only need the Type II nose cone and hockey-stick to adapt into a '64 bus. BTW, don't forget to flip the ring gear, or you'll have a "4-speeds in reverse" tranny.

Paul

Pablo · Post by **Pablo** » Thu May 16, 2002 4:14 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pablo:
<B>BTW, don't forget to flip the ring gear, or you'll have a "4-speeds in reverse" tranny.

Paul</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

--- unless by "lowering kit" you mean the kit that eliminates the reduction gears.

rizzag11 · Post by **rizzag11** » Thu May 16, 2002 5:41 pm

yo pablo, did you even read his post? he is putting it in a ...58... which is a splitcase bus just as you stated. you should read the post well so that you dont give the guy bad info. and a type 3 tranny never had reduction boxes(which im sure you know but just did not pay enough attention to his post) like i said before smoothbus, you will need the adapter.

Pillow · Post by **Pillow** » Fri May 17, 2002 11:37 pm

Yup, call Bus Boys and get the '58 nosecone. then you should be all set. The later split nosecones are different than the early crashbox ones.

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