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i won't be wheeling for a while.

85mudblazin said:
Heres the link:
http://www.eatmyshifts.com/combo_kits.htm#700R4

I got the #K16 kit.

They are a very good company with very good customer service. They have fast shipping also.

i haven't had much of a chance to look over their website, but i don't think that either tranny i have access to is a post 87 model like the K16 kit is designed for. anyway, i'll check it out when i have more time. thanks tho. :D
 
colbystephens said:
i haven't had much of a chance to look over their website, but i don't think that either tranny i have access to is a post 87 model like the K16 kit is designed for. anyway, i'll check it out when i have more time. thanks tho. :D
Mine isnt either (its a 86' model). The only thing different in the kit is a few valve body gaskets.
When you call to order just tell them that you have a pre-87' and they will send you the correct gaskets/seals.
 
Colby , you could dump all kinds of money into that 700r4 and it's still a weak tranny to be running behind a very stout oilburner . You either need to step up to a 4l80 or swap over to a sm465/np205 . I think a 4 speed swap would be a better option in the long and drive line mod's wouldn't be to much $$ . If you do rebuild your old tranny USE the best parts you can get and not just some cheap B&M KIT OR A TRANS GO . Also use that new tranny cooler I gave you . I still do not think your tranny rebuilt will hold up to wheeling behind a deisel . I worked on those blazers in 84-86 in the army and we ALWAYS had problems with those 700r4s and had a small warehouse with new gm 700r4s in the crates . We would just r&r them .
 
What CUCV's were using 700's?

The manual states all were TH400's.

Nonetheless, can't comment on the 700 living behind a diesel, but I don't believe GM EVER put a 700 behind one, which might say something. (no idea if they did later on, but not in the '73-91 run)
 
GM put many 700's behind the 6.2. Most, if not all 1/2 ton 6.2L's had the 700r4.
 
dyeager535 said:
What CUCV's were using 700's?

The manual states all were TH400's.

Nonetheless, can't comment on the 700 living behind a diesel, but I don't believe GM EVER put a 700 behind one, which might say something. (no idea if they did later on, but not in the '73-91 run)

i can't comment on the military issue, but i know they put them in civilian - mine's OE.
 
The Butcher said:
I know this has been discussed in other threads, but what exactly does a 1800-2000 stall converter mean? I've got a general idea, but I'm not sure what is most advantageous for trucks. Rock-crawlers need one range, and someone who does mostly mud needs another range, correct? What are the recomended ranges for the different types of wheeling? Thanks.

stall is when both of the sets of blades in the torque converter are spinning the same speed - this means that it is when maximum power of the engine is being transmtted thru the torque converter. generally low stalls are important for trucks.
 
dyeager535 said:
What CUCV's were using 700's?

The manual states all were TH400's.

Nonetheless, can't comment on the 700 living behind a diesel, but I don't believe GM EVER put a 700 behind one, which might say something. (no idea if they did later on, but not in the '73-91 run)
I know that stateside we had a few with t400 but most had 700r4 and a few with sm465's . The 1 ton trucks did have t 400 but the 1/2 ton blazer had all the light duty stuff . I know when I went to germany in 84-86 all I saw was 700r4s in the blazers but keep in mind I was a 63w and I worked on the bigger stuff and the blazers and jeeps got worked on at the motor pool by the 63b guys unless they needed help :rolleyes: . That was quite often and we just r&r'd the broken stuff . We could get pretty abusive with our rig's being that we were a DS unit and we were always in the field . Maybe the overseas blazers had the 700r4 because it had something to do with traveling on the autobahn :haha: .
 
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