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In response to Mountain Mopar, previous response to this......Exactly right Robin! Outside the box! Thinking and doing! That is why I have a Ford 9" 3.0:1 out of a passenger car installed into a 51 B3B Dodge Pilothouse 1/2 ton pickup.........which is behind the stock L-head/3 speed; gearing and crui...

Stephan.......I did an A833 OD swap on my 70 sweptline long wheel-base. That was around March. I pretty much posted the decision to do it, questions, and the result on this forum around that time. In the engine-driveline section, what I wrote is under transmission swap, Irish70. My end result was we...

I bolted a 61-71 Ford 9" 3.0:1 into my 51 Dodge B3B pilothouse for better cruising gears. Don't regret it. Ford might be similar to Dodge in design, and noted there are differences. I am not an authority, don't profess to be. My experience remembers the Ford being easier to work on or disassemble. T...

All 4 of you (John, Doug, Matt) are on the right wave length, with Cliff's message summarizing general information I also found through Robin in Denver. Other information indicates AAJBrake (Portland,OR) has a kit available.....Done business with him before, so a follow upis in order there. Another ...

Current issue (May, '08) of CLASSIC TRUCKS has an article (pgs 81-87) by Brad Gigliotti, apparently living somewhere in central California or greater Bay Area, who contributed this chronicle of sorts about his experience installing disc brakes on his 1967 D100 sweptline, having a straight front axel...

Finale of this production; final curtain call. Tach installed. @ 55 mph in OD (4th gear), engine is turning 1700-1800 rpm; @65 in OD, 1900-2000 rpm.......actual recordings. I have not had it on the freeway at 75 with the tach working, but I have no problems on the open road maintaining a constant 75...

Got the transmission in and operating; got some results back. More than satisfied with the performance, now that the A-833 overdrive is a reality. Speedometer is accurate enough to establish some reliable results. Speedo checked by several neighborhood/school zone speed monitors, right on the money;...

To clarify how I spent $1000; actually I think the tally will be about $975 at final end.......no shadetree here.....too cold out and snow lying around. The dollars spent includes all parts, labor, taxes. In it was an aluminum bellhouse, the trans as described, a new flywheel, a complete new clutch ...

All the conjecture on this topic, the advice pro and con......very valuable, a very much appreciated discussion on the topic about a month ago......is now really for naught. I made a decision to procede with my projected undertaking, eliminating the NP-435 in favor of a full synchronized NP A-833 OD...

First, I stand corrected. The new process transmission Rodger mentioned is apparently a NP-445; these came in the full size van with a V-6 or a V-8, years somewhere around the early 80s, from what I could find. Second, a stroke of luck across the street from where I live. There is a commercial repai...

Note for tuffstuff.....on his trans swap 3-sp to 4-sp behind his 225 slant-6 My 70 318 is set up the same as your vehicle: Lt235/75R15 tires, 3.55 differential......behind a 4 speed. My 4-speed is the OEM new process trans (NP-435) with the granny low. What trans did you use in your 4-speed conversi...

Thanks again, OleRed66. Sounds like the first necessary business is for me to install a tachometer. Got to find the running RPM range that exists not as currently equipped. Right? Known facts are that this is a NP435 trans, my differential is a 3.55.......as specified on the manufacturer plate. I am...

OleRed66.........Some of your suggestions have already been installed on my 70 D100.........Pertronics electronic ignition, dual exhaust including glasspacks (24") soon to be midified to include the equalizer pipe between, new radial tires (rib all weather for steering, directional winter for driver...

I have a 70 D100.....318 2bbl, 4 speed 435 trans, 3.55:1 differential gears. The original set up (above) was intended for industrial use. My idea is to replace the transmission with a more favorable unit gears oriented for the highway driving and fuel economy. A professional engineer (experienced wi...

In response to MountainMoparMan (Robin).......Phil in Longmont, @ work with idle time. The steering conversion, using Toyota with power steering gear from straight axel vehicle......what year of Toyota? Also I am back at Blakes (older Toyota pu's and parts available) where I have access to search. I...