Actually, according to Stone's thread, Sheldon bolted the torque convertor right up. Valve body/shifting points will be a mess. Stone is putting a 12H-T into an 80 series using the existing A440 tranny (3F-E). They don't want to change trannies so Stone can keep the full time T-case. This is similar to what I want to do, only with a 5 speed. Eventually I'd like a 12H-T --> H55F --> 2H (auto) split case into a 62 to make an HJ-62.
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Maybe I should rephrase that, my understanding is the the TQ stall speed and VB shift points are different between the 3FE version and 2H version. I would expect a straight swap to change the driving character of the truck, and not for the better.
I'm with ya there, with Stone's truck it's a 3F-e/12H-T, at least they are close hp/torque wise. I believe a call to Rodney in Aus. would take care of the TC and valve body problems + have a tranny that's bullet proof.
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I picked up a t-case rebuild kit from EBI a couple of weeks ago. Took about 8-9 hours to do. Hardest part was cleaning all the parts. Pressing the bearings is also a PIA.
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