My truck has a lot of miles, and while its currently running great, it won't last forever. My amateur thinking is that the transmission is probably the most likely big item to fail. They take a lot of abuse over the years. And mine seems to be making more and more odd noises as time goes on.
This is all HYPOTHETICAL but lets say it did fail, can you swap a 6 speed automatic into these trucks? 6L80 for example?
There's that famous video of someone with a 5.3 SWB LT (like me) where he swapped in a 6 speed manual. It looks amazing, but the computers freak out and it has eternal error lights on the dash.
Is it the same with the 6 automatic? Or can you grab computer module(s) from a doner truck too and really turn it into a seamless swap? Seamless meaning as seamless as swapping in another 4 speed would be.
I've often thought the transmission (a 4 speed) is one of the weakest points in this truck. Not weakest as in point of failure, but weakest as in a design choice that's not ideal. I know this truck was built a very long time ago and 6 speed autos probably didn't exist back then. But they sure do now.
If the swap is plausible, that might be something to keep in mind as a backup plan if my truck ever needs a new transmission.
This is all HYPOTHETICAL but lets say it did fail, can you swap a 6 speed automatic into these trucks? 6L80 for example?
There's that famous video of someone with a 5.3 SWB LT (like me) where he swapped in a 6 speed manual. It looks amazing, but the computers freak out and it has eternal error lights on the dash.
Is it the same with the 6 automatic? Or can you grab computer module(s) from a doner truck too and really turn it into a seamless swap? Seamless meaning as seamless as swapping in another 4 speed would be.
I've often thought the transmission (a 4 speed) is one of the weakest points in this truck. Not weakest as in point of failure, but weakest as in a design choice that's not ideal. I know this truck was built a very long time ago and 6 speed autos probably didn't exist back then. But they sure do now.
If the swap is plausible, that might be something to keep in mind as a backup plan if my truck ever needs a new transmission.