Replacing a 700r4 in a 4x4 diesel.
My wife’s ‘82 Suburban has been a good vehicle, I only paid $1000 for it and it gets 20+ mpg. With the third row seat it’ll seat 9, its got overdrive so cruising at 75 mph is no problem and it’s 4 wheel drive. But the trans went bad, it wouldn’t go into 2nd gear. Give it enough throttle and it would skip to 3rd. I couldn’t figure out what the problem was so I bought a rebuilt trans ($825 from a guy in salinas who’s shop is a storage unit). First, I had to pull the old trans, I like to put vehicle up on old bare rims instead of jack stands.
I removed all the bolts and linkage and wires, then put a small jack under the transfercase and took off the crossmember. I don’t have a transmission jack, so I bolted a large piece of wood to my floor jack.
More next time.
