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These older spicier trans can be found in OLD big truck junk yards, yards that keep EVERYTHING forever., it is going to be real hard stuffing a newer trans in because most will be to long, to wide, and the pto is on the bottom.

Over size tires are a power/clutch KILLER You can put in a twin disk clutch, just hard to fine for the fit. Ideally you could drop the crap trans and install a OLD 8/10 spd. spicier, it is a narrow trans with the pto on the side like what is in the truck has now, the newer ones are a flat...

A twin and a tri stick is what I learned to drive a BIG REAL truck, not a WANT-A-BE truck with a auto trans,. 36 gears behind a 200 Cummins or a DD 671 = 3 sticks, this was what was needed for a heavy haul truck, and at times NO PS but some had clutch assist because the clutches were BIG double...

I have been shifting like this for years since I lost my last clutch, just got around to posting about it, in fact I "think" I have posted before on this, but in case not I posted .

For you that have HEAVY 39/809 series 5ts (wreckers, ect.,) here is a BETTER way to shift to save the clutch. As you KNOW the trans suck especially the overdrive, though the non-overdrive is not much better. The wreckers are close to the 36,000 lb. mark, loaded can be a easy 60,000, the trans...