Final Drive and Transmission Suppliers

[d c *mac* macdonald]

I'm thinking that I wish to do a tranny swap at same time as engine swap. I wonder if the Monster Transmissions are available with different final drives. I guess that is two separate items. I wish to go 3:55 or 3:70/3:73.

D C "Mac" Macdonald​
Amateur Radio K2GKK​
Since 30 November '53​
USAF and FAA, Retired​
Member GMCMI & Classics​
Oklahoma City, OK​
"The Money Pit"​
TZE166V101966​
'76 ex-Palm Beach​
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[Carl Stouffer]

Mac,

I just took a quick look at Monster Transmission's website and didn't come up with any results for a TH425 transmission there. I suspect your best
bet would be to either find a competent local transmission re-builder who knows the rear wheel drive TH400, or send it off to Manny or the guy some of
the midwestern guys are using (contact Jon Roche or Larry Weidner for the name). As far as I know, Jim Kanamota is the exclusive source for the 3.55
or 3.70 final drives.
--
Carl Stouffer
'75 ex Palm Beach
Tucson, AZ.
Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive, Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American Eagles,
Solar battery charging. GMCSJ and GMCMI member

 

[kosier]

Mac,

Since the lower gears only come from Kanomata and there's only a few people
with the tools and experience
to set them up, I would recommend that you start making arrangements soon.

Gary Kosier
77PB w/500Cad
Newark, Ohio

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Subject: [GMCnet] Final Drive and Transmission Suppliers

> I'm thinking that I wish to do a tranny swap at same time as engine swap.
> I wonder if the Monster Transmissions are available with different final
> drives. I guess that is two separate items. I wish to go 3:55 or
> 3:70/3:73.
>
> D C "Mac" Macdonald>
> Amateur Radio K2GKK>
> Since 30 November '53>
> USAF and FAA, Retired>
> Member GMCMI & Classics>
> Oklahoma City, OK>
> "The Money Pit">
> TZE166V101966>
> '76 ex-Palm Beach>
> k2gkk + hotmail dot com>
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[Tom Lins]

> Mac,
>
> Since the lower gears only come from Kanomata and there's only a few people
> with the tools and experience
> to set them up, I would recommend that you start making arrangements soon.
>
> Gary Kosier
> 77PB w/500Cad
> Newark, Ohio

We just had Jeff Sirum rework our final drive to 3.55.

--
Tom Lins
St Augustine, FL
77 GM Rear Twin, Dry Bath, 455, FI-Tech EFI
Manuals on DVD
http://www.bdub.net/tomlins/

 

[Ken B]

I hope this gets posted to the correct topic. This thread has transmission and copper wire mixed together.

I have on my had 2 cases where I got involved with aluminum wiring. Both were bad.

One was a 250 feet run between the utility pole and a large pole barn. One conductor burned in half under ground. It took me a while to locate the
break and then I was out there with my back hoe digging around to actually find it. I repaired it. I wanted to replace the run but my farmer
neighbor overruled me. Two years later I was out there again repairing at second spot about 60 feet away. He later died and the property got split
requiring a different utility pole and a new all copper run. The power company here refuses to connect any new or repaired service that is not
copper. That took care of the problem permanently.

The second was my daughter's house where one leg burned up inside the CB box in her basement. I ended up replacing the guts of the CB box and the
cable between it and the meter box outside. They wanted me to also replace the cable between the box and the weather head. I won the argument only
because it was grandfathered in and had not been disturbed by my repairs.

