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so I’ve looked through the forums and haven’t really been able to find much about this. So I’ve got a t56 out of a CTS-V and it’s got low miles so I want to try and use it in my third gen Camaro on an lq9. Only issue is this t56 has had a McLeod mid shifter conversion done to it. It’s got a tail shaft housing that doesn’t have the shifter plate on it.
It doesn’t fit into my Camaro as is and I’m not sure how challenging if even possible it is to undo the McLeod mid shift conversion back to oem. I’m pretty good with engines but I have little to no experience with transmissions aside from clutch and torque converter jobs.
Anyone know if this is feasible or is it just a waste to try and go back to oem from this?
Thanks for the response, that I understand but this one doesn’t have the factory shifter on it. It’s been changed to have the Mcleod forward shifter conversion so that it can fit in an older style Chevy truck but the shifter is too far forward for my third gen and I needed it it the oem position. Can this be reverted back to oem or once this forward shift mod has been done there’s no cost effective way of going back?
If you're putting it in a Camaro the easiest solution is to do as I suggest so you can have the GTO/f-body shifter location. Also doing it this way you will be able to use a regular slip yoke driveshaft and not be forced to buy a custom slip joint driveshaft. I have already been down this exact road.
The CTS-V shifter bolted to the top of the forward inspection plate / shifter location. That's a GM-requested design in the OEM Tremec unit. No McLeod to it.
The straight forward answer is - remove the CTS-V shift rail / mainshaft / extension housing parts and replace with GTO parts.
There might be someone here who could do the work for you. Your location is blank.
You could try bolting a divorced shifter from another unit to your floor and operating it like a CTS-V shifter. But, you still need the address the driveline too.
I posted a reply with pics earlier but it looks like I need moderator approval to post pics?
anyway thanks for the tips. I do have a McLeod forward shifter modification on this thing. It’s not the stock unit out of the ctsv that’s got the shifter a good ways back. That assembly is gone and the inspection plate has the shifter sticking vertically out of it. I do understand I need a different tail housing now to relocate the shifter back to the gto/fbody location as well as to assist in my driveshaft usage.
for the main shaft of the transmission, would you mind explaining why it needs to be swapped as well? Is it too long even with a ctsv bellhousing? I’m not sure as to why that’s recommended to swap.
The main shaft in the cts-v t56 is to short to use with a GTO/f-body tail shaft housing not to mention it doesn't have enough spline to use a slip yoke.
Honestly, there has to be someone in your area that would love a six speed in a Chevy OBS LS conversion. Sell that to a "truck" guy and get the one you need.
(Tons of trucks where I live. I wish I lived closer, I'd buy that thing in a heartbeat for one of my truck projects.)
I have a t56 trans from a 2001 Camaro ss. Bought the trans off a local guy like 8 years ago. I just want to be sure it’s good cause I’m not gettin reverse at all even with the sensor off. I just want to know what to buy or what to do to make it work Bought this trans like this but it has a mid shifter setup. Crazy stuff it has the fbody tail housing. The back shifter location I bought the fbody shifter lever
[img alt="This part it’s in the middle shifter
And this part hits not letting it shift to reverse. "]https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/ls1tech.com-vbulletin/2000x1504/image_03d507d273fa449918a6a11e5ba9a7b4beee418d.jpg[/img] This part it’s in the middle shifter And this part hits not letting it shift to reverse. I found this pic and it’s from a Camaro fbody. Also seen that the shifter rod is one piece rod. Mines has 2 rods.
With two rails, it's someone's former project / your new project with unknown changes. You can't service that rail without knowing how to line up the forward 1-4 shift interlock parts and line up the 5-6 rails and reverse rails with two guide bolts on assembly.
The guide plate under the mid shifter in yours isn't bolted down. The selector piece that goes on the rail there doesn't keep you out of reverse. The reverse lockout solenoid beside the *rear* Camaro shifter does.
You may have nearly all the correct Camaro parts to fix the rear shifter location, if that's your goal. The Tremec service manual can still be downloaded.
With two rails, it's someone's former project / your new project with unknown changes. You can't service that rail without knowing how to line up the forward 1-4 shift interlock parts and line up the 5-6 rails and reverse rails with two guide bolts on assembly.
The guide plate under the mid shifter in yours isn't bolted down. The selector piece that goes on the rail there doesn't keep you out of reverse. The reverse lockout solenoid beside the *rear* Camaro shifter does.
You may have nearly all the correct Camaro parts to fix the rear shifter location, if that's your goal. The Tremec service manual can still be downloaded.
the gear selector piece under the mid shifter is bolted we just disassembled it to inspect everything.
the mid shifter is hitting the housing of the trans. Seen chips of material from there. We manually shift to reverse with no middle shifter and it goes in. I tried removing the sensors the reverse lock out and the other sensor and does the same. Further investigation it shows that middle piece is hitting the housing. Idk if the rods are bent or something. But I just want to know to buy the correct parts.
i have the tail shifter lever for a fbody already bought it. And I also have a mgw short throw shifter.
thank you sir. I appreciate the help
Your 2nd picture, post 10 has a correct reverse lockout solenoid / spring-loaded rash-thru assy. Black connector and pin extended. That prevents the shifter moving from 5-6 to the right into the R *gate*. If your shifter moves right with *force*, that part is fine. (It looks like it's a later model slimmer solenoid, not the 34mm hex T56 piece, which is fine.)
if your shifter fails to move forward into R but goes into 1, 3, and 5, you're going to have to figure out the internal rail assembly steps.
The CAGS solenoid left of the mid/case shift should be white connector, pin retracted unless powered. I don't know off hand if that being an incorrect rev. solenoid or defective "blocks reverse". But you can check with/without it. A good CAGS sol. with no power to it should change nothing from no-solenoid.
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T56 mid shift relocation revert? 
