1fstdsl

I lost second gear, so I dropped my pan and found by apply lever pieces in the bottom of my pan. Can I install a new one without pulling the trans?

dieselfan

i wanna say you do but im not postive. sorry.

impmouse

yes and no,,,, done that been there... let me guess suncoast tranny ... get on compd check out the tread i started there ,,, "broke apply lever" has pictures i changed mine with out taking the tranny down...here's the link
http://www.competitiondiesel.com/for...ad.php?t=34313

caleb keller

i think you have to too

impmouse

you do ,,, unless you short cut it

dieselfan

ah i remember that. nice ingenuity

dieselfan

did you ever find out why you had a stock lever?

impmouse

suncoast said they did not make one....

1fstdsl

Thanks for the link/help, but I don't know if I am ready to cut into the case. It looks like I just need to remove driveshaft, trans linkage, valve body, converter and slide the trans back a few inches. I guess I have my next saturday planned, thanks guys.

I have a stock 3.8 lever in mine. What lever do you recommend for stronger replacement? And what length, I don't want to have timing issues.

dieselfan

a 4:2 is what ratio i got.

1fstdsl

Where did you get the 4.2 billet lever? Looks better than my stocker.

impmouse

my problem when deeper than just the apply lever,,, changed the valve body , apply lever ,front drum seals, pistion for the apply lever ,,, and then after that a total over haul of the tranny to include the tq converter.. ordered my apply lever from hts,,, and got the total overhaul done by hts so all that cost me another 3000.00 on top of 6800.00

dieselfan

i got mine from dusty at HTS. he was cheaper and knew a lil more IMO

here's one you can look at, scroll about half way down.

http://transmissionsone.com/

dieselfan

that sucks big time!

HTS is nice to deal with.

877 630 9122 is their ph#

1fstdsl

So after your little short cut you still had problems with your trans and had to have overhauled? I hope I do not have the same situation.