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General Discussion => Buick Interchange => Topic started by: halfmoontrail on September 10, 2009, 08:17:37 AM

Title: Early Buick Transmissions?
Post by: halfmoontrail on September 10, 2009, 08:17:37 AM

I just picked up an engine and 2 transmissions. The engine appears to be a 1962 Buick 215/4 barrel (HI code). The attached transmission and the spare transmission are oddballs.

The attached transmission is a Dual Path air-cooled 2-speed. It is quite short and small, and has a small rectangular pan with a center bolt, no perimeter bolts.

The spare transmission is a Slim Jim Model 5.

This engine, and probably one of the transmissions, will be going in my Triumph TR7.

Do both these transmissions deserve bad reputations?

Any help will be appreciated!

Steve
halfmoontrail@yahoo.com

Title: Re: Early Buick Transmissions?
Post by: Mark Ascher on September 10, 2009, 08:01:57 PM

Steve,

Get something more modern. If you want 215 info, check out:

http://www.aluminumv8.com/

I have a 63 4 bbl 215 on a stand in the garage. It was a manual trans (4 speed) but that trans was an oddball too.

Mark