Any one going over the mountains soon?

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Is any one headed over to the Seattle/Tacoma area any time soon? There's a Dodge NP435 that I was hoping to pick up in Orting. I'd be more than happy to kick over a half rack of your favorite beer if you'd be willing to swing out of your way and snag it for me.

[White trash]

http://kpr.craigslist.org/pts/2709733912.html

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Thanks Trashy, but I'm not paying $300 for a 435 unless its totally rebuilt with zero miles on it, painted hot pink, and bedazzled or what ever the hell its called. I saw one in Kennewick for $100, but the listing expired so I couldn't get a hold of the guy. It was a ford 435 though. I'm looking for a Dodge one. I'm not sure what the differences are aside from output spline count (aside from the whole A and L versions deal). I don't know if the input is different from ford to dodge. I'm pretty sure the Dodge has a 23 spline input as well. I think I may still pick up the one I was going for and GTXRacer said he'd store it for me until I could pick it up. Who knows when that will be.

I shifted gears and I think I'll keep my rig together for this winter and rebuild the 5.9L, trans (if I can snag one), cases (I think the D300 deal fell through saddly), and then try and get everything to bolt together so its ready to swap into the Jeep in the spring. We'll see what happens. Money is really tight and I still have a couple pieces I have yet to snag.

[Reco Very]

Too bad I didn't see this sooner, as I am minutes from Orting right now.

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Its all good Reco. Its actually sitting in my garage as I type this. Nick picked it up for me.