62 inline 6 speed ideas

[ChrisDollins]

Yea I think just a rearend gear change would get you where you want. I've gone back and forth on this too. Either 5 speed or keep the three and go higher gears. In a weird way I like the three on the column too. Its just different. But a 5 speed would sure be nice too haha. Either way you can't go wrong. Although I would just get it worked out and drive it instead of blowing it apart. Almost anything can be fixed while keeping the truck driveable.

Chris

[crhyno]

Originally Posted by AcampoDave

Wouldn't a 340 rear end go a long way toward helping you get down the highway without doing anything to the tranny at all? Keith may be able to offer you more insight as to what rear end would work best with your existing drive train. It's a beautiful truck you have there and it appears quite original. Whereas there is nothing wrong with newer drivetrains,.....they don't build 'em like yours anymore. I would at least shoot Keith a p.m. and ask him to run a spread sheet.

I do not know, but that would be my preferred solution. I think I have 3.90 gearing now (based on a previous post), but am not sure.

I cannot see any Keith in this thread (but I can miss things easily), can you give me a user name?

Thanks for the advice

[AcampoDave]

Kieth hasn't posted on this thread yet which surprises me because stuff like gearing and tire size is one of his strong points. His user name is kieth but I spelled it wrong earlier...sorry, it's i before e. I run a 3.08 gear on my stock 283. It's got the 194 h.p motor and pulls it pretty well with a stock 3 speed column. But if I have to stop on a steep hill, I have to work the clutch to get it to go again. The landscpape is flat around here and trips to the mountains are fine. Just hard to climb one from a dead stop... I'm pretty sure hauling out a boat would not be too easy either. You can affirm your gear ratio by counting the teeth on the ring gear and divide it by the teeth on the pinion gear.

[Lugnutz65]

Originally Posted by crhyno

I cannot see any Keith in this thread (but I can miss things easily), can you give me a user name?

His name is Kieth. That's his username too.

[crhyno]

Originally Posted by AcampoDave

Kieth hasn't posted on this thread yet which surprises me because stuff like gearing and tire size is one of his strong points. His user name is kieth but I spelled it wrong earlier...sorry, it's i before e. I run a 3.08 gear on my stock 283. It's got the 194 h.p motor and pulls it pretty well with a stock 3 speed column. But if I have to stop on a steep hill, I have to work the clutch to get it to go again. The landscpape is flat around here and trips to the mountains are fine. Just hard to climb one from a dead stop... I'm pretty sure hauling out a boat would not be too easy either. You can affirm your gear ratio by counting the teeth on the ring gear and divide it by the teeth on the pinion gear.

I think it is working the clutch on steep hills that make the 3 on the column fun to drive. I will ask kieth for his opinion on gears.

Thanks for the advice

[crhyno]

Originally Posted by Lugnutz65

His name is Kieth. That's his username too.

Thanks. I will ask for his advice.

[Captainfab]

The only other gears available for the Eaton HO32 differential are 3.38's. I just don't know if those will give you the performance you are after. I would suggest changing the trans for a Borg Warner T5. There is a local guy that put a T5 in his '62 with a 235, and he says that is the best thing he did to his truck.

[jcramsey]

Originally Posted by crhyno

Hi

65 would be more than fast enough for me. Saw a borg warner OD that was rebuilt on ebay last week and it sold for $1500. Any thoughts on whether this was a good price? My little 235 needs some help to be able to get onto a highway without serious damage. Reading various blogs about the BG bolted onto the 235 seems to indicate I should be able to easily do 65-70, but I am not sure that people post when it does not work the way they wanted.

I have no clue on the value of a rebuilt one...I guess if somebody paid that for it, then it was worth it? I'm sure if you put brand new gears and a rebuild kit in then you'd be around $450 just in parts, not including the cost of the overdrive trans itself. If overdrive needed new stuff then I'm sure that would add up fast.