Michael and Kevin,

Thanks for the insight. I haven't saved enough pennies yet to buy the shifter, but IÆve certainly have seen quite a few that are available for the T5, so I think that IÆll give one a try pretty soon. The tranny that I have does not have any Isuzu badges in the case, so IÆm thinking that with all of the other factors (Dextron III, 4x2 configuration, 92 model year) that this is indeed a T5. Dog-gone-it, I ended up underneath the truck anyway, but at least not to swap fluid!!

One interesting thing that IÆve found in all of this is that the T56 is a bolt in replacement for the T5 (although most sites indicate that some surgery to the floorboard and the tranny cross member). For those curious, a T56 (no longer BorgWarner but now Tremec) is a 6 speed tranny and it shipped in late 90Æs TransAms and Camaros, again the link back to these two cars ;-) It currently ships in the Dodge Viper and Corvette, so itÆs built to take it, but I doubt that my 3.1L would ever produce enough HP to ever put that into risk. I guess that IÆll need to add that to my list of stuff to buy when I hit the lotto!!


1992 Isuzu Rodeo, newly rebuilt 3.1L v6 and rear diff; clear corners, bumper and tails; Aiwa MP3 head unit; Infinity Perfect 10.1 sub; Polk seperates; Sony cross and amps.
Next projects -- New paint, tint, billet grill, nerf bars.