Sorry to take so long Arch. Too many things to do (play with 
The Caspro price is $535, so your friend may not have gotten stuck, if it
was a Caspro or equivilant unit.
I'm quite happy to pay the Caspro price based on past experience with
Caspro, as in no complaints. The steering box I'm replacing is also a Caspro
and has served me well for 10 years plus. That one was represented and sold
as a rebuild as at the time no new was available.
Of course I have no proof that what I have now is indeed a NEW unit, other
than to take the salesman's word for it, but what the hell... gotta trust
'em sometimes
> I had to tip my head to the left to read it. There's a number cast into
the
> iron portion on the front of the box assembly: 7802644L.
Cast number is the same, which is not surprising as I would think the
"shell" would be same for all.
>Just below it is
> the number 27.
Mine has a 26.
> There is also a small number that was so poorly cast, I
> couldn't read it. It was to the right of the 27, right being higher when
> looking at the box with my head twisted left, eyeballs on a vertical
plane.
>
> There is a bright metal (looks like aluminum) cover plate, with a number
cast
> into the metal: 7812145.
same.
>On a flat surface on the plate, a number is
> stamped: 304A7 (the 30 part was hard to read, so it may not be correct)
>
> On the cover plate, and on the bottom seal (aluminum again?) there was a
> white sticker on each with the letters "CM" in bold black letters.
Yup, mine too.
Unfortunately the barcoded partnumber got rubbed off during shipping.
I won't be installing it until after my next trip so we'll have to wait a
little longer to see if there is much diff from old to new.
Hope this helps
Heinz
'76 Transmode
www.bytedesigns.com/gmc
The Caspro price is $535, so your friend may not have gotten stuck, if it
was a Caspro or equivilant unit.
I'm quite happy to pay the Caspro price based on past experience with
Caspro, as in no complaints. The steering box I'm replacing is also a Caspro
and has served me well for 10 years plus. That one was represented and sold
as a rebuild as at the time no new was available.
Of course I have no proof that what I have now is indeed a NEW unit, other
than to take the salesman's word for it, but what the hell... gotta trust
'em sometimes
> I had to tip my head to the left to read it. There's a number cast into
the
> iron portion on the front of the box assembly: 7802644L.
Cast number is the same, which is not surprising as I would think the
"shell" would be same for all.
>Just below it is
> the number 27.
Mine has a 26.
> There is also a small number that was so poorly cast, I
> couldn't read it. It was to the right of the 27, right being higher when
> looking at the box with my head twisted left, eyeballs on a vertical
plane.
>
> There is a bright metal (looks like aluminum) cover plate, with a number
cast
> into the metal: 7812145.
same.
>On a flat surface on the plate, a number is
> stamped: 304A7 (the 30 part was hard to read, so it may not be correct)
>
> On the cover plate, and on the bottom seal (aluminum again?) there was a
> white sticker on each with the letters "CM" in bold black letters.
Yup, mine too.
Unfortunately the barcoded partnumber got rubbed off during shipping.
I won't be installing it until after my next trip so we'll have to wait a
little longer to see if there is much diff from old to new.
Hope this helps
Heinz
'76 Transmode
www.bytedesigns.com/gmc
