I just finished installing a Gear Vendor unit in my 2000 F250 6 speed manual 3.73 diff---In a nutshell, the unit seems to be
very good. I go from 1800 rpm to 1450 at 60 mph--nice and quiet
and plenty of power in an empty truck. However, if and when you buy a unit, ask that they send a case of toilet paper instead of the
instructions; you'll get more out of the TP.
My instructions were dated 1998. IKEA has better instructions
than Gear Vendors. I would give them an F-. Mis direction,
incomplete, non applicable would be a few words in which to describe
the instruction pamphlet. I really think you would be better off just
sorting through all the parts and figuring it out on your own.
Me=moderately mechanically inclined. My working mechanic=30
years of cars and light trucks. Neither one of us could believe the
lack of detail or sophistication in these instructions. The savior
was their customer service which I would rate as B+. It might be
that the CS reps were caught in the middle. I'm sure they had heard
these same questions a million times but had to answer them over and over again. At the same time though, I felt at times that I
knew more about the kit then they did. One example: the kit and instructions were getting Z & L brackets all mixed up. We figured it out and then
the CS rep said, "Ya, that's right". It seemed obvious that if a
company mechanic would have sat down, he could have corrected
90% of these errors in short order. I just got the feeling that it
wasn't important to management.
Again,I think the unit is very good. Up shifting is fine and
smooth, though shifting from, let's say, 4 high to 4 low, there's
a good size "CLUNK" and CS had no answer other than to say,
"shift into neutral, depress the splitter button to drop out of overdrive, and then shift back into 4th". Well, ya........
very good. I go from 1800 rpm to 1450 at 60 mph--nice and quiet
and plenty of power in an empty truck. However, if and when you buy a unit, ask that they send a case of toilet paper instead of the
instructions; you'll get more out of the TP.
My instructions were dated 1998. IKEA has better instructions
than Gear Vendors. I would give them an F-. Mis direction,
incomplete, non applicable would be a few words in which to describe
the instruction pamphlet. I really think you would be better off just
sorting through all the parts and figuring it out on your own.
Me=moderately mechanically inclined. My working mechanic=30
years of cars and light trucks. Neither one of us could believe the
lack of detail or sophistication in these instructions. The savior
was their customer service which I would rate as B+. It might be
that the CS reps were caught in the middle. I'm sure they had heard
these same questions a million times but had to answer them over and over again. At the same time though, I felt at times that I
knew more about the kit then they did. One example: the kit and instructions were getting Z & L brackets all mixed up. We figured it out and then
the CS rep said, "Ya, that's right". It seemed obvious that if a
company mechanic would have sat down, he could have corrected
90% of these errors in short order. I just got the feeling that it
wasn't important to management.
Again,I think the unit is very good. Up shifting is fine and
smooth, though shifting from, let's say, 4 high to 4 low, there's
a good size "CLUNK" and CS had no answer other than to say,
"shift into neutral, depress the splitter button to drop out of overdrive, and then shift back into 4th". Well, ya........