I believe aluminum wire was popular in the 40's and 50's and was started by the copper shortage during WWII.
--
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana

 

[Jim Hupy]

Aluminum makes pretty good airplanes and beer cans. Other than that, I
can't think of too many uses where some other metal won't do just as well
or better. Henry Ford tried it on his 24 stud flatheads, but after they
had been in place for a couple of years, you had to remove all the nuts
from the head studs and start the engine to get them off. Even the after
market heads like Navarro or Sharp, or Vic Edelbrock were a bitch to get
off. Some of them we had to pull the studs to remove.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 GMC ROYALE 403

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, 10:34 AM Ken Burton via Gmclist <

> I hope this gets posted to the correct topic. This thread has
> transmission and copper wire mixed together.
>
> I have on my had 2 cases where I got involved with aluminum wiring. Both
> were bad.
>
> One was a 250 feet run between the utility pole and a large pole barn.
> One conductor burned in half under ground. It took me a while to locate the
> break and then I was out there with my back hoe digging around to actually
> find it. I repaired it. I wanted to replace the run but my farmer
> neighbor overruled me. Two years later I was out there again repairing at
> second spot about 60 feet away. He later died and the property got split
> requiring a different utility pole and a new all copper run. The power
> company here refuses to connect any new or repaired service that is not
> copper. That took care of the problem permanently.
>
> The second was my daughter's house where one leg burned up inside the CB
> box in her basement. I ended up replacing the guts of the CB box and the
> cable between it and the meter box outside. They wanted me to also
> replace the cable between the box and the weather head. I won the argument
> only
> because it was grandfathered in and had not been disturbed by my repairs.
>
> I believe aluminum wire was popular in the 40's and 50's and was started
> by the copper shortage during WWII.
> --
> Ken Burton - N9KB
> 76 Palm Beach
> Hebron, Indiana
>
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[sgltrac]

Wheels Hupy.

Sully
Bellevue wa.

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 11:36 AM James Hupy via Gmclist <

> Aluminum makes pretty good airplanes and beer cans. Other than that, I
> can't think of too many uses where some other metal won't do just as well
> or better. Henry Ford tried it on his 24 stud flatheads, but after they
> had been in place for a couple of years, you had to remove all the nuts
> from the head studs and start the engine to get them off. Even the after
> market heads like Navarro or Sharp, or Vic Edelbrock were a bitch to get
> off. Some of them we had to pull the studs to remove.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, Or
> 78 GMC ROYALE 403
>
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, 10:34 AM Ken Burton via Gmclist <

>
> > I hope this gets posted to the correct topic. This thread has
> > transmission and copper wire mixed together.
> >
> > I have on my had 2 cases where I got involved with aluminum wiring. Both
> > were bad.
> >
> > One was a 250 feet run between the utility pole and a large pole barn.
> > One conductor burned in half under ground. It took me a while to locate
> the
> > break and then I was out there with my back hoe digging around to
> actually
> > find it. I repaired it. I wanted to replace the run but my farmer
> > neighbor overruled me. Two years later I was out there again repairing
> at
> > second spot about 60 feet away. He later died and the property got
> split
> > requiring a different utility pole and a new all copper run. The power
> > company here refuses to connect any new or repaired service that is not
> > copper. That took care of the problem permanently.
> >
> > The second was my daughter's house where one leg burned up inside the CB
> > box in her basement. I ended up replacing the guts of the CB box and the
> > cable between it and the meter box outside. They wanted me to also
> > replace the cable between the box and the weather head. I won the
> argument
> > only
> > because it was grandfathered in and had not been disturbed by my repairs.
> >
> > I believe aluminum wire was popular in the 40's and 50's and was started
> > by the copper shortage during WWII.
> > --
> > Ken Burton - N9KB
> > 76 Palm Beach
> > Hebron, Indiana
> >
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[adolph santorine]

Aluminum wheels look great, too.

But I can’t recall the first (or last time), I argued with a flathead!

Dolph

DE AD0LF

Wheeling, West Virginia

1977 26’ ex-PalmBeach
Howell EFI & EBL, Reaction Arms, Sullybilt Bags, Manny Transmission

“The Aluminum and Fiberglass Mistress"

>
> Wheels Hupy.
>
>
> Sully
> Bellevue wa.
>
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 11:36 AM James Hupy via Gmclist <

