Tom Lovejoy,

Your truck sounds very nice, and with 20 forward gears, I'm sure it has no problem hauling the model T.

The transmission in your rig is probably a SM420 which is a very stout and straight forward box. These are easy to rebuild, and are very popular with the Jeep crowd.

My son lives in Huntington Beach...tons of Jeep people and 4-wheelers. I don't know where you live in so-cal, but If you find a 4-wheel shop, ask them about a source for rebuilding your transmission..they just might lead you to something.

My personal thought would be to keep your COE intact with its existing drive train. The SM420 with the brownie and two speed is pretty cool..especially with a 292 leading the show.

Before you decide anything, you should determine where the problem is...it could be as minor as a bad center bearing (if it has one)!

And welcome to the Stovebolt....

Stuart