Uh, ring ring, no '84 K10 ever came from the factory with an SM 465/NP 205. My truck started life with a 700 and a 208. The only thing I found wrong with the 208 was the slip yoke and if I'd found a 465/208 setup, I'd have gone for it. A 208 or 241 is fine, just not as strong as a 203 or 205.
Oh yeah, but I, "Haven't even owned a 700". My truck was an automatic a lot longer than it has been a manual.
You asked for opinions. You got them. No matter what, your 700 is the weak link. Don't worry about your case. All of them are pretty good. In my opinion, the slip yoke sucks, but is livable.
Just wait til your 700 goes out and get a TH 400/NP 205 combo. You won't miss your overdrive a bit.
Brian, if you don't think you're on borrowed time, you're smoking crack. I am sorry, but no matter what gears you've got, a stock rebuilt 700R4 with 70k on it and a hot 383 are a recipe for disaster. GM never put 700R4s behind big blocks for a reason, and your 383 probably makes more torque than most of the smogged peanut port BBCs did! I don't know what would make you think that yours is just special and is going to hold up to that kind of abuse, but you'll learn just like the others.
I'm sorry, but this isn't like saying, "Hey, I've got herpes and I tried this certain treatment and it worked out great!!" If you had a 700R4 that was built by a certain person/shop that could really hold up to abuse, you'd brag about it. I've yet to see someone in real lifeor on here come say, "I've got a big block and 39.5 boggers and I bog every weekend with no problems with my 700". All I ever have heard is, "My truck is on 33s and I have no issues with mine" or, "I have had nothing but problems no matter who rebuilds mine."
I just wish the 4L80E had ever come in an overdrive version. Nobody would try messing with 700s then. When I had my TH 400 rebuilt, I talked to my tranny guy about doing mine because it'd started slipping when going into 3rd gear on a cold morning. He told me straight up, "They're junk, every one of them. The parts are expensive, the pumps are junk, and no matter what you do, they really won't hold up in a plow truck, much less that truck you use for 4 wheeling. Get yourself a TH 400 kid like you've got right here for your 1 ton. See that K5 out there? That's my plow truck and I've got my TH 400 for it right there in the corner. The 700 is out of that and even though I have no problems rebuilding them, I won't even waste my time." And of course I chimed in just like above, "But they make all these parts for them, everyone raves how great they are and that they'll hold up..." And of course Mike said they still won't hold up and at the time, I didn't believe him.
Ever since the whole Raptor horror story, I'm convinced. Nobody can build a 700R4 to hold up to what we do to them, and thats really sad. Other than that it has too much OD in my opinion, I loved mine.
Losing overdrive was just an excuse to get the 38s instead of rolling on tiny 35s.
I suppose if you're rolling on any 16.5" tire you're not that hardcore anyway. Well, either that, or you're so hardcore you can 'wheel with your tires off the rim!
