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I just had a 700R4 installed in my 52 3100 with a 235. Langdon's kit works but it is not flawless. The shop that did it for me had to get some offset bell housing guide pins to correct the runout and to align the tourque converter nose with the crank but that was really about it. I also had to have a later model rearend intalled as well since I used to have a torque tube. The shop also used Langdon's side mount engine mounts, but they did not fit very well. We had to use those because when they removed the original bell housing the original engine side mounts went with it. Langdon's side engine mounting plate that is suppose to bolt to the engine was too small for both sides, so the shop cut those off and made the correct ones and welded them to the mounts. Over all it is not too hard to do. I wanted overdrive that is why I went with the 700R4, when I spoke to Landon, he recommended the 200R4 becasue it was lighter but I had already purchased a 700R4. I also had to have a new floor pan made to accomodate the bell of the new tranny, but it is such a small hump it doesn't look any different than before. The truck runs great, and I now have overdrive for the highway. Yahoo!!!