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  • Tranny swap?

    Does anyone have any experience with swapping in a 518 or 618 in place of the 727 in a 70's W200?
    David

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    transmission swap

    You would need to research if anyone makes an adapter to mate the 518 to the NP 203 transfer case.

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      Research so far has not turned up any solutions.
      Digging around some more.
      David

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      • #4
        you would hafta use an 80,s up t-case like a 208 or 241 to use the 518 tranny

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        • #5
          That's the conclusion that I have come to as well. I have no idea what might be involved in swapping the T case. I suppose that if it's not a total fab from scratch it might be worth it. Any advantages to a later T case? The one in Bud sure is noisy pig. It has quite a bit of noise on both accel and decel. Only quites down on that in between, very part throttle, level ground thing. Sure would be nice to have an OD

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