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Some of the 5th Ave's have a 2.2 rear end....the housing looks a little funky, that is a quick give away if you are ever looking for 8 1/4" stuff

Too bad you aren't closer and closer to swapping in everything- just pulled a beautiful set of 3.91, sure grip gears (489 case) from a '72 shorty 1/2 ton van with a slant six. Got them up for $435 obo... http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/pts/3799750860.html

Yes, AHB package cars 998/999

My uncle has one in his Travco 320 that he bought new...he put it in when the thing was under a year old, never had a problem with it. The Travco should probably be in a museum, it is pristine

My 4t65HD was $2800 (good buddy prices), but it is built to handle the modified supercharged 3.8. It has all the good bits and a LSD, don't ever want to mess with it again. $1100? Wallet rape artists

I use Redline ATF in all my rigs. When the 4t65HD had to be rebuilt (failure was caused by a glitch that kept shifting the TC lock-up on/off and wife would not stop driving it..grrr), my tranny guy told me that everything else inside the trans was in great shape.

..not unless the line workers were really having a BAD day.

Look for a usable '73-'76 BBP A-body axle. Most people just give 'em away or don't want much for them, unless they are packing a LSD (freak of nature, and yes, I do have one in my shed). Do a fresh set of axle bearings and seal and be done with it

I have an A-body, BBP, 7 1/4 sure grip in the garage...

Not a fatal flaw to have painted it blue- nice to see something different and it's not 'stock' anyways. And I own all 3 manufacturers as well as an AMC Rebel hardtop SST, 'whatever' to all the haters...

When you put them (proper lube in diff housing) down you should slowly/'grandma-like' drive them, slide-to-slide turns for a little bit and they should be quiet. No whine. And at low speed if you had a wobble in your driveshaft, it would be pretty epic- how you would not visibly see it with...

Hopefully at $850 they supply the lube...for more than just the diff.

Larger, not only in size!

Thanks guys, I had heard that but wasn't sure.

Found an '80 or '81 LeBaron with an 8 1/4" axle in a yard. I have heard that the 2.45 and 2.2 gear-ratio rear ends had a slightly different/unique center portion of the axle from the 2.76 & up had on them. Not having much experience with these rear ends and cramped work space (low light), I...

No- the BB pattern axle bearings are a different size, housing ends too small on earlier rearend. The whole rear should swap right in, but you can't just take the BB axles/backing plates/drums and pop them onto an earlier SB axle

I second the opinion- I have a friend who is a tranny guru and he won't touch them for any type of performance powertrain. It is the equivalent of building one of GM's "Target 350" motors...not worth the money or effort and will still puke itself when the wick is turned up:wack:

Ha,ha,ha...:D

No doubt, Swisswill-a certain part of my anatomy is still sucking butter when I hear some of the prices for the 'conversion' parts out there...