700r4 to 4l80e silly question

[Drunkcanuk]

Hey....had a "shower thought" while driving today.
Have a 91 C1500 w/700r4. I'm seriously now thinking that next year at tax time is the time for a 6.0 w/4l80e swap. My question is this, and yes, I did try searching for the answer.
Does the column shifter just bolt back up? Or is there some work there that needs to be done?

 

[Supercharged111]

My guess is just get the linkage for 92-94 down on the chassis/transmission side and it should bolt right up like a 4L80 only swap. Would this swap keep the trans cross member in the same spot?

 

[Drunkcanuk]

I believe the cross member has to move back 3" or so.
Because I know some are cable shifted, if the donor vehicle was column shifted, try and get all the bits and stuff?
Maybe it would just be a good excuse to get a nice Lokar for the floor, lol.

 

[Supercharged111]

I believe the cross member has to move back 3" or so.
Because I know some are cable shifted, if the donor vehicle was column shifted, try and get all the bits and stuff?
Maybe it would just be a good excuse to get a nice Lokar for the floor, lol.

A 6.0/4L80 truck will be cable shifted and yours should have linkage. I don't recall off hand how the linkage stuff works, nor do I know if the arm off your 700 will fit a 4L80.

 

[Drunkcanuk]

Ya, I have linkage for sure, remember removing it when I swapped a new 700 in after grenadine the OG. But aren't 4l80e's just a electronic 400? And those have been around a long time, and can't all be cable shifted. Surely there has to be a "easy" answer to this.
One of you had to have hooked up a 4L80 to a column.

 

[Supercharged111]

Ya, I have linkage for sure, remember removing it when I swapped a new 700 in after grenadine the OG. But aren't 4l80e's just a electronic 400? And those have been around a long time, and can't all be cable shifted. Surely there has to be a "easy" answer to this.
One of you had to have hooked up a 4L80 to a column.

Yes 92-94 trucks had linkage, not cables, to shift their 4L80 transmissions. That's why I've been saying what I have.

 

[Drunkcanuk]

Yes 92-94 trucks had linkage, not cables, to shift their 4L80 transmissions. That's why I've been saying what I have.

Gotcha.....so I will have to track that down. I assume it will be on the 3/4 and 1 tons.