bigshrek76 <bigshrek76@yahoo.com> wrote in news:1189812724.586226.133380
@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:

If you mean FE block, it means Ford - Edsel, which is what the FE engine
was originally found in. Later, it was found in trucks and Mercurys.

The Ford Toploader Transmission was introduced in 1964 to replace the Borg
Warner T-10.  This is the super-tough transmission built by Ford Engineers
to stand up to just about anything demanded from it.
Internal parts of the Toploader are assembled through the top of the case
instead of through a side cover, thus the name "Toploader."  This design is
actually stronger than a 4-speed box with a side cover.  The shifter rails
are mounted in bosses that are cast into the box itself, leaving the only
function for the top cover to keep the lube inside.

The Toploader 4-speed transmission is of the fully synchronized type with
all gears except the reverse sliding gear being in constant mesh.  All
forward-speed changes are accomplished with synchronizer sleeves instead of
sliding gears.  The synchronizers will enable quicker shifts, greatly reduce
gear clash, and permit down-shifting into any forward-speed gear while the
car is moving.  All forward-speed gears in the transmission are the
helical-type; however, the reverse sliding gear and the exterior of the
first and second-speed synchronizer sleeve are spur-type gears.

The Toploader was used in production from 1964 to 1973 in almost every model
Ford car and a few foreign cars.

A 1-1/16" input shaft was used in motors from the 200 c.i. to the 390 c.i.
while the 427, 428 and 429 were available only with close ratio gears.  The
1-1/16" input transmissions are available in both close and wide gear
ratios.

The gear box was built in 3 case lengths.  The 1964-65 Fairlane, T.V.R.,
Griffith, and Sunbeam Tiger case is 25-1/2" long.  The AC Cobra with 427 and
428, all Mustangs, Falcons, Mavericks, Cougars, 1966-67 Fairlanes and Comets
use 24 " transmissions, while all full size cars and the 428, 429 Cyclone
and Torino use the 27" box.  The 1964 Toploader used a small 4 hole maincase
with the small O.D. bearing retainer.  All 1965-73 cases were wide 8 hole
cases with the large O.D. bearing retainer.

In 1964 and early 1965 a few transmissions used a 25 spline output shaft
which proved  to be defective.  These were quickly dropped from production.
Normally all motors 200 c.i. to 390 c.i. use the 28 spline output shaft.
All 427, 428 and 429 motors use the 31 spline output shaft.   There are a
few exceptions to the above information.  The toploader was produced in 133
different models.