Or find someone near you who bought a bumper and get their old crossmember, the crossmember hangs out far enough it shouldn’t be to hard to weld another one in..
I have been driving 80 series as daily drivers since we bought our 1997 In 2000, have had 5, the build quality on an 80 is better than most cars today, now they are getting old and age effects us all, that said there is nothing else I have found that does what our 80’s have, daily driver to...
like anything mechanical if you don’t use it the grease/mechanism can get gummed up, i would clean and relube the actuators, add a center diff switch and do the 7 pin mod so you can engage them when you want, factory you have to be in low for the center diff and lockers to work, read a few...
normal 80 issue, make sure the front shaft is clocked correctly( yokes 90 degrees off). u joints (use good ones or you will be doing it again soon) slip yokes can get stiff or warn out, if all that checks out check pinion bearings for play(rare), you may have to put a double cardigan front...
Add a coolant filter into the heater lines
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Local napa was cheeper wholesale,. Plus 8$ for the filter...
I know it's expensive for what it is (highway robbery) but run Synchromesh aka the correct fluid. It will shift alot better and the synchro's will last longer.. most of the nv4500's I have seen with problems had the wrong fluid..
Nice Work, transmission parts on the dining room table??, if you get the end play right nv4500’s are real quiet and smooth… when I was looking for info on 95 gm transmissions they are a mixed bag as you figured out. which sincro’s did you run..?
Ok been here,. The 95 gm nv4500 is an oddball, the front input shaft bearing/race is like the 92-94 transmission,. The rest of the case is like the dodge transmission. I have a 95 gm nv4500 behind a Cummins,. The dodge input shaft went right in but the bearing retainer is different. The...
Just wait, and watch. I get alerts daily of price reductions on cruisers I am watching on facebook market place, you asked for locker rigs under 8k and I found 3 in 2 minutes no they are not low mile mall crawlers, but they are out there, where you live 80's may be rare but here they are...