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Originally Posted by dieselnut14
A new ring and pinion would be $600 from the dealer. my friend that runs a shop said that we would install it together, no charge.
also if I go by the way of a used diff from an 1985, do I also have to swap the speedo drive at the transmission? I would think so since it would keep everything in calibrated as it was before.
thanks for your help guys
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If you change the diff ratio you will need to either change the speedo drive ratio, have a modifier gearset (like on rallye cars) or have the speedo calibrated for the new diff ratio.
Or, you could just have a few speeds checked against a car you trust.
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