[Raceaprilia]

I had to do something on 3 speed transmission. I like the shifter position, gear ratio not as much. Reading again and T5 look like good choice. Auto trans is nice but not for european plus this was manual trans truck to strat with. CL search and T5 is at home. WC ofcourse. All good, 10 spline input shaft as I have right now, fresh rebuild. Considering it as nice score. When it was time to put it behind bellhousing something does not match. It was FORD bolt pattern! Did my homework again with this site and google. Sold T5 for same price as I paid, lucky I guess. S10 is the way to go. Unfortunally no one on CL locally seel them from 4.3L engine with 26 spline input shaft. I found camaro WC T5 for $200. Not sure what is inside but lets take a risk. Got it home and had to spend some money changing synchrons. Spent good bit more then I paid for trans. It is OK now I finally got over it. I got 2 newer WC trans after that for cheap with S10 tailhousing and Ford bolt pattern from 2.2L s10. One is perfect, one is parts trans. Tried to use tailhousing but my is mechanical speedo and will keep it that way. Did already sell some parts, maybe it will make up for extra cost on my trans. 283 with V8 camaro trans is going to be. New clutch is in and it sits perfect on frame, driveshaft shortened and good to go. Added some stainless headers also and cranked it up. It was nice to hear it again - this was my first engine teardown after all. I am going to keep bench seat and plan is to have camaro tailhousing. Have few options how to do it. More likely I will cut opening on cab under seat, reinforce local area and make it fit under seat. Any pics to get ideas from members on this would help a lot. I am at the point on truck now that I need some help from members on individual problems to make it happen.