Been real busy last couple of weeks

[zieg85]

Don't know the answer, sorry.  The last one, a 1991 C2500,  I parted out I didn't remove the column to compare, just noticed the shifting linkage at the firewall.

[87454westernhauler]

ok. i might have to see if i could get one from my junk yard and try it, since they have a bout 20 of them right now.

[gto109]

So the column i took out of the 90 suburban won't work in my 85?

[zieg85]

So the column i took out of the 90 suburban won't work in my 85?

It will fit just fine, I just meant I haven't tried it yet.  I am going to put the 1991 Suburban column in my 1985 in April or so.

[87454westernhauler]

well i sold the truck that was needing a steering column, so not desperate for one any more.

[zieg85]

Since the spring is like summer it is transmission R&R time... Out with the TH350 and in with the 700R4.  Piece of cake so far, except the cross member isn't working out like I thought it would.  I knew it had to be moved but I thought the holes were all there... some but not all... I also compared another cross member which was also different.  I guess I will have to drill at least 1 hole in the frame.  Mosquitoes got the best of me so I hope to finish up tomorrow.

[bake74]

      Pesky little mosquitoes aren't they.  Well I guess 1 hole is better than having to drill 2 or more holes.  I wonder if it was a difference in years of frames or cross members ?  I thought that I have seen on the forum before that others have done the swap without having to drill any holes.

[zieg85]

Success.... the 700R4 works great, speedo is accurate... Life is good...

[bake74]

     All you had to do was drill 1 hole ?  Cable and everything else hooked right up ?

[zieg85]

     All you had to do was drill 1 hole ?  Cable and everything else hooked right up ?

yes, right side rear on the bottom, actually elongate the hole.  Shift points are later than I would like but still liveable. 

[bake74]

     Do you have a stock 350 in front of it ? 
     I am thinking about picking up one of 2 trucks for my D.D., either a 75 with a slightly built 350 I think, or a 74 with a stock 305. 
     Both are 2wd and I was hoping to switch out the trans for a 700r4 sometime down the road.  That is why I was so curious about the swap and how it handled.

[zieg85]

     Do you have a stock 350 in front of it ? 
     I am thinking about picking up one of 2 trucks for my D.D., either a 75 with a slightly built 350 I think, or a 74 with a stock 305. 
     Both are 2wd and I was hoping to switch out the trans for a 700r4 sometime down the road.  That is why I was so curious about the swap and how it handled.

Stock 305, 120K, 2.73 rear.  Impressive first gear, the jury is still out whether the overdrive is gonna work.  Seems to shift into OD about 62.  It is nice having a 2nd gear...

[zieg85]

Bittersweet on this one.... A fellow from church was in a bad wreck, (not his fault) and was off work about 9 weeks and just before he was released to go back to work asked if I knew of any used trucks???  I told him I would let him use this one until he found a replacement or he could buy it.  It was 4 weeks ago and I asked him today what his intentions were as we have another driver in the household.  He said he wasn't going to buy it and was looking... but about an hour later while I was watching the Kansas race he phoned and said he got to thinking he was going to buy it after all... So the search is on for a replacement...  I'd like to find a TBI 87 4.3L automatic close by...  I like the hunt...

[bake74]

     So now you will be down to 2 85's, an 86, and hopefully an 87, not a bad line up.