T5 advice

[32coupe]

Originally Posted by Ziggster

I have the orig Ford truck trans that came with my 59A “industrial engine”. IIRC, that bearing retainer will not fit the Ford WC T5 I have. This is why I ordered an all steel new bearing retainer and had to have a sleeve machined for it so I could use an early Ford TO bearing.

You could have ordered the S10 T5 Bearing retainer as it will fit on any T5 and you could have used the Speedway sleeve. However as I posted above pressing a sleeve in the throwout bearing hub Like Cornhusker does is a better idea than pressing a sleeve on the retainer IMO anyhow, Far less likely to have troubles down the road as many guys who put real mileage on their cars have with those type of setups. On the Bond adapter it uses a original early ford bearing retainer and it fits over a s10 T5 bearing retainer perfectly and bolts to the adapter plate just like it bolts to a early ford transmission.