Recent content by Ronald Keysor

Further to my question, what is the nominal fill capacity of a old Toyota 5-speed? I have visited Reline Web sites and now know they offer conventional manual transmission oils for Toyotas.

Belatedly I'll ask, is Redline transmission fluid an automatic transmission fluid as opposed to say, the usual 70-90 weight oil type lubricants used in standard transmissions. Could anyone suggest a more generic product made by one of the major manufacturers? Thanks.

I have a 1960 Austin Healey with a Toyota 5 speed, likely a truck transmission. I say this because I was turning 3000 rpm at 60 mph in 5th gear with the standard Healey 3.9 diff. The desirable Supra boxes reportedly give much higher speeds at that rpm. I have now replaced the ring and pinion...

I did get in touch with LC Engineering, but I also took off the top of the tranny and discovered the nylon seat--the one in the tower that holds the shift lever ball--had totally perished. Not a piece larger than a grain of rice. I replaced that piece today, about $13. That instantly restored...

The front end of the gear box is identical to many of the Toyotas pictured on the Marlin Crawler Web site, and my mechanic bought the Toyota part he put in the shifter mechanism, identifying the tranny as a W56. Further, the bell housing as the name Smitty cast in, the name used by the people...

I was told my transmission was a W56 by the mechanic who replaced the nylon ball socket. Since the tranny is completely exposed in my car, I examined it today against the 20 Toyota boxes shown on the Marlin Crawler web site with the intention of ordering a short shift kit. However, while the...

First I apologize somewhat for venturing into the Toyota Truck web site, as I'm kind of an outlier in the Toyota world. I recently purchased an Austin Healey 3000 that has a Toyota transmission installed to replace the very heavy and fussy original unit. This is regarded as a significant upgrade...