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Originally Posted by Krylon32
Coopman: Please share with everyone on the HAMB your reliable source for the 2.95 gear se for the S10 T5. In order to be competitive they must be available, good quality, reasonably priced and preferably made in the USA. My rebuilder has been in the business for over 35 years and is finding the parts to rebuild the T5's getting more difficult to get. I have used this guy for a long time with minimal problems. I had tried rebuilders in Texas, Iowa and Illinois who wouldn't back up their rebuilds so I tend to stay where I don't have come backs.
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Gary & Tim ..... I don't have any GOOD answers for either one of you. These T5 transmissions are suddenly over FORTY years old. Funny how almost everything that us kids play with has already, or is quickly becoming an ANTIQUATED, old used car part. Heck, we thought the old Ford 3-speeds were getting old and fragile with people like Mac VP having parts re-manufactured from sctatch just to keep the things mostly in service. Now, I realize that parts for these T5s are becoming a problem. Of course, there is NOS stuff still buried out there. It just needs to be unearthed. We know how all of that works. I honestly don't know of a reputable dealer in trans parts that could consistently supply close ratio gearsets. We're going to become dependent on selected, used gears for situations like this. It's the rebuild parts that concern me. Plus the fact that nobody is gearing-up to reproduce ANY of this stuff because word has it that NOBODY wants to drive a manual shift transmission any more, so the suppliers will eventually dry up. Just like Back Order Bob restocking with all the stuff he has been out of for eons.....ain't gonna happen 'cuz there ain't that many old geezers like us standing in line any more with cash in hand.
The only real replacement trans that I see is possibly that great big, newer and expensive Tremec "TKX". But those things are so expensive that sales will be far and few between, relatively speaking. And you won't be seeing them in the junkyards, either. Maybe any of y'all showing an interest in a T5 need to get-on with the program while there are still parts and options left to choose from. And anyone interested in building that "dream T5", there is still enough stock out there to get it done, but it won't last forever. The only thing keeping the T5 alive right now is that die-hard Mustang bunch that keep hammering on all those little Mustang T5s. Once the rebuild parts for the T5 disappear, the trans is doomed!
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