Hilux 5 speed

[roadkill]

Hi All,

I currently have an rn46 hilux with a 5 speed gearbox. Just wondering if someone could help me find out what model gearbox it would be as it replaced the 4 speed. Ie where are the numbers located etc.

Any help is much appreciated

[Norbie]

The trans code is on the build plate, which is rivetted to the firewall or inner guard in the engine bay.

[The Real Roadrunner]

if you had a 4 speed in there b4 and its been changed you would have to look at what car it came out of.
maybe an rn85 but it could be anything.
what extension housing is on it.

cheers
linden

[Norbie]

Chances are it originally had a W40 (or the column-shift equivalent) which was replaced with a W50 or equivalent.

[The Real Roadrunner]

mine had a 4speed in it and i dont know what the hell it was. didnt look like any w series box ive ever seen. but the build plate said w52? dunno what was going on there.

cheers
linden

[roadkill]

Hi,

didn't mention it is a 4wd if that changes anything. Around the trans plant axl on the build plate there is l40, g142 and a51. Pretty sure all w series boxes are not 4wd yeah??? Is there anywhere on the gear box itself that might have it written. The car already had the box in it when the guy i got if from purchased it. Also, i know that they only ever had the 4 sp, 5 sp wasn't introduced till 84 model or something like that.

bEn

[mrshin]

mine had a 4speed in it and i dont know what the hell it was. didnt look like any w series box ive ever seen. but the build plate said w52? dunno what was going on there.

cheers
linden

W50 etc. are all old school weedy-looking things that were considered a hot item in the 70's. I suppose they WERE good when compared to 'Aussie 3 speed'...

[The Real Roadrunner]

W50 etc. are all old school weedy-looking things that were considered a hot item in the 70's. I suppose they WERE good when compared to 'Aussie 3 speed'...

dont you mean "aussie 4 speed" ie m20,m21 etc

the one in the ute had the shifter bolt to the side of the box and some nasty linkages.


roadkill, chances are that it will be a g52 or something similar but without pics i couldnt tell you.

cheers
linden

[Pure_In_Sanity]

My rn41 had one of those 4 speeds. Forgotten whats on the plate, but had the odd looking linkage setup - as linden described.

Pics will definately help. Has the floor been cut?
The shifter on the w50 sits further back than the 'side shift' setup on the original.

Cheers
Phil

[mrshin]

dont you mean "aussie 4 speed" ie m20,m21 etc

M20, 21, etc. 4 speeds were the 'luxury' boxes though, the general riff-raff had to put up with the 3 speed versions. Some folks I've known have tended to refer to them as 'the aussie three speed', and it was close to the worst imaginable common car gearbox I could think of at the time.

[The Real Roadrunner]

if theres something worse than the aussie 4 speed i had in my onetonnerboganshitute i dont want to know about it.