anyone put a later 5 speed in a 81-87?

[gafiredog]

odee, i got the same problem with my 86 dually, with a heavy duty 4-speed. it eats slaves and masters too. replaced both atleast 4 times in the past 2 years. thinking about getting the linkage out of a 77-81 clutch truck, and installing it.

[Nachos82]

crossy, sounds like you are as fast as I am working on projects. I start them, or plan on starting them only to never finish.

Question for the guys that have done the NV3500/NV4500 switch. Does the old bellhousing, say off of the SM465 fit onto the NV4500? I thought I saw they have removable bellhousings, where the NV3500 is a full piece transmission? Is this right? The problem I am going to have is I want to run this change on a 4x4 truck. Just saying that caused me to not want to do it. Good luck to anyone getting ready to tackle this job.