Ok, thanks

The opposite applies, remove gearbox front cover , hold in lathe and machine cover to fit hole in bellhousing.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Ok, I've got the toploader, it came with everything that came off the back of the 289.

I would think that I would have to use the Y block bell housing and fly wheel. Yes?

Which means the hole the box inserts into will have to be reamed out about 5mm so it will fit.

If not what do I use? Trev.

Rick, i agree with that and fair enough as local terminology of parts is confusing both ways. Thats the beauty of learning things and shareing our interest from afar.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Yep, in Oz we didn't get the variants you got in the states. So we generally refer to the box by its application. T85 or T86 mean nothing to me or anyone I know.

Regards

Rick - West Australia
Do Y Blocks Downunder run upside down? Gravity Sucks!!

Glad I asked, I wouldn't have guessed that! So a cusso 3 speed is the same manual trans that we have in the US. Always learning something new.

Jim - Erie Colorado, 1957 Country Sedan

Warren, thats close enough and apt explanation. As my 1st car was 56 customline which served as the test bed for any modifications back in those days and have stayed with them to today, and have perserved pushing their exploits and supplying parts in a diminishing market place due to the internet. I appreciate you and ricks reccomendations for the lost aussies, regards bill.

Heres a pic of my recently finished 66 mercury cyclone.

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  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Ha Ha Ha

Very simply Australia got very few "American style" Fords in the fifties. These were up market and pretty much all Customlines. Aussie slang changes that to Cusso or Cussy.

I think Bill got his name from Drag racing Cusso's he also had a shop in Western Sydney which was one of the few places which catered for these fords.

cheers

Warren 

Grizzly (Aussie Mainline)

So not being fortunate enough to live in Australia, what is a cussy transmission or cusso transmission? And hopefully not breaching etiquette, but how does that relate to "cussobill"? Perhaps the inventor?

Jim - Erie Colorado, 1957 Country Sedan

Trev, I'm with Rick the cusso three speed is a robust gearbox. The top loader is a development of it. I'm still running one behind my 272. Not being able to go back to first and with a standard 4.09 rear really sucks in Sydney traffic.  I need another gear either side of my two speed.

Rick, I plan on installing a AOD four speed auto. I have the trans and the adaptor plate but need to do a trial fitting before going further. I cannot find out if anyone has installed one on the mainline/sunliner chassis with the large x member. Inital measurements looked good but things keep getting in the way. I get some time off over xmas but it may be too hot to do anything. We'll see.

Regards

Grizzly (Aussie Mainline)