Can you change out the drum brake tailshaft housing for a regular one on a 4l80e?
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I'm putting an ls1 and 4l80e in a '96 Mustang. I found a good deal on a running 4l80e, but it's got a weird drum brake tail housing on the rear. The trans is out of a '99 box truck. Can I just swap the tail housing for a regular one, or are the output shafts different? Don't want to buy the trans if I wouldn't be able to use it. Also, with any 4l80e, if it's one from a sbc and not an ls model truck, can I just get the pilot adapter and use the stock converter with an ls1 if I already have a tci flexplate with dual bolt patterns? Thanks for any help, I don't know too much about the 4l80's.
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I'm putting an ls1 and 4l80e in a '96 Mustang. I found a good deal on a running 4l80e, but it's got a weird drum brake tail housing on the rear. The trans is out of a '99 box truck. Can I just swap the tail housing for a regular one, or are the output shafts different? Don't want to buy the trans if I wouldn't be able to use it. Also, with any 4l80e, if it's one from a sbc and not an ls model truck, can I just get the pilot adapter and use the stock converter with an ls1 if I already have a tci flexplate with dual bolt patterns? Thanks for any help, I don't know too much about the 4l80's.
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I'm putting an ls1 and 4l80e in a '96 Mustang. I found a good deal on a running 4l80e, but it's got a weird drum brake tail housing on the rear. The trans is out of a '99 box truck. Can I just swap the tail housing for a regular one, or are the output shafts different? Don't want to buy the trans if I wouldn't be able to use it. Also, with any 4l80e, if it's one from a sbc and not an ls model truck, can I just get the pilot adapter and use the stock converter with an ls1 if I already have a tci flexplate with dual bolt patterns? Thanks for any help, I don't know too much about the 4l80's.
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This post was from 2012 for crying out loud! 2012!!
Do you think he has waited on his project 8 years just hoping someone would offer up the trade you're proposing?
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Someone actually wants a 4L80E tail with the drum brake configuration...?
Damn; I have no idea how many I must have thrown away after all these years.
Damn; I have no idea how many I must have thrown away after all these years.