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flathead 53 · 04-08-2018, 07:19 AM

Anyone install A later model 3 or 4 speed in A 53/56 f-100 ? How did you handle the clutch bracket mount? original 53/56 trans had clutch bracket mounted to original trans casting .

KULTULZ · 04-08-2018, 11:19 AM

Maybe go here- https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...n-56-f100.html

...for more info.

flathead 53 · 04-08-2018, 02:32 PM

I checked that out ,they don't address the clutch pivot mount , with the stock trans there are two castings were it mounts too. any other transmission will not have these . I know other guys have run into the same issue on 53/56 f-100 ,just trying to get ideas .

ahshoe · 04-10-2018, 09:55 AM

I am working on that issue right now on my 56 F100. Found out you can't do it unless you use a hydraulic clutch or fab a ball and Z bar to the block and frame.Then you also have to use (weld or bolt in) an aftermarket cross member to support the newer transmission under that trans. because the stock bell housing mounts are gone.

flathead 53 · 04-10-2018, 11:34 AM

Please keep me posted on your progress, An idea would be to utilize the top bolts on the new transmission ,make an right angle plate to go down the side of the trans ,then drill two holes in it at the location of where you can bolt the existing bracket to it .

flathead 53 · 04-10-2018, 11:37 AM

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an additional cross member would be no problem ,I am installing a 1985 RT-170 3 speed OD trans from a F-150 ,in my 53 F-100

04-08-2018, 07:19 AM	#1
flathead 53 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: central nj Posts: 717	53/56 f-100 transmission Anyone install A later model 3 or 4 speed in A 53/56 f-100 ? How did you handle the clutch bracket mount? original 53/56 trans had clutch bracket mounted to original trans casting .

04-08-2018, 11:19 AM	#2
KULTULZ Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: IN A 'GALAXIE' FAR FAR AWAY Posts: 6,471	Re: 53/56 f-100 transmission Maybe go here- https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...n-56-f100.html ...for more info. __________________ *** - WHY IS IT ... - ... that everything you buy in the grocery store is either wrapped in or contained in plastic but the government doesn't want you to carry it out in a plastic bag? WONDERING IN W(BY GOD)V ... DIAGNOSED CDO** - (OCD In Correct Alphabetical Order)

04-08-2018, 02:32 PM	#3
flathead 53 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: central nj Posts: 717	Re: 53/56 f-100 transmission I checked that out ,they don't address the clutch pivot mount , with the stock trans there are two castings were it mounts too. any other transmission will not have these . I know other guys have run into the same issue on 53/56 f-100 ,just trying to get ideas .

04-10-2018, 09:55 AM	#4
ahshoe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Eastern Iowa Posts: 350	Re: 53/56 f-100 transmission I am working on that issue right now on my 56 F100. Found out you can't do it unless you use a hydraulic clutch or fab a ball and Z bar to the block and frame.Then you also have to use (weld or bolt in) an aftermarket cross member to support the newer transmission under that trans. because the stock bell housing mounts are gone. Last edited by ahshoe; 04-10-2018 at 12:44 PM.

04-10-2018, 11:34 AM	#5
flathead 53 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: central nj Posts: 717	Re: 53/56 f-100 transmission Please keep me posted on your progress, An idea would be to utilize the top bolts on the new transmission ,make an right angle plate to go down the side of the trans ,then drill two holes in it at the location of where you can bolt the existing bracket to it .

04-10-2018, 11:37 AM	#6
flathead 53 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: central nj Posts: 717	Re: 53/56 f-100 transmission Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) an additional cross member would be no problem ,I am installing a 1985 RT-170 3 speed OD trans from a F-150 ,in my 53 F-100