I can build a stout th350 for a few hundred bucks. I have a parts guy that can get you a good rebuild kit for almost nothing shipped to your door. I always do the bolt in center support in th350's and 700R4's, I also use a case saver for double strength.
I think its a worth while part to include in a unit that will get beat on.
This particular one for the Camaro had exploded the inner race that goes into the center support. It was literally in 3 pieces and sheared off the splines on the planetary. The transmission was built by a reputable shop...
Yeah I kinda abandoned the forum, I've been so busy the last five years. No time for anything but cleaning the house, raising kids, working full time, dishes, cooking etc. Now I got some free time finally.
So after one helacious life changing day last December that includes me tackling and choking out my neighbor I quit my job, loaded all my tools and **** in a uhaul truck and hauled the Super sport truck on a trailer all the way back to New Mexico where I had just hauled it from the previous...
So I was ready to drop this thing in and decided I should paint the engine compartment really nice. I had some Onyx black and all the prep supplies I was saving for the doors I got for the truck and decided to paint the engine compartment before dropping in the engine. I had so much fun doing...
The 396 was everything he claimed it was except far from ready to just drop in. It was sitting in a shed for about ten years but it did have all kinds of good ****. I decided to pull it apart and go through it anyways. The main caps had stock bolts so I installed ARP studs, the rod bearings were...
Finally in April I rented a uhaul truck and drove it 12 hours round trip the extreme wind and cold to get the thing back home.
Once I got it home I started looking for a new big block and remembered a friend of mine had a 396 with all kinds of bad ass **** done to it, he was going to put it...
I went back to fix the truck Thanksgiving 2017, I pulled the radiator and drilled out the broken bolts in the harmonic balancer. I put everything back together and it ran great. I decided the next day to take it home, I drove it on the highway for a while and stopped for fuel. When I restarted...
Here it is broken down at a holiday in hotel in Heber Az. Once a month I would drive half way across Az. to pick up my oldest son. One day since the truck was running so good and consistent I decided to take it on the drive. Right out side of Heber on 2 lane highway I felt something come apart...
Shortly after moving into a really nice place where life was perfect the mining company my wife and I work for decided to transfer us across the state to a ******** called Bagdad. My buddy hauled the truck up there for me since it has 4.10 gears.
I set up a nice little garage in the company...
UPdate: Since the last post we moved into a bigger house with a great big 2 car garage. I finished putting the truck together and it ran great. I drove it all over Safford Az, it was my daily driver. The small tires were not working so well.
This is a TH400 I got cheap from my friend who was parting out a K30 fire truck. It was nearly perfect inside but I rebuilt it exactly like the one in my buddies mud racing truck. I was gonna flip it for cash but instead decided to help out a local high school kid needing a th400. The kid pulled...