GM Muncie 318 different Side Covers ???

[Nils]

Hello,
I have a 1966 C10 Long Bed Truck with the 283 V8 and the 3 on the tree Tranny.
Now my GM 318 is broken and i need a new one. On ebay.com i have found a rebuild one thats looks great. Its a 318 like my. Only 2 Thinks are different. The Side Cover is a little bit rounder and on the case there is a different to. You can see it at the picture.
Is this a problem ? Or can i take this Tranny and put it in my Truck ???

Thank you all verry verry much.

Greats Nils

[Nils]

The Tranny from ebay is from 1958. My old one is from 1966 maybe the design of the Side Cover is a little bit different. The Number on the Tailshaft are on both the same. The other Numbers dont fit. Bothe are 10 Spline input shaft and 16 Spline output.

[Nils]

Some other Pics from the new Tranny

[Nils]

And my Old One

[frankslagoon]

your trk tranny should be threaded in the two bottom holes on the case where it bolts to the bellhousing. It doesn't look like the ebay one is threaded.

[Nils]

Originally Posted by frankslagoon

your trk tranny should be threaded in the two bottom holes on the case where it bolts to the bellhousing. It doesn't look like the ebay one is threaded.

Hi,
If I zoom the picture I could see that the lower holes are threaded.

[frankslagoon]

ok cool. man it's to bad it's such a hassle to send stuff to ya, I know there are trannys sitten around for darn near nothen, I got acouple in the shed, even a o/d how much do they want for that tranny? did ya get the 283 put together?

[Nils]

Originally Posted by frankslagoon

ok cool. man it's to bad it's such a hassle to send stuff to ya, I know there are trannys sitten around for darn near nothen, I got acouple in the shed, even a o/d how much do they want for that tranny? did ya get the 283 put together?

Hi,
the Price is $850. But the shipping to Germany is $650. Sometimes i wish to live in the USA.

[61K10]

So what is broken on your old trans? post some pics. maybe just rebuild it? small parts are cheaper to send.

[padresag]

Originally Posted by 61K10

So what is broken on your old trans? post some pics. maybe just rebuild it? small parts are cheaper to send.

I say the same thing. bearings and seals you can buy over there. there should be a bearing and seal kit for that trans. you may need a gear or 2 and perhaps some new synchro rings. these trans are not hard to do.
if you can't get a bearing and seal kit . one can get the pieces separate as bearings are pretty universal. usually if you can get as a kit they are less money
ron

[frankslagoon]

Originally Posted by 61K10

So what is broken on your old trans? post some pics. maybe just rebuild it? small parts are cheaper to send.

X3 on fixen the one ya got. you can get a gear set and rebuild kit for under 200 bucks and the freight won't kill ya.

[padresag]

here is one link http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/t...sm-318.879635/
here is another http://www.skf.com/de/index.html. these guys should be able to tell if you can get the bearing kit locally
just google sm318 for what you are looking for
ron

[Nils]

Hi,
my Transmission Builder said that the Lever (1. Pic) is bad and the 3rd Gear is bad. The Builder become no prices from his seller (USA) and i am waitind for 7 Monts to get a price. An other garage said that as he seen the pics you see that my Tranny is verry bad and the repait cost €1500-2000. No i have thouht, that a new Tranns is cheaper. But the shipping costs are verry high.
Did any body know if its verry difficult to repair the 318 Tranny ? A Repair Manual or something else would be verry good.

Thank you verry much for your help.

Nils