1996greanbean
Newbie
Well it seems odd I’ve been going to this website for the last 5 years for advice and never once registered so I’m brand new here. I’m sure one of you knows the answer to my probable obvious question but I have to ask because I haven’t seen any other discussions about it.
Little background. I have a 1996 Chevy k1500 3 door with manual 4x4 floor shift, 4l60e, 4 plug ecm. I recently purchased a cab from a 1997 K3500. My original plan was to swap the crew cab onto my ext cab frame (yes I’m aware they don’t bolt right up, I’m not worried about the amount of fabrication required) and take all of my wiring from inside the cab of my 96 and swap it into the crew cab so I would retain the fuse box and other electrical hookups from the 96. As I was tearing down the cab electronics from the outside of the 97 k3500 crew cab I realized they appeared to have the same plug for ecm on the drivers side. My question is could I just use the existing electronics inside of the 97 and not swap in my 96 wiring, fuse box, etc… it would save a ton of time and I wouldn’t need to run extra wire from the fuse box for the rear window motors and extra above head cab lights. Also the 97k3500 was a 6.5 truck. I’m just not sure if all the internal wiring of the cab is not related to the motor/trans. Any help would be appreciated and I apologize if it’s an obvious answer. Thanks!
Little background. I have a 1996 Chevy k1500 3 door with manual 4x4 floor shift, 4l60e, 4 plug ecm. I recently purchased a cab from a 1997 K3500. My original plan was to swap the crew cab onto my ext cab frame (yes I’m aware they don’t bolt right up, I’m not worried about the amount of fabrication required) and take all of my wiring from inside the cab of my 96 and swap it into the crew cab so I would retain the fuse box and other electrical hookups from the 96. As I was tearing down the cab electronics from the outside of the 97 k3500 crew cab I realized they appeared to have the same plug for ecm on the drivers side. My question is could I just use the existing electronics inside of the 97 and not swap in my 96 wiring, fuse box, etc… it would save a ton of time and I wouldn’t need to run extra wire from the fuse box for the rear window motors and extra above head cab lights. Also the 97k3500 was a 6.5 truck. I’m just not sure if all the internal wiring of the cab is not related to the motor/trans. Any help would be appreciated and I apologize if it’s an obvious answer. Thanks!
