That's interesting. Good to know for if I lift a truck with a 2 piece rear driveshaft. I just lifted mine but it's a 1500 with a single piece driveshaft
I had 3.42s,4l60e in my 1994 and it was fine with 5-6k lbs. Switched to 3.73s because I got the diffs cheap and it was better. Now I have 35s on it and don't really tow with it. If I was towing with stock tires more often I'd swap it to 4.10s and still stay out of OD
Turned out to be rod knock. It started hammering like a m@##$#&$$&%r while hauling a load of garbage. Found a really nice rebuilt engine on a local buy/sell page for $400. Guy just dropped it in then totaled the truck. My bro and I had the old one out in an hour. Took 10 minutes to hook the new...
Definitely something to consider.
I'll take the intake manifold off of my motor as soon as summer comes around and dig into it to see what's happening before I get a junkyard engine. The knocking I'm hearing sounds like a top end issue so it's probably pretty repairable.
If I end up going...
My brother and I will put the new ( to us ) motor in ourselves.
What would it cost roughly, to get a shop to do it? I would prefer to do it myself for self satisfaction and cost saving.
I'm not trying to be annoying with all these questions.