U/SA 302 ffffford build

[goinbroke2]

Got the tranny from out back, it's a case fill...with a 164 tooth bellhousing! Same as the pan fill is a 164 tooth flex plate.
I need a 157 tooth flex plate and bell housing which as far as I know only comes with case fill car transmissions.

Went up the road to a ford buddy and he has a c4 out of a 73 mustang/302 that he personally can verify it's original...it's a pan fill truck transmission with a small 157 tooth flex plate and smaller bellhousing!!

Holy CRAP!!! Nothing Ford does is the same from one minute to the next!

So I bought the transmission from him, now I have to go through it and install the reverse valve body, all I need now is the 157t flex plate. The one that came on the 302 we pulled this tranny from?? The bolts are rusted and rounded off holding the converter to the flex plate. So if I can't find another one from another local ford guy, I'll have to fight with that. The other option is order a new sfi spec flex plate..which I might do as well.

Nothing money won;t fix huh?


And then there were three.....