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Old Apr 23, 2015 | 10:00 AM
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Hey im new to the forums and have been lurking and reading alot in the last few weeks.

I was wondering how hard it would be to swap a complete 2001 5.3 4l60e 4x4 with transferscase and all the wiring computer everything into my 1996 f250 crew cab that blew up the e4od i dont like the 460 and only purchased the truck because of my love for obs crew cabs
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Old Apr 23, 2015 | 03:01 PM
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Shouldn't be that hard. Depends what you call hard, though. I'd guess it might be 100 to 200 hours of work if you haven't done it before.

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Old Apr 23, 2015 | 05:58 PM
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My biggest issue would be the gauges and wiring I can build the mounts pretty easily would I be better off going stand alone harness or just using the stock harness? My dad has been a mechanic for the last 35 years and has done the wiring harnesses on a couple swaps helping friends before so he will be helping me

On the transfercase how would I wire that in if it's electric not manual or do they make a manual transfercase I could pick up?
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Swapping the transfer case out to an NP241 manual would be your best option. Personally I would look into a 3/4 ton drivetrain setup rather then dropping in a 1/2 ton setup into that big truck.
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