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Old 08-05-2008, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by juanesoto View Post
That's a totally accurate guess. Maybe some of the persons with the aluminium 5-speeds (717.xxx) can chime in and tell us how similar are the transmission.

The thing here is that Gurkha mentioned that his provider only makes the iron transmissions, not the aluminium ones. Not sure if the internals are the same...
The only diff I can see between the 4 and 5 is that the 5th gear lever is aft of its normal place on the 5th gear housing thats tacked on. I am fairly certain they are interally similar. Tear down with pics come this winter to a forum near you.
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