New Venture Gear NV3500 Manual Transmission

The NV3500 is a 5-speed unit transmission that contains gears that are in constant mesh. All forward speeds are fully synchronized. The transmission has a two-piece aluminum housing containing the front input shaft, rear output shaft, mainshaft gears, countershaft, reverse idler gear, shift forks, and shift shaft components. Gear shifting is accomplished by using a shift tower mounted shift lever. The NV3500 transmission can be identified by the RPO code (M50) for four wheel drive and (MG5) for rear wheel drive.