cawain Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Question, How do you tell if a FWD trans is a 4 or 5 speed? I have some, but the model numbers and serial numbers have been removed and I don't have a clue what they came out of. The starters all mount on the driver's side if that is any help. Thanks, carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john in KY Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I guess if you turned the input shaft by hand and shifted through the gears, that could tell you how many gears the box has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 that's news to me - i thought all FWD trans were 5 speeds? can you move the shifter mechanism through the gears? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchsub Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 that's news to me - i thought all FWD trans were 5 speeds? can you move the shifter mechanism through the gears? STD hatches got 4 speeds. Thats it as far as i kno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLCraig Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 if it has the starter mounted on the side, it's a 5 speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 (edited) Well - as far as anyone knows, they made the STD hatch till '89 and they started using the side-starter EA71's somewhere in there (I have seen these for certain). So out there somewhere, is a side-starter 4 speed 2WD tranmission to go with it unless at that time they also discontinued the 4 speed's..... That would be a pretty rare item though considering it would only be later '80's STD hatch's that got them and they also made a 4 speed, single range 4WD STD hatch as well as some with 5 speed's (I think)..... so who knows. GD Edited January 7, 2010 by GeneralDisorder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cawain Posted January 7, 2010 Author Share Posted January 7, 2010 Thanks to everyone who responded. I am going to check if I can shift it through the gears. Also I think that these transmissions came from EA-81 engines. I bought the trans and a couple of years later I bought all the engines that the trans came from. What he had was a bunch of JDM stuff. thanks again, Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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