71 Bronco w/ 3on the tree swap?

[bronco911]

My 15 year old son bought a 71 with a 4 cylinder to restore for his first ride, but it has the 3 on the tree. Need to convert to an automatic. Anybody know which transmissions will work for this?

Thanks, Ray

 

[Bully Bob]

Hi Ray., welcome..!

Congrats to your son..!!! Many yrs. on fun & learning there.!

HOWEVER., I think you mean 6 cyl. And., oddly., the auto trans doesn't work well with the I-6.. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

You might find some parts in a bone-yard fr. a Pinto, Falcon, Fairlane, or Mavrick or some other old ford vehicles.

The prob. is., the auto robs a lot of power fr. the I-6 & the cost would be way out there.!

You would need the bellhousing, torque converter, flywheel, starter, trannie, & T-case adaptor. Plus a bunch of misc. parts, like a floor shifter. Also, likely need some re-engineering -- like the T-case mount/cross bar.

--not an easy task--

You could, for now, move the shifter to the floor as it's much better & very dependable...& not expensive.

If an auto is a must..., it's likely cheaper to drop-in a V8/C-4 with all the goodies. >< <'>

--OR--

If it is a 4 cyl. RU sure it's not an International "Scout" ..?

 

[bronco911]

Hi Ray., welcome..!

Congrats to your son..!!! Many yrs. on fun & learning there.!

HOWEVER., I think you mean 6 cyl. And., oddly., the auto trans doesn't work well with the I-6.. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

You might find some parts in a bone-yard fr. a Pinto, Falcon, Fairlane, or Mavrick or some other old ford vehicles.

The prob. is., the auto robs a lot of power fr. the I-6 & the cost would be way out there.!

You would need the bellhousing, torque converter, flywheel, starter, trannie, & T-case adaptor. Plus a bunch of misc. parts, like a floor shifter. Also, likely need some re-engineering -- like the T-case mount/cross bar.

--not an easy task--

You could, for now, move the shifter to the floor as it's much better & very dependable...& not expensive.

If an auto is a must..., it's likely cheaper to drop-in a V8/C-4 with all the goodies. >< <'>

--OR--

If it is a 4 cyl. RU sure it's not an International "Scout" ..?

 

[bronco911]

Yeah, my mistake. I was thinking of the old jeep when I typed 4 cylinder. Definitely 6.

Thanks for the info

Ray

 

[bigbluebronc]

Yeah, my mistake. I was thinking of the old jeep when I typed 4 cylinder. Definitely 6.

Thanks for the info

Ray

Three on the floor is alot easyer too learn on then the tree!!

B