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Title: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: Marky on April 17, 2009, 04:12:46 PM
Hey Folks

Ive Just bought a Celica box off Ben.....


I wanted to know...

- The name n make of Clutch..... i have to get for my new gbox....Im running a blue 202


what modifications i have to make to gearbox crossmember?

thanks

Marky
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: hammers_spanners on April 17, 2009, 05:17:12 PM
Marky speak to your local brake and clutch people, they should be able to supply a clutch plate.

In the article below from oldholden.com it lists a 1.8 Toyota Lite Ace clutch plate should fit.

http://holdenpaedia.oldholden.com/index.php/Celica_5_Speed_into_old_Holden (http://holdenpaedia.oldholden.com/index.php/Celica_5_Speed_into_old_Holden)

Also a speedo cable from a hi lux is mentioned.

Hope this helps.

Craig
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: Marky on April 17, 2009, 05:22:13 PM
Hey Craig Thanks..had a look at that...

No pics of a beddy conversion...appparently from article

 celica box is 40mm shorter and lower than m21 box

so gearbox crossmember has to be modified

im looking for pics of converted crossmember in a beddy...anyone got one in their van?
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: hammers_spanners on April 17, 2009, 05:31:37 PM
Marky I haven't done a celica but did a supra a little while ago. We had to drop the x member down by fitting 25mm x 25mm square tube between the rails and x member. Used longer bolts and you will need to fit some tube/pipe inside the square tube to stop crushing it. Tailshaft also needed modifying, the yoke and length were wrong. We turned the shifter around to face forward and fitted an extension to get the height right.

Craig
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: Marky on April 17, 2009, 05:39:09 PM
nice one ..great idea  with the 25mm pipe hadn't thought of that

tht will take care of the 40mm drop needed ..now to sus the bracket that is needed to seat the bottom of box

been reading this article too on conversion into an EJ/EH
 http://forum.ejehclubqld.com/ehclub/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6729&#45374 (http://forum.ejehclubqld.com/ehclub/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6729&#45374)


This guy made up brackets to fit...just need a shot of a beddy....with a 5 speed..hmmmmm
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: hammers_spanners on April 17, 2009, 05:44:06 PM
Marky we used the x member and re drilled the mountings for the g/box mount. The pic in your link looks good or you could use a flat plate withh the celica mounting holes on the front and holden ones at the rear.
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: ShaneJ on April 17, 2009, 06:24:34 PM
When you guys speak of Celica boxes, what boxes are you really speaking about? T50s? W5x? Steel case?
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: ben on April 19, 2009, 09:13:52 PM
yeh marky this gearbox comes with crossmember clutch plate. pressure plate, thrust bearing.. tail sharft yoke. you shouldnt have to buy anything else.. except maybe to get the gearbox at the right hight.

cheers
ben
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: Marky on April 30, 2009, 06:20:54 PM
Got My Box delivered...Thanx Ben

Its got a castlemaine Rod shop Bell housing.....I rang them for answers about my box..said "no info avail"

What I want to know is....The box has a forward pointing Gear Linkage.

eliminating the need to use it as a top loading gearbox

and enables

to mount it in a normal beddy selecter postion

.........with a bush..but it has no mounting for the  bush..


any one seen one these set up before?

Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: ben on April 30, 2009, 10:21:34 PM
thats all custom marky.. prety cool huh. yeh just got to get it all working.. post some pics up so people can help.

ben
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: Dano on May 01, 2009, 10:55:07 PM
Sorry Marky ment to get some pics for ya, will do tomorrow....I run hydrolic master and slave cylinders, rod Hadfields bell housing,  dyna truck clutch set up of some sort,  custom cross member and hangers bolted through Chassis. works well but as you mentioned my shifter at the mo is not Quite, but almost in the back of the van ;D......working on a remote shifter (with everything else)....ps it's a supra box not a celica so, not sure on the Celica measurements??? hope this helps....
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: Marky on May 02, 2009, 02:09:19 PM
Heres some photos of the box and the Gear Linkage..

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b144/dubshack/S1030029.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b144/dubshack/S1030030.jpg)

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b144/dubshack/S1030031.jpg)
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: ben on May 03, 2009, 09:58:21 PM
i think you will find from talking to the bloke i bought it off..

all you need is a tie rod end socket mounted to the floor to mount the gear shifter too and it sould all work properly.. its just like an extension of the gear knob.. apparently works fantastic once it setup also..

ben
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: Atoyer on May 31, 2009, 01:09:06 PM
Hey,

Although I'm having proplems with the clutch cable at moment I have the supra 5 speed conversion in my beddie
So, if any pics are still needed or you near Melbourne and want to have a look for yourself let me know and i post some up for you.

Tonz
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: ethyl on May 31, 2009, 09:01:09 PM
as a variation to this I am fitting a Tarago 5 spd behind an injected blue 202
this is same box as Supra but diff front and rear housings, rear mount is on top and is round bush type (haven't worked out crossmember yet but shouldn't be hard to suspend from chassis)
best part is the shifter, remote teleflex cables so can put it right forward in Beddy position and run cables back to the 2 levers on the side of the box
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: Dano on May 31, 2009, 11:57:02 PM
sorry Marky ....long time over due ::) hope these help
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: Marky on June 02, 2009, 12:58:00 PM
Thanks Dano :)
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: aka5000 on August 14, 2009, 10:24:23 AM
Hey all I'm after a speedo cable to suit the Celica 4 spd I just chucked in my van, any ideas before I go looking through yellow pages?
Cheers
Alex
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: ShaneJ on August 14, 2009, 01:07:54 PM
Where abouts are you? I have lots of speedo cables for the Celica boxes.
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: neville668bartos on August 14, 2009, 02:04:07 PM
the rod shop do a celica 4 to holden speedo cable. from memory it was bout $70
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: ben on August 16, 2009, 08:32:44 AM
im gunna make a conversion cable just out of 2 cables then join them together in the middle with a clamp type thingy hard to explain, works perfect and you can make it really long too!!

ben
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: aka5000 on August 16, 2009, 02:40:26 PM
gday shane im in melbourne, would you have celica 4spd to bedford? is there a difference between the 4 and 5spd speedo gear, and also is the bedford speedo end different to holden?


gday neville, hear ya got some cash for me... lol

is that castlemaine rod shop ya talking about? coz i know rare spares sell them to suit old holdens, but im not sure if its there the same as bedford.

cheers

alex
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: obsession on August 16, 2009, 03:28:39 PM
hey aka can we see some more photos of your van ?
Title: Re: Celica 5 speed conversion
Post by: aka5000 on August 16, 2009, 03:36:09 PM
yeah no worries mate, ill make a folder in the gallery or something
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