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Yeah, you have to remove the dash to get that out. I would at least try to lift it up as much as you possibly can and visually inspect under it. There's been quite a few trucks on here recently that have had rust under it and under the seam sealer under it going up to the wiper cowl, including my own.

I love this game. Gotta go with 1986. My MJ An AE86 Levin coupe for my "sports car", with a 20v blacktop with ITBs. A Masterace Surf diesel for when I need to bring some friends along A W350 for hauling duties. 6BT if we're swapping engines, but the 5.9 if not lol. And a 300SDL for daily mpgs and a cushy ride.

There are 3 spot welds that join the rear box section and the floor brace. They don't all the way through to the layer underneath. At least they didn't on my truck. I cut the spot weld with a cutter, then used a cold chisel meant for body work in between the layers to lift it up enough to pull the brace out. That bolt is also used to hold the brace in place and needs to be removed to remove the brace.

I got a set of Pace Setters with the donor Camaro and 3.4 I used. They seemed nice, but there was no way I could use them on the Comanche without chopping them up heavily. I settled for chopping up the Camaro y pipe for the time being. This website also makes headers for this engine platform, again meant for swaps into an MG car but they don't list them separately on the website. They'd probably sell them separate if you called, but I'm sure they'd be a pretty penny.

Not, sure how I missed this one up until now. Fantastic job so far on the truck. Love to see someone else putting in effort to an 86 and keeping a 60 degree v6! Alos, very jealous of those Hedman headers you scored. I'm thinking I may grab a set of these headers at some point for my 3.4.

Quite an interesting Kia Sorento listed on FB not too far from me; "If it's listed it's still available here you have the craziest Kia Sorento you'll ever see One of a kind in the making just don't have the time to keep going hope somebody likes it as much as I do Price is firm with all the add-ons that go with it $2600.00 considered trade that price comes with another set of rims and tires and also another set of used tires and new Jeep Wrangler fender flares brand new in a box l want to say 2021 if it's listed it's still available please don't ask"

This crossed my mind this morning. You could get that 4l60e from the Camaro and put a manual electronic shifter on it,like this one from Rad Designs. Wouldn't need a computer and he wouldn't have to deal with a clutch while shifting. Would be much cheaper than a standalone controller, but he'd have to shift.

2.8 S10's before 93, 2.8 S10 Blazers before 89, and 2.8/3.1 Camaro/Firebirds 82-92 would all have 60 degree V6 700R4s. Just make sure to get an externally balanced flexplate if you get one from an earlier 2.8. There's also a very illusive 4l60 not E from early 93 Camaro/Firebird 3.4s. It's essentially a 700R4 they called a 4l60

If that's the case, I'd personally wait for a 700R4 or get a T5 from an S10, or just drop a 3.4/4l60E combo in. My whole swap was only about $1000 but that includes a $600 Novak adapter.

I haven't seen anyone run a 4l60E behind a carbed engine. You could potentially ask in the 60-degree V6 group on FB, there's some fairly knowledgeable people there. I would assume you need a standalone controller if you can't get a TPS adapted to the carb. Is there a reason you don't want to go to 3.4 fuel injection? I have a whole thread about running the 3.4 4l60E combo in an MJ and it's a fairly simple albeit tedious process and you can use the factory harness. Another thing to consider is if you're going to put this in a 4wd truck you'll need to pull the 4l60E from a Camaro apart and swap the tail housing and output shaft from either a 4wd 4l60E/700R4 or get an adapter kit from Novak. That said, the 4l60E in my truck currently is getting swapped for an AX15 soon, and it already has the Novak adapter kit installed. We're not far from each other and I'd let it go for basically the price of the adapter once it's out of the truck.

Sweet. Sending you a PM.

There're a few junkyards on car-part.com that have a bellhousing available. But I figured I'd post here just to see if anyone has a Dakota 2.5 AX15 bellhousing stashed away somewhere. Found. Thank you @JolietJEEP'84

The Dakota 2.5 AX15 uses the same 60 degree V6 bellhousing pattern as the 2.5 and 2.8/3.1/3.4. So, Dakota bellhousing, 2.8 externally balanced flywheel and pressure plate, and a clutch disc from an 82 Camaro with a 2.8. With Dakota parts to release the clutch. Not super well documented, but there is a tiny bit of info out there about it.

Well, with the 3-4 pack slipping in the 4L60e and it needing a rebuild I had to weigh my options. The cost to build it properly for my hopeful TDI swap in the future is pretty steep, especially when you include a standalone controller if that swap happens. So, when this '90 AX15 and NP231 popped up for dang cheap an hour away I decided to jump on it. Guess I'm gonna need to gather parts to swap the truck back to a manual . Also, swung by a pull a part local to the guy and managed to score a 2nd shifter, manual pedal assembly, and a spare intermittent wiper box from a 92 2wd XJ for $50.

I also have some JKS ones on my truck and have had no issues with them. Just make sure to grease them often, mine seem to push out the grease more than I would expect.