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Old 05-12-2025, 10:34 AM
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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.
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Looks great Steve!
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The story and the project really turned out Steve!
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Oh, and that f$#%#& pole is still there with my paint scratch remnants on it a year later...
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You could, not, park right by them...
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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.
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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.
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looks great. is it the only 6.5 turbo in existence still running? that engine is why i drive ford trucks.
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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)
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