DrivelineDave
Newbie
Hey everyone! new to gmt400, but Im excited to be part of the community!
So lets get started..... I work with some really rad guys! I recently crashed on my motorcycle and have been hitching rides to and from work from my loving fiance, anyways, one of the elders at my shop offered to give me a 1994 Chevrolet k2500 diesel suburban! Awesome offer, but there is always a catch! There is no drive-train in it now, was bought to do a Cummings swap, but had a gas engine in it when it was last on the road. From looking at the photos it looks to have all of the wiring loom still intact, being a broke 22 year old in Santa Cruz, the first thought i had was s*** a drive train is gonna cost as much as a car... but i have that all figured out as well! Now to the twist, I have another elder at my same shop, that has a 1996 Chevrolet k1500 with a 350 and a 5 speed, with severe frame rust. (coming from Pennsylvania) He has given me an offer to buy the truck off of him for a price I cant say no to! So here is that magic question....
Am i just insane for wanting to swap the running gear over from the k1500 to the k2500 suburban? I mean i know its an insane amount of work. (but i think a no smog, 5 speed, 4x4 suburban would be worth the work!) I am in the maintenance department at my shop and I've been wrenching for awhile now, but has anyone done this before? Any advise other than "don't do it"? Thanks for any and all input! I will be putting pics up very soon so you guys can see what I'm looking at!
quick recap of the vehicles in question!
Donner truck:
1996 Chevrolet k1500
350
5 speed
complete and running well
sever rust damage.
Receiving truck:
1994 Chevrolet k2500 Suburban
Diesel chassis but was converted to gas.
no engine
most likely was a 4l80e
no trans
no transfer-case
complete, clean title and straight otherwise.
thanks to anyone willing to give their two cents!
Dave
So lets get started..... I work with some really rad guys! I recently crashed on my motorcycle and have been hitching rides to and from work from my loving fiance, anyways, one of the elders at my shop offered to give me a 1994 Chevrolet k2500 diesel suburban! Awesome offer, but there is always a catch! There is no drive-train in it now, was bought to do a Cummings swap, but had a gas engine in it when it was last on the road. From looking at the photos it looks to have all of the wiring loom still intact, being a broke 22 year old in Santa Cruz, the first thought i had was s*** a drive train is gonna cost as much as a car... but i have that all figured out as well! Now to the twist, I have another elder at my same shop, that has a 1996 Chevrolet k1500 with a 350 and a 5 speed, with severe frame rust. (coming from Pennsylvania) He has given me an offer to buy the truck off of him for a price I cant say no to! So here is that magic question....
Am i just insane for wanting to swap the running gear over from the k1500 to the k2500 suburban? I mean i know its an insane amount of work. (but i think a no smog, 5 speed, 4x4 suburban would be worth the work!) I am in the maintenance department at my shop and I've been wrenching for awhile now, but has anyone done this before? Any advise other than "don't do it"? Thanks for any and all input! I will be putting pics up very soon so you guys can see what I'm looking at!
quick recap of the vehicles in question!
Donner truck:
1996 Chevrolet k1500
350
5 speed
complete and running well
sever rust damage.
Receiving truck:
1994 Chevrolet k2500 Suburban
Diesel chassis but was converted to gas.
no engine
most likely was a 4l80e
no trans
no transfer-case
complete, clean title and straight otherwise.
thanks to anyone willing to give their two cents!
Dave
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