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 Posted: 06-07-2010 04:56 pm
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 I had a slight hiccup.  My 5-speed 3:42 ratio rear end was too tall so I had to track down a 4-speed with a 3:73 ratio.  Found one in Riverside had it blasted clean, painted and was going to mount the drum brakes from the 5 speed.  Although relatively new when the project was started, the shoes were glazed and had a weird wear pattern.  Fortunately the new rear end seems to have less backlash that the old one.
Next stop was a disc brake conversion from Vermont. (A $1k story in itself)  Just finished the install last week.  During road tests the suspect throwout bearing did not squeal so maybe it will be all right-who knows?  The tranny did develop a rear seal leak so that's the next windmill to tilt at.  The W58 gear box is a delight.