transit 2.9 conversion

[24vMk2]

what about getting a gearbox place to swap the 2 boxes around if its poss and use the bellhouseing from the granada and the transit caseing???

This is the fun bit, the transit's bellhousing won't fit the V6, its to big, and the gear lever comes out the top of the 'box. this part of the casing is all in-one.

On the granada 'box, it uses a remote linkage, and puts the gear lever to far back. the bellhousing also us one casting, and theres no way of fitting the transit gear lever on it.

Been round the scrapyard today, looking at this problem, got myself a pinto to MT adapter plate, once redrilled, it will work!

[Luke]

Been round the scrapyard today, looking at this problem, got myself a pinto to MT adapter plate, once redrilled, it will work!

any chance of so piccs, etc. while your doing it! - i think a few including me would be interested in this!!!

[24vMk2]

Been round the scrapyard today, looking at this problem, got myself a pinto to MT adapter plate, once redrilled, it will work!

any chance of so piccs, etc. while your doing it! - i think a few including me would be interested in this!!!

Yup, no problem, was going to anyway

[carcrazysi]

they did actually do a 24v cossie granny manual, but only for police.

[bortaf]

Ex police cars are where the manual MT boxes usually come from but they are bleeding rare
I know you can get a RWD box for a car made from a 4x4 box and a 2wd tail end, the only transit 24v i've seen in the flesh was auto
you can shorten the remote selector on an MT75 but not enought to keep the origional stick position but you might get it far enough forward to clear the hand brake?

[MRspivvy]

The gearbox you need can be found in late mk3 ambulances. my old one was a 1992 2.9efi, with 5spd manual MT75. even has the gearstick in the right place. hard to find, this engine/box in a transit was special order only.

[madvanman]

The gearbox you need can be found in late mk3 ambulances. my old one was a 1992 2.9efi, with 5spd manual MT75. even has the gearstick in the right place. hard to find, this engine/box in a transit was special order only.

Or ex-police riot vans, mine is a 2.9efi + 5 speed manual mt75

[madvanman]

Does anybody know if you can transfer the innards from a 4X4 MT75 into a transit MT75 casing? so you get the correct gearing and gearlever position?

[MrMPuk]

I suspect you probably can as mine is running the inards from the 2WD escort cosworth.

[Luke]

I suspect you probably can as mine is running the inards from the 2WD escort cosworth.

didn't know they ever did a 2wd escort cossy

[24vMk2]

They never did.

There was a 2wd Sierra Cosworth, that used a Borg-Warner T5 box.

The Escott used a MT75 4x4, same as the sierra 4x4