Lost a 98.5, gained a 96. Tips on matching trucks?

Lost a 98.5, gained a 96. Tips on matching trucks?

11-14-2005, 12:58 AM

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cade

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Lost a 98.5, gained a 96. Tips on matching trucks?

Two trucks, one divorce. Life goes on.

I’ll do my best to keep my emotions out of this and stick to the facts.

I’m loosing my 98.5 3500. 3:55 manual Edge EZ. 175,000 on the ticker

I have to BUY her 96 2500 3:55 Auto, untouched engine. 220,000 on the ticker. I believe the trany has around 30k on it.

I know this has been beat to death and I should have read enough by now to know the answer but my brain is mush due to the obvious. The question at hand is:

What steps are to be taken to make the 96 run like the aforementioned 98.5? Will this include at minimum the TC?

My local Cummins shop has done great work for me in the past. So my very first step will be to take the truck to them so they can run a blow-by test on it using there dyno. At least I’ll know what I’ve got. While it’s there I may have them adjust the valves and set the timing. It will be used as a daily driver for now. At some point it will hopefully be dragging a three horse trailer. It has stacks so I want to be conservative on the smoke (don’t want to suffocate the horses before I get to the show).

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by cade; 11-14-2005 at 07:11 AM..

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