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Its a Manual. Get a shift lever & put it in its place to see if its a 5 or 4 speed. L16, L18 or L20? Pull them plugs & check them out. Check the oil. Look under oil cap for emulsion (milky oil) hook up a battery to the starter & check compression.

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Its a 5 spd and it turned over by hand a bit then seemed like the pressure stopped it. Didn't have a guage on hand but I have a gut feelin that its good. No burn smell or milky oil. The goon will have a backup! Guess part of my tax money is gone! Guess I finally make it to a CL Datto related buy that someone (insert DatDoug ;) )didnt beat me to first! But it was also about a mile from the house.. :unsure:

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Pre '80 truck, fairly sure not Z car.

 

Ah, I see I didn't say 5 speed. It is.

 

4 speeds will always have the rectangular cover plate with 6 bolts and a flat round breather cap on it.

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5 speeds don't have this

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A shifter is unreliable for ID-ing a 4/5 speed. The shifter is often very sloppy and even a 4 speed has a 'space' above reverse often mistaken for a 'fifth' gear.

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