> >  > George Lendich wrote:

 >>
 >>  Paul,
 >>  These are the Mazda parts, you can see there isn't much
difference to the
 >>  Mazda and the Ford parts I sent under separate e-mail.
 >>
 >>  Just for your and ACRE information, I guess now that there is a
 >>  merger between the two, some sharing of technology is
 >>  inevitable.
 >>
 >>  I'm trying to see if I can purchase parts from here but I very
 >>much doubt it.
 >>
 >>  George (down under)

 >I think what you are looking at here is a scaled down version of the
 >C6. It was built by Jatco starting about 25 years ago. Japan Automatic
 >Transmission Company. A joint venture between Toyota and Ford.
 >I had such an auto transmission in my 1976 13B Cosmo and my 1975
RX4 station
 >wagon. Now I don't know for sure what
 >transmission they used in the three rotor Cosmo build in Japan. Could
 >have been a C6. I doubt the Jatco would have been up to the HP generated
 >by the turbo 3 rotor but I could be wrong. I don't think they used
 >an automatic
 >in the 3rd gen RX7 but I could be wrong about that too.
 >
 >In addition to the parts gif here is a photo of the Jatco parts.
 >
 >I will say the RX8 auto transmission is big and it could be scaled
 >up version of the orginal Jatco. It could also be something else.
 >Don't know for sure. Here too is a picture of that.
 >
 >Paul Lamar

    The transmission in the 1/2 ton Ford trucks are made by Mazda, same
 as in the Mazda truck.
   I have a fiend that has had nothing but problems with one as they
 won't hold up to heavy loads.

    Ken

Is that manual or automatic Ken?

BTW people if you have a starter lying around please measure the pilot
hole diameter (around 2.6 inches), the OD of the pinion, the ID of the
pinion and count the number of pinion teeth. Also take a few pictures
if possible and we will try to identify them.

Paul Lamar

   I think its an auto but I will ask him to be sure.

   Ken

If it is an auto it is probably made by Jatco and not Mazda. It is up
to the product manager what transmission is specified. Unfortunately
there are a limited number of automatics in the world. Cost of course
enters into the choice. If a marginal transmission is used the company
will pay the price down the road in bad PR.

Paul Lamar
 
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