DB> tranys with OD up here. Hold On To Your Hat!! The new truck tranys with 
OD
 DB> that use electronic shifting and computers to tell them 
 DB> when to shift,average
 DB> around $2500 for a rebuild. One shot like that to your wallet will make 

 DB> believer out of you By the way,my TH-400 trany can be rebuilt for 
800
 DB> and it is one of the heaviest duty tranys ever made.Try to figure that 
one
 DB> out
 
     I think I have it figured out, but you're not gonna like it!  Our Dodge 
gets about 20 MPG on the road with the a/c on; we have the 360 with the RT 
headers and computer.  To me, this is OUTRAGEOUSLY WONDERFUL gas mileage, 
compared with the trucks I grew up with.
     I think that the older, heavier-duty transmissions don't help you get 
the great gas mileage as they don't have all the computerized bells and 
whistles.  But they probably last a lot longer.
     Ask me which one I would pick to have break down in Pagosa Springs in 
the middle of the night.  The older one wins hands down.
     In fact, my three-on-the-tree '70 Chevy would win that one.  It seems 
everything's a trade-off, doesn't it?  But the mileage THAT truck gets 
pulling the horse trailer uphill is in FEET PER GALLON!
     It's just a guess, Dave, but that's why I would figure it'd be more.
Does TH-400 stand for Turb0 Hydramatic?  I used to have one that I was gonna 
have installed on my Chevy in place of the 3 speed, when I added the air 
conditioning, rebuilt the engine, and put power-assist brakes on it, but when 
I realized that 3/4 of the population now doesn't have a CLUE how to drive 
it, I decided to cut down on the number of punks who could steal my truck.  
(It was the last truck my dad ever bought...I'lll keep it until one of us 
goes.)
--- Maximus/2 3.00
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