Topic: Diesal tranny - my transfer case??

[Brian83]

Hey Marlin, or anyone who knows for sure,
Will my 83 transfer case bolt up to an 83 toyota diesel tranny or could my L52 tranny bolt up to the engine?

[brainlessfool]

sorry I don't know for sure, butt I'll bet that the t-case will bolt up to the trans. If it's a 4X4 trans.           Wish I had some idea if the bellhousing bolt pattens are the same or diff. beteen a 22r and a diesel. 

[kyle_22r]

i'm not sure about the stock bellhousing for a 1L engine, but 2Ls used w56 trannies.  the bellhousing is different as i'm pretty sure toy diesels use an SAE bellhousing to block pattern.

[Marlin]

The diesel block has the starter on the left, drivers side and a completly differance bolt pattern. On the L45,50,52 trans, a special 2" adapter plate was used to go between the diesel block and the face of a special tranmission housing that used a totally differance pattern then the 22R block pattern. 
On the 84 and newer trans with the removeable bellhousing, an aluminun one piece bellhousing was used.
All diesels got the gear driven t-case with a 21 spline input gear.
Non turbo trucks used a G54 trans [forward shifting t-case], and the turbo engines got the W56 [top shifting t-case].
To my knowledge, 85 was the last year for the poor selling diesel trucks in north america.

Marlin