Originally Posted By: krismoriah72
On the 4L60 issue since i may be getting it pretty cheap, would u upgrade to a 4L65? If i go the reman route i dont think they cost much more. Yes i agree 4L60s are pretty easy to get ahold of. Last time I priced a used one was $550. My local garage will install for $350 so im in good shape as far as keeping costs down.
I don't know if a factory 4L65 will bolt in. They tend to do funny things, like changing connector size, time to time. I'd have to look up to see what the difference are, between the two transmissions. It might, it might not. A rebuild/reman with better parts though should be just fine. The aftermarket has parts to fix the problem areas; and to be fair, just replacing it with a stocker will likely yield >100k anyhow. "Better" is always better, but it may not be required in this case.
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He said the Z71 came with a trans cooler..not sure but it does have one on it.
It may well have, but this may be a case where bypassing it is recommended, and running an external cooler is better. Preferably with some way to monitor trans temp. And not towing in OD.
On the 4L60 issue since i may be getting it pretty cheap, would u upgrade to a 4L65? If i go the reman route i dont think they cost much more. Yes i agree 4L60s are pretty easy to get ahold of. Last time I priced a used one was $550. My local garage will install for $350 so im in good shape as far as keeping costs down.
I don't know if a factory 4L65 will bolt in. They tend to do funny things, like changing connector size, time to time. I'd have to look up to see what the difference are, between the two transmissions. It might, it might not. A rebuild/reman with better parts though should be just fine. The aftermarket has parts to fix the problem areas; and to be fair, just replacing it with a stocker will likely yield >100k anyhow. "Better" is always better, but it may not be required in this case.
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He said the Z71 came with a trans cooler..not sure but it does have one on it.
It may well have, but this may be a case where bypassing it is recommended, and running an external cooler is better. Preferably with some way to monitor trans temp. And not towing in OD.
