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hi im new to this site but yall have helped alot.my truck is a 79 mikado that i have swaped a th350/350 into im not compleatly done with the swap but its in and it runs what i was wondering is if anyone has any parts for sale cheap to help me finish the swap i need a single groove pully kit,short water pump,radiator,shifter and i was also wondering if anyone would have an old manual trans like a 80s camaro 5spd or a munci 4spd.has anyone done a manual swap?

Where are you?

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carlsbad new mexico

Im close to you,

Las Cruces.

I could help you locate what you need. as I have most of the parts your looking for. let me know whats up and we could work something out.

A.j.

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what parts do you have?and how much would you be asking for them?

I have a Short pump you can have, and a couple of T5's to choose from (like 150 - 650$)

I will look and see if I got any other pieces.

A.j.

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what parts do you have for the trans? i need the clutch,flywheel,bell housing,and shifter thats all i can really think of right now.

everything for the trans, including tail cones for either front mid or rear shift.

A.j.

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where would the shifter fit best?

Well, I havent quite got to the point of trying to swap a T5 into a luv, but i suspect that the S10 tail cone of will probably fit the best - if not the Astro van cone. Im almost positive that the camaro tail will push the shifter way to far back.

hydralic throw out bearing seems the easiest way to go in my opinion - particularly if your truck was auto to begin with.

A.j.

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mine was manual to start with most of the original parts are there so i can do the swap when i want to

When i fist built my truck i used a 283 with T-10 trans and the cable clutch using a Monza bell housing and cable that i shortened to work. The shifter was more forward then i liked but it worked.
When i put the 455 Buick 4spd. in it i move the whole asy. back about 3"s now the shiter is back but still to close to the driver seat a problem that the T-5 wont have as for the clutch i went to a hyd. setup using a Wilwood master and a pull type slave witch i built a bracket and bolted to the frame to anchor the slave to as for the master if you look inside you can see where there is the spot fore the master to bolt .I had my pedall asy. out so i just used the proper size hole saw and drilled it from the inside out ,same for the mount holes then got the pedal asy. out of a earlier truck and bolted it in and presto it works better then the factory setup ever could.

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1978 pro street step/side 455Buick, 4sp,4.11s, 31/18.5s

sweet you have a 455 in it?thats got to be evil

the radiator you need is from summitracing.com they have the griffin aluminum radiators what ever size you can stuff into f for 195.00 when i bought mine it was 169.00 they also have the summit brand aluminum radiators now didnt when i bough mine for 169.00 either price is a great deal for a aluminum radiator.i was running a shortened 4 core in my luv till i got the griffin radiator and it droped my temps like 15 to 20 degrees.all the other stuff you say you need ebay .i built my truck from either summit and ebay.ebay will have the 1 groove pulleys aluminum or chrome steel for cheap.just have to keep looking from day to day different stuff on there from day to day.the biggest problem i have had with my truck is alternator brackets.finally made my own havent had any issues since.and i can teall you a borg warner t-5 will shift circles around a muncie if your gonna go standard.th350 is consistent cheap and easy.

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sweet well i want a manul trans but i want it to be drivable soon as soon as i get it drivable ill get in touch about a standard