swapped out t350 for 700r4

[Bobby Jennings]

hey all,

quick question. changed out stock trbo350 for 700r4 trany with overdrive. do i have to swap steering column for overdrive column. or can i safely tinker with original to work? any help or ideas would be awsome here.

 

[obijuan]

you could probably just put it in "d" on the origional and be in "OD"? check bowtieoverdrives.com
it helped me tremendously

 

[Russell]

I did that same swap in my 77, and kept the original column. I just adjusted it so when I put it into D, it was in OD, when I put it into 2, it was in D, and 1 was 2. Wasn't possible to get it down into 1, but I don't think that really matters much, unless you really like downshifting your automatics!

 

[onetonbb74]

I did a similar swap on my 1974 and the stock column works fine, the indicators are disconnected, but i know what gear my truck is in at all times. With my column, you need to make sure its all the way in park. I still get full control of first gear which i prefer for wheeling. It barely works, if i were to do it again, id try to find a 700r4 column because they have a longer throw from park to first gear so there is no need to slam park or first gear for it to work properly, but i like the lights and wipers located on the dash.

 

[sweetk30]

pull cluster and remove the indacator plate its 2 screws. and add the overdrive indacator plate in to it.

 

[BKinzey]

I was thinking the same as SweetK30 but I didn't hear about a longer throw

Several people have swapped to an OD tranny and not changed anything on the column.

 

[sweetk30]

simplafyed mine reread it.

 

[Bobby Jennings]

thanks fer tip on 700r4

pull cluster and remove the indacator plate its 2 screws. and add the overdrive indacator plate in to it.

thanks sweetk30, that sounds a good change over. im trying to keep the truck user friendly, so my lady can drive it without a custome made handboo0k of bobbyisms. lol.

 

[Bobby Jennings]

thanks for the web address, i'll try it.

 

[4X4HIGH]

The columns are the same for TH400, TH350, 700R4. The only thing that changed between the TH400/TH350 to the 700R4 was the indicator bolted to the cluster as was already stated.

 

[CB77GMC]

pull cluster and remove the indacator plate its 2 screws. and add the overdrive indacator plate in to it.

Thats what I did and it work's fine.