Thread: 390 Galaxie 4 speed - how to put it behind a 289?
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Old 08-22-2006, 06:02 PM
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I had that same problem when I originally put together my roadster. When I tried to button everything up the nose of the input shaft was too short to properly engage with the pilot bushing. The guy at my local racing transmission shop made a longer pilot bushing (1/2" longer I believe) out of bronze stock that engaged the 390 pilot shaft. It worked very well but I have since swapped in a super duty T-5 that I like much better. Ended up being able to use the same clutch, fork etc. because I had set up the top loader bell housing to use the Mustang cable clutch setup.
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