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Old 08-09-2007, 06:28 AM   #61
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Interesting side note. The guy who maintained this is a gear-head junkie. He was explaining to me how he "upgraded" the transmission and the front-end about 1,500 miles ago. Said he put in a super-overhead-turbo-cam-rocket fuel-nuclear bomb proof transmission (the same kind he uses on his drag car). The acronym-intensive, descriptive list of parts for the front-end rebuild was even more impressive. He claims he spent about $9,000 on this refurb.
This really applies to all the other owners out there. I have been spending a lot of time in transmission shops lately getting figures for either a transmission swap or rear end swap and found that AS did a good job at beefing up our transmissions from the standard P-30 transmissions that were being used. That may account for the low number of threads on transmission problems.
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Old 08-09-2007, 07:34 AM   #62
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That's interesting to read. Have the shops given you any info on what AS did to improve the transmissions? I often think about mine when cresting a hill, towing my car, loaded to the nines with a week of gear on board and it makes me imagine spinning, whirring metal on metal - scary. It would be nice to know more about what was done to our rigs.
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Old 09-27-2007, 07:58 PM   #63
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I started with a 1985 345 classic which, like your unit, was built by the specialty vehicles group. Had no plumping, water, windows, cabinets.....the list is long. The original rebuild took about 3 years and $4K to replace mostly airstream parts. I will post before and after pictures for you if interested.
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