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01-30-2003, 10:56 PM
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Used to have a truck
Join Date: May 2002
Location: port orchard WA
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Automatic works....
I got the new transmission in over the weekend and got the driveshaft back from the driveshaft shortening guy yesterday . She's all done. runs great . Motor and everything has a completely different feel and sound now. I'm sure I'll get used to it. That Lokar shifter is the greatest thing since sliced bread !
I got lucky! The transmission came out of a 72 1/2 ton truck with much smaller tires and probably 3.07 gearing. I have 3.54 gears and 285/75-16 tires . I took it out on the highway at 60 miles an hour on the speedometer. I drove exactly 5 miles by the mile markers in 5 minutes and 1 second. It wasnt that close before I changed the transmission!
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01-30-2003, 11:05 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Gilroy, CA
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You know whats funny??
I just finished my swap from a NP435 to an auto also. But I went to a 700r4. I still have a few things to go back over but its in and running. I drove it around the block. A lot nicer then that manual. Although it took me two months to get it all done.
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01-30-2003, 11:10 PM
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Fabricate till you "puke"
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Ill
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Cool, welcome to the "slushbox club"! They are nice when pulling hills....no lugging, the verter lets the eng run. How many times did you push down the clutch when you stopped?
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69 longhorn,4" chop,3/5 drop, 1/2 ton suspension/disc brakes,1 1/2" body drop,steel tilt clip, 5.3/Edelbrock rpm intake/600 carb, Hooker streetrod shorties,2 1/2" exhaust/ H pipe/50's Flows , 6 spd Richmond trans,12 bolt/ 3.40 gears.... |
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01-30-2003, 11:17 PM
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Used to have a truck
Join Date: May 2002
Location: port orchard WA
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Actually I havent done the jerky left thing at all. Probably because Ive been driving my wifes automatic equipped car for the last few days while and I got weened. I got this all together I have noticed a LOT more left leg room.
It was a pretty straightforward swap. The lokar shifter made it a whole bunch easier than if I tried to convert columns. I generally work pretty fast on mechanical stuff. Its kind of a job requirement in the work I do so I get used to doing that with everything . Get everything ready down to the last detail and as soon as I have downtime..BAM ! knock it out! You know...Pull the engine on a friday and have it overhauled and running by Sunday kind of thing. Since I bought this truck in May of last year Ive built a new engine for it, gone from manual to automatic, changed interiors, done all the bodywork and paint myself, wheels and tires, new springs etc.
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