I saw a previous post that said a certain bolt on the upper case is a Torx for a WC t-5 and if it said Rockford then it is a NWC t-5 does anyone know if this is true and are there any other ways of visually telling the difference?
Thanks in advance,
Tony

 

This question gets asked about once a week...

Look at the front countergear bearing. It's on the surface of thetrans that mates to the bell housing, down low; it's round, about 2½" in diameter. It's visible with the trans fully installed in a car.

If it's shiny and flat with sort of rolled-ove-looking edges, looks just like an upside-down freeze plug, it's the 1st design. If it's a dull finish with sharp edges and a depression in the middle that makes it look like it has a slight ridge about 3/16" wide all the way around it, it's the 2nd design.

 

Thanks,
Trying not to be an idiot here but I assume the first design means a NWC T-5.
Tony

 

That would be correct...

I've been a victim of too much "Six-Sigma", "Total Quality", "Quality Management System", and "PIT Team" BS to be able to tolerate the term "World Class" without puking. That's the "trendy management guru" term for a product with essentially zero defects, made very popular and trendy in the mid 80s up to the present by a number of trendy and popular books mostly written by people who have consulted for GE, Toyota, and Motorola. It disgusts me to the core that a respected company like Borg-Warner would actually give that name to a model of their product, as if they thought it up and now own it, or something.

{barf}