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    4l80 front end clearance

    Did consider the Allison but the 4l80 ( along with the 8.1 vortec ) was literally a bolt in deal- the P30 chassis already had the extra holes drilled in the frame so all I had to do was slide the cross member back and everything lined up, used Summits adjustable trans mount and shorten drive...
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    4l80 front end clearance

    Yup that's the one. None of the shafts had any scoring or wear marks on them, a few black shadow "smears" on the 4th and direct/fwd steels but the frictions were all perfect throughout . I probably could or should have left all the bushings "as is" but since they came with the Jakes kit- the...
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    4l80 front end clearance

    guess I worded that wrong, I was referring to radial play with just the shaft stuffed into the pump laying sideways. I was just making sure I had no binding of the bushings and noticed there is a slight bit of play on the big end vs the stator support tube. I am using the thinnest select I had...
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    4l80 front end clearance

    I have .007 " rear play, am using the sonnax roller front hub and with the .057 pump shim, fwd end play was .012, I sanded it down to .055" and now have about .017" which i am happy with ( trans sitting on output shaft on the ground) . While checking stator bushing fit with the pump and overrun/...
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    4l80e intermediate clutch breakdown

    copy Building with Jakes stage 2 kit and his B82 low stall diesel converter built to gas specs behind an 8.1 in a 13k pound motor home and will be seeing mostly mountain roads Any suggestions what to drill the bleeds out to ?
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    4l80e intermediate clutch breakdown

    Have been building up my motor home 4l80 ( 1995 unit) I got from an RV salvage yard and found no cushion plate in the intermediate. I cannibalized a wave plate from the old 475 and used a .100 and .097 - ish steels to get .043 on the stack and found this post. The intermediate feed orifice - it...
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