Is this transmission a Getrag 282? Is it an internal HTOB tranny? Will it old up behind a 3800SC?


Steve

It may be a 282, or it may be a NV (New Venture Gear) T-550

The T550 that I have came from a 92-93 Corsica or Beretta. It's got an internal slave/hydraulic throwout bearing.
The later 282s had an external slave, but used an internal fork and a separate throwout bearing.

Look inside the clutch housing of your tranny. If it has a clutch fork, or bosses for a clutch fork, it's a later 282. (I believe it's still called a 282.)
If it's got no fork or bosses for the fork, its a T550.

Either of them will have a sturdier differential than the Fiero 292.

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Raydar
88 Formula IMSA Fastback. 4.9, NVG T550

Praise the Lowered!

I have one from a Beretta and was told that you need one from a 3.1 V6 but I see that the Cavalier came with the 2.8 also which should work too. You cant use one from behind a 4cyl though. On mine, the slave bolts to the bell housing. With an internal HTOB, there is no slave, just the clutch line going into the bell housing.

Steve

quote Originally posted by JumpStart: I have one from a Beretta and was told that you need one from a 3.1 V6 but I see that the Cavalier came with the 2.8 also which should work too.

Yep by '92 the Z24 had the same 3.1 as the Beretta.

Thanks for the info guys.

Steve

The first Getrag I put in my Fiero was from a '92 Grand Prix. It was one of the later model HM282 units. It had the slave cylinder bolted to the outside of the transmission casing (no mounting bracket, just bolted straight to the casing), with the actuator rod going into a hole in the tranny casing. That transmission bolted up to the engine and mounts, just like the Fiero transmission. But it required adapter brackets for the shifter cables and slave cylinder (which you can get from Rodney Dickman).

I thought the trick with the Chevy 282's was to reverse one of the arms...