What did you do to your Gen 1 today?
06-22-2018, 04:01 PM
#6556
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**** that sucks....and just weeks after getting the new rig! 
Glad you are OK and that there was a helpful home owner in the area that help prove your case.
I had the help of a home owner many years ago too. Was driving my 69 Charger at the time on a permit, and was at a friends house for a little party. I knew the permit ran out at midnight so I left the party about 11:30 so I would be home before it expired. Well it was raining when I got to the party but then the temps dropped and it froze to shear black ice.....didn't realize this until I came out of the driveway and the Charger shifted to 2nd and it spun out, took out a mail box and I ended up in the ditch backwards.
Police were ignorant and tried to say I was driving with an expired permit, but the home owner came out and said he was watching a specific TV program and confirmed that the accident happened when I said it did. Still it crunched the pass rear quarter....
Glad you are OK and that there was a helpful home owner in the area that help prove your case.I had the help of a home owner many years ago too. Was driving my 69 Charger at the time on a permit, and was at a friends house for a little party. I knew the permit ran out at midnight so I left the party about 11:30 so I would be home before it expired. Well it was raining when I got to the party but then the temps dropped and it froze to shear black ice.....didn't realize this until I came out of the driveway and the Charger shifted to 2nd and it spun out, took out a mail box and I ended up in the ditch backwards.
Police were ignorant and tried to say I was driving with an expired permit, but the home owner came out and said he was watching a specific TV program and confirmed that the accident happened when I said it did. Still it crunched the pass rear quarter....
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Blue Goose (06-22-2018)
06-23-2018, 06:17 PM
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I'm sure Ollie can get you parts if need arises.
06-23-2018, 06:18 PM
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he's already offered! great guy.
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Bob L (06-24-2018)
06-23-2018, 06:19 PM
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Mr. Postman made a USA made delivery today. Get to check it out this week.
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mknittle (07-01-2018)
06-23-2018, 09:49 PM
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Picked my truck up from the alignment shop on Friday, man the thing drives much better. After rebuilding the front end, no more steering wheel shake and hopefully no more wobble. Truck also runs a few degrees cooler after finally installing a fan shroud too.
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07-01-2018, 10:59 AM
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Today I started getting my replacement truck bed ready for mounting. I was planning fixing it up and repainting it, unfortunately my boss and I had a disagreement regarding my safety so now my wife and I have to find a new place to live (housing was included in pay) and new jobs in a very short amount of time. 
Fortunately, we have nothing tieing us down to this area so we can move and work just about anywhere. Just got to find the jobs first.
Fortunately, we have nothing tieing us down to this area so we can move and work just about anywhere. Just got to find the jobs first.
07-01-2018, 11:19 AM
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I’ve been doing many things the past while. I had my 47rh destroy the torque converter which most always send clutch material through the transmission and requires a rebuild. I don’t have the $$$ it would cost to rebuild the auto, so I have been gathering parts to swap to a manual. I was going to go with a Getrag (what the truck originally had), but I found way too good of a deal on a nv4500, so I got it instead. It is a remanufactured transmission so I should be good to go with it. I also got a Valair 400hp 900lb-ft clutch, master/slave from Genos, shifter tower kit, shifter handle, a bellhousing on the way, and a transfer case on the way. I still need to get a coupler for between the transmission and transfer case. The shifter linkage and the adapter for between the transmission and transfer case is included with the transfer case Igor. It is supposed to ship tomorrow or Tuesday I believe. I ordered pedals off of eBay that somebody is making new for these trucks for $320 shipped, so that beat the $270 shipped I was finding used units for in my book since they are new.
When my 47rh went out I thought about putting the Allison AT545 I have laying around and actually everything to put it in as well, but decided I wanted overdrive. They seem to be a awesome transmission if you get a good converter for them, but still don’t have overdrive. So unless they made 2.56 gears for the Dana axles it wasn’t going to work for me wanting to be able to do 80 on the interstate since that is the speed limit here. Maybe someday I’ll have something that is more just a toy to put it in.
When my 47rh went out I thought about putting the Allison AT545 I have laying around and actually everything to put it in as well, but decided I wanted overdrive. They seem to be a awesome transmission if you get a good converter for them, but still don’t have overdrive. So unless they made 2.56 gears for the Dana axles it wasn’t going to work for me wanting to be able to do 80 on the interstate since that is the speed limit here. Maybe someday I’ll have something that is more just a toy to put it in.
07-01-2018, 02:59 PM
#6563
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Do you have the bracket up under the dash that the clutch hydro clips into? Also you will need an adapter for the cross member/tranny mount...AA has them it's just a piece of box tubing, you can also get the TC shifter bracket from AA as well they offer one for regular shifter and the later 92/93 gated shifter....is your current shifter gated?
