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Re: '67 K10 swb big block "The Mutt"
Back under the knife! As expected, the TH350 didn't last and started slipping in 3rd gear. I tried dumping some of that lucas trans fix stuff in there with the hope that I could at least get another 1000 miles out of it. To my surprise it worked!... For about 100 miles. Then it got to the point where 3rd gear was completely gone and reverse started slipping as well, so I knew it was time for a rebuild.
In addition to the transmission issues the truck had also developed a serious engine oil leak. I've decided to pull the engine/trans/tcase and address all the issues while it is out of the truck rather than deal with crawling around underneath it on a creeper.
The plan is:
-Ditch the TH350 and rebuild a TH400
-Rebuild the NP205 to connect to the TH400
-Find/fix engine oil leak
-Address cooling issues (fan shroud)
If time and money permits, I'd really like to throw a little more aggressive cam at it and possibly some heads. I was dissapointed to find out the casting numbers for my heads match those for the poorest flowing heads that GM produced. Could explain why my truck falls on it's face after 3300 rpms.
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