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the nv4500 is a 5-speed manual trans with 1st being a "crawl" ratio and 5th being overdrive. they are VERY STRONG and will bolt right up to a 6.2 as long as you get one from a GM application (dodge used them in there HD trucks) I had one behind my 6.5 in my 1028 and loved it. the engine "felt" much more powerfull due to the fact i had a wider selection of gear ratios. They do requier a litle fab work but nothing major. just get some pedals from a doner truck with a hydro clutch and biuld a flexable clutch line then start turning bolts (had to add the shifting smile)whats a nv 4500.I seen the guy hooked one to his cummins,will it bolt to the 6.2.How much more speed can you get ?
did you use a hydraulic throwout bearing or a slave cylinder?the nv4500 is a 5-speed manual trans with 1st being a "crawl" ratio and 5th being overdrive. they are VERY STRONG and will bolt right up to a 6.2 as long as you get one from a GM application (dodge used them in there HD trucks) I had one behind my 6.5 in my 1028 and loved it. the engine "felt" much more powerfull due to the fact i had a wider selection of gear ratios. They do requier a litle fab work but nothing major. just get some pedals from a doner truck with a hydro clutch and biuld a flexable clutch line then start turning bolts (had to add the shifting smile)
Resleave the drive shaft, replace the universals and have it balanced. Good as new. I get mine done for about $200. With few exceptions, ALL drive shafts are bent; even the ones that look good. Some you will not notice until it is off and you roll it on a flat service.the trans got cracked from a forklift. atleast that what i figure. i drove the truck less than 2 miles, got back to the house and had trans fluid all over the tailgate and the bottom of the truck looked like it bathed in trans fluid. there is no way i am going to weld the crack, it's atleast 10 inches long. im just gonna find a used one in a junk yard and put it back in. if it goes out, start all over again. it's not hard pulling trans and transfer out. it just sucks that i didn't get to tear it up. those knuckle heads at GL love to use forklifts. and yes my driveshaft is bent, those are hard to come by.
I'm not gonna start a war, but why would you put a half ton tranny in a 1ton truck. Maybe its just me but I have seen quite a bit of them crack at the tail housing including mine. You would be better off putting different axles in it or re-gear.
I didn't mean to doubt you WARWAG. As I said, I am not as well-informed. Could you please give us a list of "Build-ups" to ask for the next time we take a 700r4 to a tranny shop? Different bands and clutches? or do you get ALL the guts fancy aftermarket? How much $$$ are we talking? (I mean to ask for all of us who do not know, not trying to steal the thread here)
Th400's are SOLID from the factory. I have done STUPID things and had them survive.
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