Recent content by bshupe

Theres lots of them out there you just have to choose. Once in a while you will come across some NOS that is already OD if thats what your looking for otherwise you just have to paint it or whatever. There are a lot of 24v varieties out there too so you you can nix the resister.

Here is the paint code for the green I am painting the truck.

I have the wheels and was going to do the swap on my 1031 but I found that the wheel studs are not long enough to accommodate the wheel spacers or at least not the ones I bought. I got my spacers off ebay for a very good price. Just make sure you buy the billet one not the cast ones. I ended up...

OK, so I opened up both hubs to see if I could see anything obvious. On the passenger side the weather cap came of smoothly with a compressed spring and some plastic parts that thread in and out on a central threaded piece that is connected to the turn dial on the outside. On the drivers side...

I would imagine there is someplace you can go to get the wiring schematic for the trans so you can wire that up?

The 1031 has an NP205. Not sure if the input shaft is different than the 208. If I was going to pull a trans out of a junk yard etc. it would basically go directly to the trans shop. It seems like it would be easy enough for them to change out the tail shaft while going through the trans but...

Thanks for the expanded info and link, I will check that out. How did you procure the core and for how much? Did you have to change out the tail shaft on the trans? I think I read somewhere that you have to swap the tail shaft out on the 700r4 unless you get one that came from a 4x4. Did you...

Thanks Stonepicker. The problem goes away when in 2WD.

Did anyone have any thoughts on getting parts for this or am I looking at a replacement hub assembly? Does anyone sell single hub assemblies? Does it make any sense to replace only one, should they both be replaced?

I like that but I think we are already saying that the GV OD will be a high enough top gear given the torque converter slip and associated heat plus a higher OD might drop the RPMs out of the power band. Your signature file says you have done this in your 1028. Your first hand experience is...

Are we presuming that one axle has been locked and the other not so the diff has been spinning all the time Im driving?

Excellent points all around. The electronic trans does not fit into my overall plans for the truck from a complexity and reliability standpoint. I think I would be inclined to spend a few bucks putting in additional cooling and even have the TH400 gone through if I felt like it needed to or...

I went out to the driveway and climbed under the truck and tried turning the front drive shaft. It only rocked back and forth a small amount. Slightly more than I would expect a rear drive shaft too. For kicks, I rotated both hubs to the locked position (more on that in a second) and climbed...

Thanks for bringing up the heat issue again. I know/knew it was a factor but it sounds like I need to make the addition of a good trans cooler part of the GV project not a separate project in itself. I live in W. Washington and I have to drive about three hours to find anything that would...

I have not put it in the air to see how the fronts spin, free/dragging etc. but that sounds like an excellent idea. Skinny - the status while Im seeing this problem is t-case in 4h and hubs unlocked. (if that makes a difference in what you are saying)