292 tranny replacment with a 4 speed?....will it work?

[Don Quixote]

A-ha! I found the quick reply, I'll learn yet. You're already a step ahead that you won't have to worry about taking the steering column apart. To be truthful though, my first truck was an old Ford with a column shift and I actually miss those. I liked fitting 4 people across the bench comfortably but I can't stand automatics.

[restorationboy14]

Originally Posted by Don Quixote

It'll be 6 in one hand, half a dozen in the other. The real advantage lies in the fact that you won't spend a lot of time working on the tranny. Just don't be thinking that you just built a 1 ton out of it. It'll still be a half ton, just with a really beefy drivetrain. Bear in mind though that if you do put the high hump in, you will need to replace the floormat as well. Is your ride a column shift or a floor shift? I don't remember what you said you had in it and if I look, I'll lose what I just typed :P

Its 3 on the floor conversion. At the moment the floor is bare metal. So do i NEED a high hump with the sm 420??
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[restorationboy14]

Its a 3love on the floor conversion. Do i NEED a a floor hump with the sm 420m?
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[Don Quixote]

You will with any toploader transmission.
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[restorationboy14]

Alright! Thanks a ton!!! Ok so let me get this straight, a sm 420 will only bolt up to my bell housing? Thanks!!! - Sam
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[Don Quixote]

Couldn't tell you much about the sm420 having never had one to mess around with but I can tell you that if you happen to fall upon an old GM in the boneyard with an sm465 in it, take the bellhousing with you. Chances are that you can use it for the 292 as well.