Transmission Questions
#11
I probably would look for a rebuilt from around Denver. Probably a rebuilder would even deliver up your way. Might even take your old trannie (expecially if it's working) as an exchange, which would save you the core charge. Rockauto shows a 46RE in the 96 model year.
You don't need another transfer case, btw. It's a separate unit and bolts on to 46RE transmissions (you remove the tailshaft and bolt the transfer case on in it's place, I believe.) And your transfer case should work just fine with the heavier duty trannie. While you have it all out, I'd have a trannie shop look over the transfer case and repair anything that might need it. Seals, etc.
I don't know how fiddley it is to put a transfer case onto a trannie--there are shims, I know. But a trannie shop should be able to do the job for not too much money.
You don't need another transfer case, btw. It's a separate unit and bolts on to 46RE transmissions (you remove the tailshaft and bolt the transfer case on in it's place, I believe.) And your transfer case should work just fine with the heavier duty trannie. While you have it all out, I'd have a trannie shop look over the transfer case and repair anything that might need it. Seals, etc.
I don't know how fiddley it is to put a transfer case onto a trannie--there are shims, I know. But a trannie shop should be able to do the job for not too much money.
#12
I probably would look for a rebuilt from around Denver. Probably a rebuilder would even deliver up your way. Might even take your old trannie (expecially if it's working) as an exchange, which would save you the core charge. Rockauto shows a 46RE in the 96 model year.
You don't need another transfer case, btw. It's a separate unit and bolts on to 46RE transmissions (you remove the tailshaft and bolt the transfer case on in it's place, I believe.) And your transfer case should work just fine with the heavier duty trannie. While you have it all out, I'd have a trannie shop look over the transfer case and repair anything that might need it. Seals, etc.
I don't know how fiddley it is to put a transfer case onto a trannie--there are shims, I know. But a trannie shop should be able to do the job for not too much money.
You don't need another transfer case, btw. It's a separate unit and bolts on to 46RE transmissions (you remove the tailshaft and bolt the transfer case on in it's place, I believe.) And your transfer case should work just fine with the heavier duty trannie. While you have it all out, I'd have a trannie shop look over the transfer case and repair anything that might need it. Seals, etc.
I don't know how fiddley it is to put a transfer case onto a trannie--there are shims, I know. But a trannie shop should be able to do the job for not too much money.