I have a wimpy T-5 tranny in my 85 CJ7 - I'm replacing it with a T-176, will the bellhousing on the t5 work on the T176?
bellhousig T5 to T176
Jun 25, 2004
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Wimpy T-5???
Man you better not let any Mustang V8 owners hear you.... They use the same 'wimpy' T5 tranny behind the 5.0.
I blew a seal on mine back in 99 and lost all the gear oil. I was 25 miles from a house and limped out with it going Bang Bang, Bang in every gear including neutral. 3rd was the quietest so I used that in low range.
Put gear oil back in, changed the seal and it is still going strong 5 years later.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sHomeBrewer wrote:
in addition to getting the correct bellhousing, don't forget that the 176 is shorter than the T-5 so the driveshafts and tunnel cover will need to be addresed.
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