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I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I spent some time re-sizing pics while the wife was out Black Friday shopping last night. A few weeks ago I decided I needed to get this truck to drive again. I've been working at it, but other things keep detouring it. :lol: I got the new to it trans cleaned and repainted. I installed my double deep trans pan and installed a port for the temp probe. I had to clean up my Goerend torque converter as it surface rusted from sitting in the box for so long. I installed a new SFI rated flex plate, then bolted the trans in. I also built a new trans mount, resealed and replaced a couple of bearings in the NP205, and got it in.
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Is that the OE rear output yoke on the t-case? My Dodge yoke looks way different.
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Looks real good. I prefer seeing the cross members that are made this way. To me it looks very tough and strong plus you made it, wasn't bought.
Your exhaust looks tight as they all do with the pass drop transfer case and the fact that the exhaust is on the pass side as well. The trans mount looks like you welded on an exhaust hanger in the couple of pictures. Are you planning on running a mount to the exhaust pipe and still have drive shaft clearance? This is one area of concern in my build. |
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How long is that set up, good thing your truck is a longhorn.
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I used the setup for a np208 out of my 84 K20 and it doesn't shift well. Looking good though, very nice. :bling: |
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Looking good Ryan, I must have missed it but what trans is this? 47rh?
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Jud, yes, this is a 47RH. I saved for a year to buy all the parts for this one. It has billet servos, every upgraded piece except a billet sun shell, billet input, goerend transmission valve body, and a stock intermediate shaft. I don't know how hard I'll actually beat on it with the NP205. We'll see.
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What kind if money would that trans cost to have built ?
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i didnt realize how hot rod you went on that rh. thatll be fun to drive |
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Looken good . Nice to see some pics up again. That really is a bad ass trans . What trans is in my newly accuired 93 2500 4x4 ? It just came into the shop so i can get to work on it . If my wife gets stuck in the lane now that i took her 4x4 burb away im going to hear abt it.
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Can you tell me more about the water inlet you have? I've seen most guys modify the frame rail for it to clear. Can the industrial water inlet that you have be installed on any of these 12V Cummins? I like the idea of it fitting without the added mods to the frame. |
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Nice work on the mount Ryan. That look like a beast of a setup you have there. Keep the pictures coming.
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What's different with the F700 inlet? Does the frame rail still have to be modified?
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this is the bracket. you can see how the bosses for the A/C compressor are above the water inlet. the smaller frieghtliner and bigger F-series trucks that used a 6bt had narrow front rails and this is what they used.
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Hey Ryan thanks for the info on the trans . I need to know more but don't want to hijack !
On top of the shifter linkage where it rotates on the trans to select the gears there is another lever . I assume kick down ? The cable was off of it just hanging there . I wiggled everything loose, lube up a bit and re attached . Should the kick down lever rebound on its own ? It try's. But not to much. Also,the thing under the exh manifold is a trans fluid warmer ? Piped into a/f it looks like .? Do I really need this ? It also has a cooler up,front . Trans lines are rotted is why I ask . Would like to just run to cooler up front . Sorry to hijack I will get a thread for this truck soon so I don't have to litter all,over . Lol. |
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That big cooler is a torque converter heat exchanger. It's purpose is to help warm the trans to operating temp in the colder temps, and help cool the torque converter in warmer seasons. I've ditched many and added a large external cooler in front of the radiator and been just fine. |
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Hey Ryan. Thanks for the info . The spring pulls the lever towards the bell housing ? I will look again but i thought the cable also was pulling the lever towards the bell housing ? Was the spring on the back end of the lever ? Thus actually pulling he lever and cable towards the back of the truck ? I'm going to go over and look at the v rig thread and see if you had any pics there.
Thanks again for the help. Much appreciated |
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Thank you.
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Will you post a part number for the A/C bracket
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I run a Sanden 4474 compressor as it is about the only one with outlets that wouldn't interfere with the stock oil filter. http://store.sanden.com/media/catalo...5/4/4/4474.jpg |
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Thanks
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72redneck, thanks for the sanden part number. I might have to switch over to this style on this truck. I'll have to see wgen I get to that point.
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Re: 1972 Chevy 4wd Longhorn Project: Never Ending Changes
i have that one bookmarked. its the best version of the 4474 that i could find to clear the obstacles on mine
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How's it going over here Ryan ?
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Not much to report on it. I switched to working on finishing some stuff on the inside of my south bay, and never got back on it. Things have changed again, and I'm not sure when I'll get back on this one.
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I guess I can go ahead and report on some parts and progress I did make a couple months ago on it before I stopped working on it again. I had a hard time trying to figure out how I was going to add extra gauges without them looking dumb or being too hard to see. So I purchased a dakota Digital VHX cluster. I also got enough modules and sensors to do 2 boost gauges, a pyro, trans temp, and an extra temp box that may go in the rear diff. Then I got polished finned aluminum diff covers, a viair 480c compressor, and a rather stupid large trans cooler. I also started restoring a grill shell for it. I started by removing the clear anodizing, then straightening out any dents, and sanding the shell. It still isn't finished. I also modified a grill emblem because I wanted something different.
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I wouldn't mind seeing the trans cooler and the other gauge stuff. On my Scout (TF727) I ran the trans fluid through the stock condenser. Worked awesome. I am working on a swap involving an A518 and the 3 factory coolers seem like they can be simplified, but will it be effective.
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transcooler never can be too large
where you going to put it ? vertical behind the cab in the bed with an electric fan might be a good spot for it , out of the way of dirt the radiator for the motor and intercooler small box around it should protect it from stuff rolling around inside the bed if theres enough room you could mount the fan through the bed from the inside and the rad between the cab and bed might make routing the hoses eazier |
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Here's the trans cooler. It's basically 2 giant cores looped together.
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