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YEA! Luv to hear those Tales of The Golden Gear Vendor! Lots of people swear by them and I mean for years, thats all I've ever heard is positive. There was someone though on K5 forum who didn't care for the GV behind a Saginaw manual trans. Claimed it didn't give you a decent spit--- rpm-wise-...

Thanks for that bit of info, I prolly will go with a 205 eventually as this GV already has the adapter. But then can't you get a 205's 1st re-geared as well if you're looking for lower creep?

Well, as it is, my final output will have me in the 3.56 gearing catagory with the GV installed and that's pretty good numbers for the small amount of work involved. However, I was also leaning toward the 4L80 but when considering the amount of work plus a few unknowns, I figured the GV was (if...

Wow, a Brownie! I'm thikin' those gotta' be rare as hen's teeth, eh?

Yea, it's my $1K crap-shoot really. But I really wasn't up for doing gear change and the expense because I would really want to rebuild the whole axle and not just swap gears. That alone could run $2K just in parts. And then there's your labor and for me, the nagging question remains; will the...

Yup--- that's the one! Didn't have time to get an up close look at it but I figure even if its shot, somewhere else I saw a post where GV will swap old for the newer P-series and I believe I'd still be ahead, money-wise, compared to buying a unit brand new... that's the plan anyway and will post...

OK, I've searched the threads for Gear Vendors info and came up with a few smatterings but none specifically regarding GV units to fit our app, that being CUCV's. My particular application is an M1008. Since I didn't want to sacrifice 4:56 gearing but sure as heck wanted better road RPM's, I...