[VB] Transmission Rebuild

[Chris Dreike]

Hi Tom,
What size motor do you have? I think that the stock transmission had the
.82 gear.
If your motor is larger than 1600 I would go with the .82 4th gear. That is
an 8% increase in gear ratio over the .89. resulting in freeway rpms being
8% lower.  Less scream from the motor. At 65mph you should see about
3600rpm if you have stock sized tires.
I have a rancho rebuild with a 3.875 R&P and the .82 4th. I see about 3350
rpm at 65mph. My motor is a 1776 in my splitty. I have power enough to go
easily 70 on the hwy. Don't like to go faster.
Let us know what you do.
YMMV!!

Chris
64 DD Kamper Kit
71 Sunroof


On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 1:52 PM Avocado Tom Tarka <avocadotom at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Greetings Volks!
>
> It would seem that the transmission on my ‘67 is finally at the end of its
> life.
>
> I’m about to pull it for a rebuild, but that raises three questions:
>
> 1. should I have the reduction boxes rebuilt? (I rebuilt them myself maybe
> 30,000 miles ago and I guess I could also refresh the bearings myself this
> time too)
>
> 2. Should I go with a 0.82 4th gear or the stock 0.89?
>
> 3. Should I have my local shop do it, or go with Rancho?
>
> Interested to hear your thoughts...
>
> Cheers!
>     Tom
>
> —
> “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t cure stupid.” -T. Tarka
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