>
>> Aluminum makes pretty good airplanes and beer cans. Other than that, I
>> can't think of too many uses where some other metal won't do just as well
>> or better. Henry Ford tried it on his 24 stud flatheads, but after they
>> had been in place for a couple of years, you had to remove all the nuts
>> from the head studs and start the engine to get them off. Even the after
>> market heads like Navarro or Sharp, or Vic Edelbrock were a bitch to get
>> off. Some of them we had to pull the studs to remove.
>> Jim Hupy
>> Salem, Or
>> 78 GMC ROYALE 403
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, 10:34 AM Ken Burton via Gmclist <

>>
>>> I hope this gets posted to the correct topic. This thread has
>>> transmission and copper wire mixed together.
>>>
>>> I have on my had 2 cases where I got involved with aluminum wiring. Both
>>> were bad.
>>>
>>> One was a 250 feet run between the utility pole and a large pole barn.
>>> One conductor burned in half under ground. It took me a while to locate
>> the
>>> break and then I was out there with my back hoe digging around to
>> actually
>>> find it. I repaired it. I wanted to replace the run but my farmer
>>> neighbor overruled me. Two years later I was out there again repairing
>> at
>>> second spot about 60 feet away. He later died and the property got
>> split
>>> requiring a different utility pole and a new all copper run. The power
>>> company here refuses to connect any new or repaired service that is not
>>> copper. That took care of the problem permanently.
>>>
>>> The second was my daughter's house where one leg burned up inside the CB
>>> box in her basement. I ended up replacing the guts of the CB box and the
>>> cable between it and the meter box outside. They wanted me to also
>>> replace the cable between the box and the weather head. I won the
>> argument
>>> only
>>> because it was grandfathered in and had not been disturbed by my repairs.
>>>
>>> I believe aluminum wire was popular in the 40's and 50's and was started
>>> by the copper shortage during WWII.
>>> --
>>> Ken Burton - N9KB
>>> 76 Palm Beach
>>> Hebron, Indiana
>>>
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[johnny]

Our first house was a farm home tract out there. I took the electrician who was doing the whole neighborhood 250 feet of 12-2 and ground in copper
and told him to call me if he needed any more. In the interim one place burned and the others all haddabe rewired.

--johnny
--
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
"I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell" - ol Andy, paraphrased

 

[Jim Hupy]

We used to have "Modular Home" manufacturers in the local area. All gone
for the most part. They used aluminum wiring exclusively and had numerous
issues with it. The remaining couple of surviving manufacturers build high
quality products that resemble site built homes. They use copper wiring
exclusively according to N.E.C. regulations.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 GMC ROYALE 403

On Wed, Mar 20, 2019, 4:42 PM Johnny Bridges via Gmclist <

> Our first house was a farm home tract out there. I took the electrician
> who was doing the whole neighborhood 250 feet of 12-2 and ground in copper
> and told him to call me if he needed any more. In the interim one place
> burned and the others all haddabe rewired.
>
> --johnny
> --
> Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
> Braselton, Ga.
> "I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me
> in hell" - ol Andy, paraphrased
>
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[jim kanomata1]

I can tell anyone that 3,55 is not the most ideal ratio, but the 3.70 is
the gear.
Does not matter how flat the road is, the wind drag is substantial enough
to make the difference.
The late Marvin Peck (Gearmaster) told me to make that ratio, and glad I
listened to him.
You do not lose gas mileage at all as your driving in the torque curve.
Yes I am an engineer, but a good enough technician and know what gear ratio
can and cannot do for the motor homes.
Just spoke with an engineer that had no knowledge between our low torque
headers and a standard headers, I see why people have little regard for
engineers as they are not familiar with things that technicians know and
understand.

On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 4:42 PM Johnny Bridges via Gmclist <

> Our first house was a farm home tract out there. I took the electrician
> who was doing the whole neighborhood 250 feet of 12-2 and ground in copper
> and told him to call me if he needed any more. In the interim one place
> burned and the others all haddabe rewired.
>
> --johnny
> --
> Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
> Braselton, Ga.
> "I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me
> in hell" - ol Andy, paraphrased
>
>
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Applied/GMC, Newark,CA
jimk
http://www.appliedgmc.com
1-800-752-7502