I don't know the reduction unit ratio, but these are the gear ratios in the
transmission.
GEAR HIGH RANGE LOW RANGE
1st ............................. 4.08:1
.................................... 15.67:1
2nd ............................. 2.63:1
.................................... 10.05:1
3rd ............................. 1.55:1
.................................... 5.95:1
4th ............................. 1.00:1
................................... 3.82:1
Reverse ....................... 4.54:1
.................................... 17.35:1
I suppose that one of the engineers on the list could figure out the
difference between the High and Low ranges and get the ratio of the
reduction unit.
Yes, its true, the M35 does have a 5 speed manual. No, the transfer controls
the high/low. I'm not exactly sure, but I believe that its similar to the
transfers found in military jeeps, only a lot larger. There should be three
levers. One controls the transmission gears, the second controls the
high/low on the transfer, and the third controls the
engagement/disengagement of the front wheels. I believe that when the
Government switched to automatic transmissions the transfers also were
changed to similar setups like the M211's. That way all the soldiers have to
do is select drive on the gear lever. Then there is no more guess work, the
transfer engages the wheels automatically.
Maybe someone else out there has more insight on current vehicle drive
trains.
Ken
Lone Star - M.V.P.A.
Newsletter Editor of "The Transfer Case"
53' XM211
54' XM105E3
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Cole <DA_Cole@compuserve.com>
To: Ken Weiss <kweiss@wans.net>; MV List <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 1998 09:56
Subject: Re: [MV] M-211 repower questions
OK, now I understand. I thought for sure that the auto tranny looked
fairly normal from underneath, I guess I missed the reduction hump in the
tail section of the tranny. I was thinking that the transfer case had the
planetary set in it to provide the two speed hi-low ranges. So the
transfer case must be pretty simple compared the the automatic trans. This
is all starting making sense. So if a swap was made, say a Chevy 350 with
turbo 400 into an M211 then the low range would be lost as has been said
earlier since the turbo 400 doesn't have a reduction gear for hi-lo range.
You don't happen to know whta the hi-low range reduction ratio is do you???
The M35's has a 5 speed manual transmission right? Is the high-low
reduction in the manual trans also. Or do the 211 and M35's have
different transfer cases with a hi-lo range built into the transfer case?
Thanks for clearing this up. I did have a killer headache the other day,
but it's gone now. (;->)
Dave
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Message text written by "Ken Weiss"
>You can easily spot the reduction unit like Dr. Deuce(A.K.A. Steve) said.
The front part looks like a normal transmission, but then theres this big
circular hump in the rear section. This is where the reduction unit is
housed. This is do to the cone-type clutch. Also, from what I've heard, it
is true that it's basically the same transmission used in the Cadillac's of
the late 40's and early 50's. Parts are still available from auto parts
dealers but are very expensive. (I.E.. transmission parts only, there were
no reduction units on Cadillacs.)<
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