Re: 46RH to 46RE??

From: TerribleTom (silvereightynine@aol.com)
Date: Sat Feb 12 2011 - 23:01:24 EST


On 2/9/2011 3:30 PM, Michael Maskalans wrote:
>
>
> On 9-Feb, 2011, at 16:11 , jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>
>> I'm pretty sure though that the
>> 42RE/42RH was for the V6 and 46RE/46RH for the V8. They came from the
>> A904 and A727 transmissions, respectively. The 44RE must be a "tween"
>> transmission. :-) I'm guessing there was never a 44RH if it was not
>> introduced until the Gen3 era when all the transmissions were
>> electronically shifted.
>
> they're still really not "electronically shifted" until the [5]45RFE but that's semantics...
>
> the 44 is in the same case as the 42, the 46 has some external differences.
>
> Mike"
>

I first learned of the existence of the 44, when working on a 98 4x4
club cab Dak owned by a guy I used to work with a few years ago. He had
the 318, and I was real surprised to see that designation on the build
sticker.

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