Rug bp rug ca rug cl rug cd.
Rug em transmission.
These non toploader units carry codes of rug cl rug ca rug cd or rug bp on the tag.
The transmission would also garner other pseudonyms like.
Top loader 4 speed o d rug rts and t 170.
On the passenger side at the front edge of the maincase there is a small metal tag with a heh or rug number.
The toploader has been designated as a model t 170 or an heh or rug transmission based on the designations ford gave to it through its years of production.
This is a list of tag numbers that decode the transmission.
The srod is an all aluminum cased transmission.
This transmission looks just like an early toploader but it is not a performance transmission at all.
The tag rug em throws me a little because i don t see a reference for a tag number of that.
The srod also.
Maybe thats the issue.
Transmission model srod series includes the rug iron case srod aluminum case heh rug 4 speed and iron case rug 3 speed o d rts and t176 units are shown in the following illustration.
Tremec 3 speed parts list tremec 4 speed parts list click below images to enlarge.
The earlier 3 1 od toploader 4 speed late 70 s to early 80 s is much like the older 4 speed toploaders these didn t have od in that the main case and tailshaft are cast iron.
These transmissions look like the toploader at first glance but only use a four bolt mounting flange.
It was to replace the borg warner t 10 4 speed.
The lower number on the tag is the serial number of the transmission in the order it was tagged it has nothing to do with the serial number of the vehicle the transmission is in.
10 spline input shaft of the correct length a preferable 28 spline output shaft and a tail shaft.
The toploader 4 speed was coded heh and later rug.
The toploader gets its name from having an access cover on the top of the main case as opposed to the t 10 s side cover entry.
In addition the speedometer pickup is on the passenger side of the transmission rather than the driver s side as on all conventional four speed units.
The toploader s popularity is a credit to its strength with some race car engines turning at almost.
The rug e e1 e2 e3 were used on 67 69 mustangs but nothing regarding the em.
The pulldown list only offers rug e not rug em like it actually is.
This car version of the transmission was commonly referred to as the rug.
The tag numbers we know about are.
In order for it to work in your car it needs the 1 1 16 dia.
Ford introduced new style toploading 3 and 4 speed transmissions in 1964.
