The 700R4 transmission from General Motors continues to be a reliable and sought-after automatic gearbox more than 40 years after its introduction. Used in all manner of cars and trucks, the GM Turbo ...

The General Motors 700R4 and 4L60E transmissions have some key differences in their design. You can use those differences to ...

The 700R4, also known as TH700R4, is a General Motors four-speed automatic transmission that was used from 1982 to 1993. Internally called a Hydra-Matic MD-8, it was ...

Unfortunately, until recently all you coulddowas imagine, for like most modern drivetrain products, the 700's design dates back to the late '70s, a dismal, depressing period when it was thought that ...

We're roundin' third on our maintenance kick on Truckin magazine's longest-running truck project. What started as simply knocking the dust off our '64 "GMC" to hit some cruises during the great ...

Retro-fitting modern, overdrive transmissions into early musclecars is nothing new, and with the rapid raise in gas prices (only two dollars a gallon as this is being written) the trend is sure to ...

Poor reliability is a car problem that isn't as prevalent as it used to be. Automatic transmissions were among the worst offenders, with some going from smoothly shifting between gears while ...