5 spd swap complete

[trickedout420]

well it took me a lil over 3 weeks but the 5spd nv4500 trans is now in. and i will be taking it for its test drive tomorrow morning. looks like the 2wd is going up for sale and its time to play witht he built motor 4wd and that new overdrive gear i have muwahahahaha. i will be posting a complete write-up along with pictures here in the next couple weeks (work schedule sucks until the end of january and i wont have much time to type it up) but as soon as i get it done i will post it up

[44gmcnewf]

come on man post up now stop teasing !!!
Was it alot of work to swap?? i got a sm465 in my basement that i was planing on using for my next truck, Depends on what i get on my work term i would love to swap to one of those.

[trickedout420]

no it wasnt hard at all just really time consuming trying to line it all up to not get any vibration and with my work schedule i only had about 3-4 hours a night to do it but it would be possible to do over a weekend. id post up the pictures but i havent taken any of the completed thing because its too dark and my camera makes them look too blurry and im not going to lie im a lil drunk right now.

and what sucks is the time it took me to get all the parts another reason why it took so long. i should have pics up hopefully after the new years

[FordeatinZ71]

oh hell yea, how did i miss this thread?! post pics of that mofo!

[trickedout420]

well bad news....the transmission had to be shipped back because overdrive did not function no matter what i did it wouldnt shift in. so i sent it back and the replacement should be here in 2 weeks and then ill have some pictures up right now all you see is an adapter bolted to an sm465 bellhousing

and the pictures i took during the build wont load on my computer but will load on my laptop (it doesnt have net connection) so ill go to kinkos and have them build an online album

[FordeatinZ71]

well that sucks...nice to see that they are honoring the warranty though and not trying to blame it on "installer error". still sucks when you've got all that "sweat equity" into a transmission install...you almost feel like they should pay YOU...

[trickedout420]

it alright i would be alot more pissed if this was my only vehicle but since i have a few other vehicles i consider it my project. im going to order the items to put in my bucket seats and ill be in business then im gonna sand it down and have it painted

[FordeatinZ71]

sweetness! i need to spare some tax money and get me something else to drive daily...preferrably something with a 4cyl or a small V6...

[GreaseDog]

are you using a factory hydraulic clutch setup? your 85 should've been equipped with one from the factory.

those things are SUPER hard to find, found one complete minus the fork and throwout bearing the other day at the junkyard, but i didnt have time to pull it.

[trickedout420]

yes its factory i just unbolted the sm465 from the bellhousing installed the adapter and bolted the nv4500 to it made a custom crossmember the whole kit was pretty much a complete bolt in. only part that wasnt a bolt in was the drive shaft i had to get it shortened.

[edman87k5]

What kind of swap kit is this? Adavnce Adapters?
New tranny or rebuilt? Cost?
Waiting on the pics and writeup.

[FordeatinZ71]

i can't vouch for exactly who he went with, but there are a few companies out there that offer this conversion package...here's a link to one...

http://www.nv4500.com/

[trickedout420]

most of my items were ordered through high impact transmission and gear
went with a new trans.
total swap was around $4500