Hey Brother from another Mother! Good to see you're still kickin! :)
If you're still running up and down the road, holler at me sometime on the way thru.
You will have to swap the whole 3.55 carrier in an 8 1/4 if you have 2.76 gears or less in it now.
What's up! I have a nephew over in Denton NC now. Last time I went was the Northern route up 81 down through Fancy Gap. He was in Kernersville. I hate getting stuck in the gorge and hate 40 through NC.
Funny thing my neighbor called to tell me was thinking of trading that van for a John Deere mower. He wants $500 for the van. 225 with a head that I did a "RV" porting on. Rebuilt a 2bbl and did an intake swap. It has the 833OD in it too. I could part a bunch of that out. Of course parts demand will dry up if I buy it.