My Experience with the TR4050 in a Jeep Truck

The pros and cons of the tr4050 5 speed manual transmission in a 70s truck

[@ppump24valve53]

I’m in the process right now of putting this transmission into my 2000 Dodge 2500hd Cummins, I’m getting a custom, and newly designed 1 3/8”input shaft made to fit my south bend dual disc clutch! Quickdrawbrand sells this transmission with a 29 spline output which fits right on the 241 dhd t cases. Only thing I needed to do was shorten my rear driveshaft 4” and wait on the new shaft, hopefully see it in a few weeks. Can’t wait to try it out

[@JS-5095]

@ppump24valve53 Can you give some more information on your input shaft? Who made it for you? I am looking to do the same clutch setup in a 70s Ford Cummins Swap.

[@ppump24valve53]

@@JS-5095 Liberty’s Gears in Michigan, look them up online, Mine is the first 1 they have designed and made, still did not ship the parts yet.. I’ll warn you.. it might take months.. but they did say they would make a number of them, because they have already had other people asking about it… 9 months of waiting.. first 4 months.. didn’t touch it. They also had to buy the correct tooling, which set it out another 2 months. they are super busy i guess with building racing transmissions.. seems like they hardly wanted to give me the time of day, but everyone that gets work done there says it takes forever, but its done right. Haven’t found another company who would think about it. Idk why Tremec doesn’t offer more options for input shafts but I guess (hopefully) that time will come.

[@jonc1283]

I’m considering putting this into my 1963 Jeep Gladiator J200

[@jonc1283]

Transmission purchased, got it from Modern Driveline, and got the bell housing and parts from Silver Sport Transmission.

[@ppump24valve53]

@@jonc1283 Great, I’m excited to get my new shaft and try it out, hows it working out for you?

[@77fordhiboy]

Great content and i appreciate the info you need to speak up though and stop mumbling

[@adventures_in_offroading]

Yeah, that is something I'm going to have to work on pretty hard. I've taken an hiatus but expect to start producing some more videos in the coming months. Today we officially "broke ground" on a shop to hold the start of a machine shop so I can quit working in my drive way.

[@backbeatpat]

Volume very low.