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Advice on 3.9 cummins!

12-02-2005, 01:09 AM

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Advice on 3.9 cummins!

I have 2 chevy step vans with the 3.9 cummins in them and am looking for a mid 80's chevy 4x4 short bed as a donor.
Now my question is what to look for? An automatic or manuel? If automatic a 400 or 700 tranny? The one truck has a 4-speed allison and the other has a 3-speed automatic. I would like to use the allison if I could but am not sure how it would work to hook up the 4x4.

My truck 95 Dodge 4x4 5-spd #6 tst 3gsk 4" turbo-back exhaust AFE Proguard7 dow pin fixed pillar gauges

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