71' suburban 4x4

[Dieselwrencher]

How did you mate the 46rh to the 4bt?

[infinite-foamies]

My 46rh came out of a 93 W250 with a 5.9 Cummins so it had the adapter plate, TC, and flexplate/flywheel that I needed.

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by infinite-foamies

My 46rh came out of a 93 W250 with a 5.9 Cummins so it had the adapter plate, TC, and flexplate/flywheel that I needed.

Does your valve body have a 3 pin or 2 pin connector? If it has 2 it is a a518. If it has 3 it is a 47rh. 46rh's were behind gas engines and have a smaller bell housing.

[infinite-foamies]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Does your valve body have a 3 pin or 2 pin connector? If it has 2 it is a a518. If it has 3 it is a 47rh. 46rh's were behind gas engines and have a smaller bell housing.

I have no idea what is because as from the begining, everyone has a different story. It does not have lockup but has OD and came from a 5.9 Cummins. I was told 47rh has lockup and 46rh does not ans is more stout.

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by infinite-foamies

I have no idea what is because as from the begining, everyone has a different story. It does not have lockup but has OD and came from a 5.9 Cummins. I was told 47rh has lockup and 46rh does not ans is more stout.

If you have overdrive and no lock up, you have a 518 which is an updated 727 with over drive. 47rh's were only put in v10 and cummins 2500 and 3500 1994 and 1995 trucks. I've seen a 47rh In a super late 93 first gen, but it could have been swapped in at some point. The 46rh's are gas transmissions and do have lock up and overdrive like the 47rh. They never had the bigger bell housing. They were behind 360s and maybe 318s. I can show you pics as I have everything besides a 727, 48, and 68rfe.

Sorry for hijacking your thread. Have any underhood pics of the beast?

[Average Joe]

Originally Posted by infinite-foamies

Well the trans in my F350 went after being rebuilt a month before so I through my Burb together in a week and test drove it 350 miles to school, made it with few issues!


I averaged 18mpg. I believe I get around 30mpg at roughly 60mph and 20mpg at roughly 72mph with rolling hills. I need to work on sound deadening, thinking of using Yoga mats because I can not afford Dynapad and/or Dynamat.

Nice work. Thats a heckuva test drive!

[infinite-foamies]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

If you have overdrive and no lock up, you have a 518 which is an updated 727 with over drive. 47rh's were only put in v10 and cummins 2500 and 3500 1994 and 1995 trucks. I've seen a 47rh In a super late 93 first gen, but it could have been swapped in at some point. The 46rh's are gas transmissions and do have lock up and overdrive like the 47rh. They never had the bigger bell housing. They were behind 360s and maybe 318s. I can show you pics as I have everything besides a 727, 48, and 68rfe.

Sorry for hijacking your thread. Have any underhood pics of the beast?

Supposedly this came from a 93 W250. It came with an NP205. I did have an issue with the TC fitting but my engine had a pilot bushing.

[infinite-foamies]

Special thanks to Hawgee.com for the [BROKAGAIN] vinyl. If anyone has trouble seeing at night you've got to get these Cibie Z-beam fixtures and 90w low beam H4's.

[Dieselwrencher]

Do you have a link?

[infinite-foamies]

Link for what?
Here is the pic, for some reason I can't edit my own post?

[infinite-foamies]

Had a good day wheeling at Rausch Creek with Steel Soldiers on Saturday:
Does anyone know the difference between the inside door handle mechanism from 67-71 and 72?

[LockDoc]

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Sounds like a good time.

The shafts on the '72 remote door handles and window regulators are longer because the door panels are thicker.

LockDoc

[infinite-foamies]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

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the door panels are thicker.

LockDoc

But the Metal of the door is the same? I have 72' Front doors from Cali to go on, but want to use my 71' guts and am doing custom inner panels.

[notchbackgta]

Dynamat is not sound deadening, it is vibration dampening. Mass loaded vinyl is sound deadening. You only need about 50% coverage with vibration, sound you need 100% coverage, or as close as possible

[infinite-foamies]

Originally Posted by notchbackgta

Dynamat is not sound deadening, it is vibration dampening. Mass loaded vinyl is sound deadening. You only need about 50% coverage with vibration, sound you need 100% coverage, or as close as possible

I guess Dynamat's Dyanliner is their sound deadener. They do sell sound deadener. I am more interested in thermal insulation which I guess I would also need as close to 100% coverage as possible?

Either way do you know good cheap materials?

[notchbackgta]

Unfortunately, there isn't really a cheap way to do sound deadening. It's all really quite expensive, I am in around $1,000 in my Suburban, and I am not even done yet. You can buy that peel and seal from the hardware stores pretty inexpensive and get the vib dampening at least

[RedRoad]

a friend of mine recommended hvac duct insulation, not sure if thats the peel and seal you are referring to but he says it works great and is fairly inexpensive.

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by infinite-foamies

But the Metal of the door is the same? I have 72' Front doors from Cali to go on, but want to use my 71' guts and am doing custom inner panels.

I think the 67-71 pieces will bolt on a 72 door. The wing windows have an extra bracket on the 72 models and there is an extra hole in the door shell to mount this extra bracket on the wing assy.

[infinite-foamies]

I am looking at modifying my Cobra 29 LX BT to have a remote mount face plate and then using a factory style dual speaker for the CB. Then use the other cone from the dual speaker for the HAM radio, but I don't know if these will need to be amplified. Anyone have experience with this? I will be making custom speaker enclosures for my actual speakers so this would be unused otherwise.

[infinite-foamies]

Got some shelving built for the tools and camping gear, model airplanes loaded up for the trip to South Carolina.
Got the second fuel tank mounted which needed a small amount of modifications to work with the trailer hitch and I had to modify the filler neck to deal with the cross member, pictures to come of this.

Using a fuel valve out of an 86' Square body because I had it. This year valve uses a motor instead of a solenoid and retains its position until you tell it to switch.

[coggonobrien]

just curious, saw your post in the 4x4 trucks page and you said 32mpg, what speed were you going, what gears you got, and what tire size. I don't know much about the differant 5.9's but is yours computer controlled or mechanical

Thanks!

[infinite-foamies]

If I said 32 it was a typo, meant 30. 30mpg is achieved at about 60mph with 3.73 gears, 235/85/16 tires on about 45psi of air. Running a Dodge A518 OD trans with an NP205 behind an 1985 fully mechanical 3.9(4BT).

[coggonobrien]

just realized it was a 4 cylinder, pretty slick