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| | | | Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 323 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 323 | I hear some of the early one's had issues.
These old bolts are in my blood. Hard thing is focusing on just one.
1937 Chevy 1/2 ton panel
1953 GMC 2 ton. future car hauler
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,101 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,101 | The preferred one is from 87-92. 93's are 4L60E (electronic)
Fred
1956 3100 Pickup/Red/350/3sp OD/PS/Disc Brakes
1957 Bel Air Sport Coupe/Red/355/TH350/PS/Disc Brakes
2017 Silverado LT Single Cab SB/Black/5.3/6 Speed Trans
1947 Willys CJ2A w/F-Head engine
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats | | Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 | I prefer to have any trans gone thru by a friend of mine who builds transmissions for towing/racing/etc. Cheep insurance
88 and newer have electronic speedos
The problems we face today can not be addressed at the same level of intelligence we were at when we created them - Albert Einstein Or with the same level of $ - Me
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 183 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 183 | Got mine from Bowtie overdrives . Just didn't want to take my chances on a used non overhauled one. Just love it, not a single problem with it, just drive and drive!!  | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | I took out my 350 automatic. I'm running 400 horses. I put in a 700r4 and man, I've never been happier. First gear is lower and with a shift kit its been a killer...... so much so that just TONIGHT the rear end gave up the ghost. I shelled it and drifted into the yard! The shift kit has to go!! | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | These guys build transmissions for studs. They will ship. http://www.phoenixtrans.com/
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,860 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,860 | You're learning about shift kits the hard way. If you simply shift up, never down, a shift kit is OK, I guess, but on several of the downshifts possible during normal driving, the shift timing is such that you're in two gears at once, momentarily. That locks up the rear end for a fraction of a second, and either breaks the spider gear pivot shaft, or wears out the carrier housing. I've seen carriers with the pivot shaft hole worn into a slot 1/4" long as a direct result of a shift kit being installed. There are better ways to beef up a transmission that don't involve screwing around with shift timing, but I'm sure all the self-appointed experts here will disagree with me.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 323 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 323 | I prefer to have any trans gone thru by a friend of mine who builds transmissions for towing/racing/etc. Cheep insurance
88 and newer have electronic speedos How do you address the electronic speedo with a stock gauge?
These old bolts are in my blood. Hard thing is focusing on just one.
1937 Chevy 1/2 ton panel
1953 GMC 2 ton. future car hauler
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 98 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 98 | convert to mechanical speedo drive
50 chevy 3100
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats | | Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 | get the electric speedometer drive for $300 (cable X - from Abbott industries) or replace the stock gauge and buy an electronic speedo for about $100
The problems we face today can not be addressed at the same level of intelligence we were at when we created them - Albert Einstein Or with the same level of $ - Me
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 98 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 98 | you dont need to spend $300 or even $100 to do this. oem parts are availiable if you look. use the mechanical speedo drive for an older 700r4 in the newer one. thats what i did when i put in a 1990 700r4 into my 1983 monte carlo
50 chevy 3100
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