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bout a week ago one of my friends tipped me off about another 12 valve sittin so i went n talked to the guy. its a 96 4x4 reg cab with 220k on it with an NV4500. its a one owner truck. it runs n drives great. interior is S-H-O-T, body is in alright condition n the frame is rusted. there's way too much little stuff wrong with it to get it on the road. i gave the guy 1000 cash n loaded it on the trailer.:yeah: im going to swap the manual trans into my 95 auto.

before i do though, im going to order a clutch from south bend, but i need to know what to get. there's barely anything done to my truck, i have a mack rack plug, 4k gsk, afc washers flipped, n no plate. the only thing im lookin to add to it are some 5x12's and a good turbo n maybe an airdog to feed it all. i tow with my truck quite a bit so im just wonderin what for a clutch i need.

n also for what im doin is there really any need to upgrade the input shaft? thanks in advance
Logan

you should call south bend

i would call southbend but in my opinion i would just get a 13'' single disk with the normal lining. i wouldn't do the input upgrade unless you go dd.

got the tranny out of the truck today in about 2.5 hours, i'll try to get some pics up of the progress.
what for fluid goes in this transfer case? the stuff that came out is red like atf but when i smell it im not sure.:humm:

good luck with the swap man

thanks. i swapped a manual into my old lifted f150 when i was 17 so this really shouldn't take very long.

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:pics:

i'll get some. the other truck really aint much to look at, just a virgin 96 reg cab with some rust and dent issues. n its missin a door n tail gate now cuz my buddy just bought a 94 n his drivers door wouldnt close n the tail gate was shot. i got busy yesterday yankin out the tranny n then a bunch of other stuff n forgot to call southbend so that will have to wait until tomorrow.... i really can't wait to do the swap so i can actually get power to the ground:Race:

the transfer cases do use atf. great investment. i just bought one for $800 with a "bad" motor. changed the oil cooler and o-ring on the block heater and already been 200 miles hauling hay and it seems alright. theres deals to be had u just have to find them

i would call valair clutches and ask them i have friends that have both south bend and valiar and the south bend guys are having more problems with there clutches and with a nv4500 if your hauling heavy loads and racing it i would atleast put a billet shaft a 13inch clutch upgrade and lock tite the crap out of the 5th gear nut