We are going to rebuild one of the beefiest manual transmissions you can put into a Jeep, the top-loader Borg-Warner T18. The Borg-Warner T18 transmission is famous for its strength and durability ...

John Briggs started with a 1967 Jeep CJ-5 and reinforced the frame using additional ... Power is then routed through a Ford T18 manual transmission using a bellhousing from Advance Adapters.

The Jeep CJ was the brand's civilian version of the ... along with the CJ-7's debut was the introduction of an automatic transmission, which had previously been limited to Jeep's enclosed SUVs ...