07-01-2018, 03:24 PM
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07-01-2018, 03:47 PM
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I’ve been doing many things the past while. I had my 47rh destroy the torque converter which most always send clutch material through the transmission and requires a rebuild. I don’t have the $$$ it would cost to rebuild the auto, so I have been gathering parts to swap to a manual. I was going to go with a Getrag (what the truck originally had), but I found way too good of a deal on a nv4500, so I got it instead. It is a remanufactured transmission so I should be good to go with it. I also got a Valair 400hp 900lb-ft clutch, master/slave from Genos, shifter tower kit, shifter handle, a bellhousing on the way, and a transfer case on the way. I still need to get a coupler for between the transmission and transfer case. The shifter linkage and the adapter for between the transmission and transfer case is included with the transfer case Igor. It is supposed to ship tomorrow or Tuesday I believe. I ordered pedals off of eBay that somebody is making new for these trucks for $320 shipped, so that beat the $270 shipped I was finding used units for in my book since they are new.
When my 47rh went out I thought about putting the Allison AT545 I have laying around and actually everything to put it in as well, but decided I wanted overdrive. They seem to be a awesome transmission if you get a good converter for them, but still don’t have overdrive. So unless they made 2.56 gears for the Dana axles it wasn’t going to work for me wanting to be able to do 80 on the interstate since that is the speed limit here. Maybe someday I’ll have something that is more just a toy to put it in.
When my 47rh went out I thought about putting the Allison AT545 I have laying around and actually everything to put it in as well, but decided I wanted overdrive. They seem to be a awesome transmission if you get a good converter for them, but still don’t have overdrive. So unless they made 2.56 gears for the Dana axles it wasn’t going to work for me wanting to be able to do 80 on the interstate since that is the speed limit here. Maybe someday I’ll have something that is more just a toy to put it in.
07-01-2018, 05:59 PM
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Do you have the bracket up under the dash that the clutch hydro clips into? Also you will need an adapter for the cross member/tranny mount...AA has them it's just a piece of box tubing, you can also get the TC shifter bracket from AA as well they offer one for regular shifter and the later 92/93 gated shifter....is your current shifter gated?
07-02-2018, 12:51 AM
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The bracket is still there under the dash to my delight. I had seen the box tubing people were using, so I figured I could figure that out myself. The transfer case I bought from a guy that parts out these truck and he said it already has that bracket and all the linkage. He said the only thing missing is the actual handle, so I’m just going to use mine. Not sure if the current setup is gated or not. What’s the difference?
The difference between them is simply the earlier style is just a straight shifter on a pivot shaft.....forward and back into all the TC gears, where as the gated shifter has notches and you have to move the shifter either in or out to get it to go into the desired gear.
07-02-2018, 06:55 AM
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Unless the TC shifter and linkage was already used on a NV4500 then you will need to either buy, or make a bracket, and most likely fab up some shifter linkage....I just ordered the kit from AA...not too bad a set-up but the shifter linkage did require some added bushing to stop from rattling, and it does look a little on the weak side, but has functioned well in the 4 years since I installed it.
The difference between them is simply the earlier style is just a straight shifter on a pivot shaft.....forward and back into all the TC gears, where as the gated shifter has notches and you have to move the shifter either in or out to get it to go into the desired gear.
The difference between them is simply the earlier style is just a straight shifter on a pivot shaft.....forward and back into all the TC gears, where as the gated shifter has notches and you have to move the shifter either in or out to get it to go into the desired gear.
Im gonna say that my current shifter is gated as I have to move the shifter passenger to go into 4 low. 2 wheel and 4 high are towards the driver’s side. Maybe the new transfer case and linkage will be different though.
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07-02-2018, 11:18 AM
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Installed my KC aux lights over the weekend. Need to cleanup how I ran the wires better. Its simply amazing how much brighter these lights are versus stock headlights. Gonna do Headlight Relays next.
Also what is the sliding door in the drivers side kick panel about? Never noticed it until I was pulling the wires through the firewall for the lights.
Also what is the sliding door in the drivers side kick panel about? Never noticed it until I was pulling the wires through the firewall for the lights.
07-02-2018, 11:28 AM
#6570
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The drivers side sliding door is the cool vent option for us guys that don't have A/C.
Between that and the triangular vent window, I am happy on all but the hottest VT weather days.
The older Dodge trucks had a slide open lower vent on the passenger side as well.
Between that and the triangular vent window, I am happy on all but the hottest VT weather days.
The older Dodge trucks had a slide open lower vent on the passenger side as well.