Wow. Looks amazing!!

I’m pretty truck obsessed these days!!!

What transmission was behind a 6.5? 4L80E?

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Yup, the heavy duty 4L80E 4-speed overdrive transmission.

Looks great Steve!

The story and the project really turned out Steve!

Oh, and that f$#%#& pole is still there with my paint scratch remnants on it a year later...

You could, not, park right by them... :hmmm:

I didn’t. We were driving through the parking lot to leave during a rainstorm when the accident happened. That pole was the outermost spot on the interior roadway. I was just returning to the scene of the crime for the post-mortem photo.

I remember when you were replacing the engine in this Suburban.

Very cool you have kept it all these years and it is still in such great condition.

looks great. is it the only 6.5 turbo in existence still running? that engine is why i drive ford trucks.

Yeah, I think I’m also the last mechanic still around who knows how to work on them. Especially since it’s a 1995 version. They were the only OBD1 version. OBD2 came in 1996 and used a different way to time the injection pump. It’s fun to keep it going since it’s like a Rube-Goldberg type of contraption. And the more modern HUMVEE replacement engine is a lot more dependable and powerful: 300 hp and 500 lbs of torque versus the original (and unreliable 190 hp/380 torque)