Standard transmission in a rock buggy?

[Nikwho]

Sounds like I need to start shopping for an NV4500!

 

[bgredjeep]

The only issue I ever had with my t18 was the gear spread. Trail riding up the long hills in a place like Harlan or Windrock it would either be screaming in 2nd, or lugging down in 3rd trying to keep up the pace. For crawling it was great. Drop the clutch and steer.

I gave it up for an aw4 several years ago. My left knee was not loving working a fairly stiff clutch pedal any more. I still get to manually shift, just no more clutch. Lol

 

[Nikwho]

Figured that I would revive this thread a little. I have the SM465/NP203/D300 in my CJ7. I'm moving forward on my tube buggy build and came home with two transmissions yesterday. An SM420 with a 7.06:1 first gear AND a light duty Chevy NV4500. I'm not sure just yet whether it has the 5.61:1 first gear, or the '93/'94 lower first gear ratio of 6.34:1, but either way, I will likely use this transmission in the tube buggy. UNLESS I find a Mercedes OM617 turbo diesel to swap into my CJ7. In that case, I may use the NV4500 in the CJ7, with the 4:1 Dana 300.