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i've been given the green light to build my 40. I will have to do a bunch of custom axle work, finish my custom tranny/tcase adapters and lots of other stuff, but I'm starting with the NP205.
It's a late 70's GM 8-bolt "racetrack" version. I have a complete Ford case that will be donating most of its guts. The GM case is about to have the input bearing bore opened up too.
In order to gain a couple more inches of rear driveshaft length I'm cutting off the front of the rear shift rail and running it out the back through a new seal. Shift linkage will be easy. This way I can flat mount whatever plates for the tranny/doubler adapter to the front of the 205.
$15 long 1/2" drill bit to drill one pilot hole. I ran it through a 3/4" OD SS tube in place of the rear shift rail
Double seals on rear driveshaft output cover
Machinist cut and faced the new shift rail for me
It's a late 70's GM 8-bolt "racetrack" version. I have a complete Ford case that will be donating most of its guts. The GM case is about to have the input bearing bore opened up too.
In order to gain a couple more inches of rear driveshaft length I'm cutting off the front of the rear shift rail and running it out the back through a new seal. Shift linkage will be easy. This way I can flat mount whatever plates for the tranny/doubler adapter to the front of the 205.
$15 long 1/2" drill bit to drill one pilot hole. I ran it through a 3/4" OD SS tube in place of the rear shift rail
Double seals on rear driveshaft output cover
Machinist cut and faced the new shift rail for me
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