The gears have 40,000 miles on them. This car was a v6 and owned by a retired couple for those miles. I think they would be fine. Although I have read its hard to make the gears re-mesh and be quiet when changing the carrier. The old pattern is already worn in and hard to make quiet again. How true that actually is I don't know but my luck is that even if it happens very rarely I will without a doubt be in that rarely group.
This car started as a "use the parts bin and make her run project." That just cost more time and the money to do it right after using the cobbled together/ inexpensive route and failed repeatedly. Pricing out rebuilding mine or getting a rebuilt pumpkin is not that much difference when including gears and tru trac. Factor in no down time with complete pumpkin it is a difference of a few hundred going like for like. Upgrading to a new case and aluminum pinion support makes it about $500.
In my mind a rebuild only makes sense keeping the 3.40's but they do have wear and it sounds like I would be happier with a 3.55 or even 3.80. hmmm. decisions decisions.
This car started as a "use the parts bin and make her run project." That just cost more time and the money to do it right after using the cobbled together/ inexpensive route and failed repeatedly. Pricing out rebuilding mine or getting a rebuilt pumpkin is not that much difference when including gears and tru trac. Factor in no down time with complete pumpkin it is a difference of a few hundred going like for like. Upgrading to a new case and aluminum pinion support makes it about $500.
In my mind a rebuild only makes sense keeping the 3.40's but they do have wear and it sounds like I would be happier with a 3.55 or even 3.80. hmmm. decisions decisions.