DeTomaso Mailing List: December 97, Message #124
     



From: 	"Mike Drew" <mikeldrew@hotmail.com>

Subject: Re: gearbox ID

Date: 	Wed, 10 Dec 1997 04:42:06 +0000





>

>Mike Drew wrote:

>> 

>> Dennis wrote:

>> 

>> >This might explain Brock's acceleration out of the corners but 

limited

>> top end speeds. . .More to follow so stay tuned.

>> 

>> >>>Bo-Bo has a late car (L-model) with the later gear ratio.  The 

only

>> explanation for his relatively slow speeds is a lack of horsepower

>> and/or testicular fortitude. :>)

>> 

>> Mike

>> 

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HAHAHA...Yea, I mentioned this to him and he definately thought he had a 

>"early" box...Is there a way to ID the box? Are the -1 and -2 boxes so 

>ID'd?

>

>MD

>

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Yes.  On all ZF gearboxes, mounted on the box where the linkage enters 

(I belive, it's been awhile) is an identiplate featuring all the gear 

ratios, etc.  On it, it says, "5DS/25-1" or 5DS/25-2" depending on the 

type of gearbox.



Early -1 gearboxes were used on the Mangusta, and on VERY early 

Panteras, '71 only, and even then quite a few '71's came with the later 

-2 box.



Easy way to ID them at a glance:  -2 gearbox has one large inspection 

port on the left side of the bell housing.  -1 gearbox has two, smaller 

ports cast into the top of the bellhousing, one on each side.



No way Bo-Bo has a -1 box, unless it's been changed, and that I 

seriously doubt, given how original the rest of the car is.



Sorry Bo-Bo.  Hey, at least you're out there drilling away in your 

Pantera on the racetrack, which is more than a lot of us (me included) 

can say! :>)



Mike Drew (Steppin' down to Cairo in a little while...)



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