is it any good ?

the truck is getting duel cases and 37s

83 toy wit a POS 20r that someone swaped in ......that is basically trash

if this is the bad trans

i really considering just swapping in a whole new chevy drivetrain....

 

1983s had an L52.

This will help with a lot of questions...
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=775780

 

well the date is an 83 the way this thing is hacked together i wouldnt be suprised if it was different
i did notice that it is a junk yard trans ....yellow junk yard name on it..

i took the top off to see why the shifter had so much play and found the the bushing was completly gone and was being held on with balen wire....

 

Looks like an L52 to me.





Oh and as far as is it any good...well, it's not the strongest tranny Toyota ever made. In fact it's probably the weakest. With big tires especially, they wear out fast. If you're right there and don't mind doing some mods to fit in a later tranny and have the money and all that, it's not a bad idea. I have an L52HD that Marlin Crawler makes which takes care of the weaknesses of the L52 (input shaft bearing), but they aren't cheap...

 

If your going to put duals in and be changing your driveshaft length, you might as well find a R series to swap in, as they are much stronger

 

yeah i wanna put dual t-cases

and i have to pull the motor anyway

so what trans ny should i put in ?

im a jeep guy i dont know shat about yotas

cheap is a big factor in this soooo


any help would be much appriciated

and im much happier now that people are actully posting and not just posting a link to the search button on pirate...


heres an updated pic....

 

just get a w56 from a 22re truck or 4runner 85-95, for the money they are the strongest 4 cyl transmission. the r151 is stronger, but very expensive.
if u are anywhere near western colorado, i can get u a good w56c for $200

 

so will the t-case bolt right up to the w56?

 

oh another issue is the two shifter hit each other whe shifting
is this only cus there is no bushing for the tranny shifer or somethin else?

 

get a w56 they are cheap 100 to 200 you can get the t-case too for your dual case setup usually another 100 or so for the t-case.

yea T-case should bolt up

shifters hit casue bushing is toast

 

Its either an L50 or L52. To tell if its an L50 the front input shaft housing will have weap whole. Where the L52 will not. That is the only external diff I know of.
Swapping to a W or G series trans will require your front drive shaft to be longer and rear shorter. Its not as simple to just swap them out. I would stick with a L52 and get the marlin HD version. Its brutally strong.

 

I had a problem with my L50 where somebody actually put the shifter in backwards, so it was pointed off to the passengers side, and it would hit.

 

L50's etc are not that strong...mine went out a few days ago...didn't like seeing the spline coupler come out on the input shaft of my crawl box:



Edit: Good link on ID'ing toyota transmissions: http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/faq/parts/

 

wel im gonna make square tube shafts anyway so the drve shafts arnt that big of deal ...the front is definetly not goin to be long enough to do what i wanna do.........