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    • fred heath
      1978 Toyota Chinook (Hilux Pickup) L43 to W50 and W50 to W55 Transmission Swap

      I think you mean JD. He’s no longer on this forum. I believe he’s on a Chinook forum on FB. You could try there.

      W50 was an option on RN 28 chassis.

      It seems I remember you need to source the W50 crossmember for everything to work. I would attach the transmission (supported) then figure out what modifications need to be done to the L43 mount to work.

       

      I like my L43. It’s a bullet proof transmission. Good luck.  Fred

    • anbowden
      1978 Toyota Chinook (Hilux Pickup) L43 to W50 and W50 to W55 Transmission Swap
      On 5/23/2026 at 6:45 PM, fred heath said:

      W50 was known to have weak shift forks, often breaking. Also, hopefully you got the matching W50 shifter. W50 has a one of a kind shifter. No other shifter will work with that transmission.

      Thanks for the tip on the weak shift forks, but it's the only 5spd I've got so I plan to install.  I did get the shifter.

      My bigger question is: why was deejay able to adapt from L43 to W50 so easily, but I'm experiencing issues with the crossmember?

    • fred heath
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      I reported this. Hopefully Greg will see it and respond. Everyone please scroll down to the ‘report’ bar and submit.

       

      I really miss Linda……….

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