3 Datsun 4spd manuals - $75obo each

[drummingpariah]

Take your pick, they all need to go and I need to find a 5spd. $75obo each, all turn but I have not driven any of them so I don't know what the internals are like. Open to trades.

 

[datzenmike]

 

The left one is hard to see but looks like a Z car rear mount on it, possibly an 810/Maxima. The middle one is a 4spd for sure and 'seems' like the left one. The right one is what appears to be a Roadster box, possibly with an L bell on it used in the early Z car through mid '71. You're absolutely sure the right one is a 4spd? Does the right one have a bolt on bell housing? Does it have a ring of 10 bolt holes inside like this:

 

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Got better pictures?

Edited July 6, 2009 by datzenmike

[drummingpariah]

I don't have better pictures, but I can get them. The front one is definitely different from the other two (they look identical) and I'm not 100% certain that it's a 4spd. The one in the rear (left) came out of my 240z, and despite how dirty it is changes gears nicely. The middle one came out of the s130, but was pulled from SOMETHING in a junkyard to get into the s130. It says 4spd on it, so I'm going by that. The one in the front has a different shifter altogether and I'm just not familiar enough with these transmissions to be 100% certain on any of them. I suppose I could go try going through all the gears to see if it's a 4spd or 5spd.

 

*edit*

 

Found this pic, but 'better' is a subjective term.

[72240z]

I find it so unbelievable that someone threw a 4 speed into a s130 lol. Not by any means saying it isn't so, it's just so odd.

[Gollum]

I threw that 4 speed in. It was going to be a lemons project and it's what we had for free, so it fit the bill. No need for 5th gear when you never go 60 on the track.

[72240z]

Fair enough lol

[drummingpariah]

Tried identifying it by the shift pattern, but most of the shifter is missing and it has a lot of slop to it. I took the shifter off and used a C-clamp to try shifting, and it FEELS like there's a 5th gear there, but it doesn't seem to reach with the shifter attached. I'm sure I could mess with it a bit and get it to go if that's correct, but I'd rather find some way to be sure that it's a 5spd rather than a 4spd ahead of time. I dug up the casting code on the tranny farthest to the right, if anybody could help me identify it that'd be superb.

[datzenmike]

Find reverse. Turn the input shaft by hand, the output spline should turn opposite. Shove lever straight back. If there is a 5th gear it will turn forward. Another check is to count the turns. If a 5th overdrive it should turn more times than the input. Roughly 9 input turns gives 10 output.

[drummingpariah]

I tore it down, its just a 4spd. Started cleaning up one of the other 4spds that I plan to use in this, unless I can get ahold of a 5spd.

[drummingpariah]

All 3 are still for sale, open to offers.

[datzenmike]

Oh well it's no diamond in the rough I guess. Take pictures of it apart. Please. That removable bell might be worth something to someone with a Roadster or Roadster tranny???

[drummingpariah]

I only took off the rear housing, I don't want it to fall apart or have anything fall into it. I'll yank the cover off again today and snap some pics, though. Maybe video, if I can figure out how to mount a camera so I can actually see.