[AT] Chevy transmission question

Phil Auten pga2 at hot1.net
Sun Nov 6 13:52:29 PST 2005


Farmer,
I think the tranny you are looking for would be the 700R4.
It should bolt up to a 350 without any mods and handle a stock engine 
with no problem.

Phil

At 03:00 PM 11/6/05, you wrote:
>         This is going to sound really stupid to some of you
>younger guys but my Chevy experience is more back from 1948
>to 1977...   :-)   I have had mostly Fords, Dodge and IHC
>over the years. Nothing against Chevy, it just happened
>that when I was looking in more recent years I never ran
>across a Chevy at the right price and at the right time.
>         The question... My 83 Ford 1/2 ton and an old wagon I have
>parked as well as my 90 Lincoln I drive all have an
>overdrive automatic with a position on the selector. My
>son's late model F-250D 4x4 has a push button overdrive on
>the end of the shifter... I am completely unaware of
>whether GM made such a tranny or not. I would assume that
>they did but I just have never been involved with one. If
>so how are they identified?
>         I am getting back to my 1966 Chevy one ton "project truck"
>this winter and since it has a 250 I am thinking of
>dropping in a 350 I have in another 1 ton and I got to
>thinking about hanging an auto tranny on the back of it. (I
>am getting lazy in my old age) This will be driven empty
>most of the time and will have a bed a little like a
>wrecker bed made as short as I can make it. It will have a
>gooseneck hitch and already has the frame shortened to the
>rear shackles with a heavy tag hitch mounted close (done in
>a previous burst of energy). In spite of those hitches it
>will not be doing a lot of towing, mostly just localish
>tractor shows. Since the rear end is geared low I thought
>the overdrive behind the 350 would give it some decent
>milage running empty and still have the advantage of the
>low gearing when loaded or towing and the overdrive locked
>out. I think I recall that all Chevy engines and trannies
>bolt up OK. I do a bit of metal fabrication so making
>mounts and a drive shaft are not a problem. If I chicken
>out or get lazy on the drive shaft there are several places
>in Indy (30 minutes away) that do a good job reasonably.
>         Just not sure which tranny to look for...
>Thanks.
>         I do have a good 302 Ford and tranny (the old wagon) but
>I'm afraid if I drop a Ford engine and tranny in it that it
>will cause the paint to peel...   ;-)
>
>
>--
>"farmer"
>Hewick Midwest
>
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>
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