johnp94

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When a mechanic swapped trannies for me he said the replacement had a mechanism that didn’t work which didn’t allow the tranny to shift into 3rd but only go to 2nd. he took this part off my old tranny and this part was still good and he swapped it. My tranny now after 3 years will not work in 3rd or overdrive. I want to replace this device before I take it in for new tranny. Is this called a position lever sensor ? Or something else. 1999 Camaro Z28. Will a v6 tranny it in Z28 ?

johnp94

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I don’t have money for a shop rebuild now. My tranny won’t go into 3rd and OD. 1999 Camaro Z28. What used Trannies will fit from other vehicles ? V6 Camaro , Firebird ? What year and model Chevy truck ?

Jays_SSZ28

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Any truck that had a 4.8 or 5.3. Two wheel drive.
You will have to remove the switch around the manual shift shaft if it's still there. You will need to swap the shift shaft and the tail housing.

No v6 anything will fit, not s10, nothing v6.

1998 to 2002 LS1 f body.
1999 to 2005 4.8 or 5.3 truck with the above mentioned parts swapped out.

This is a simple swap, truck transmissions are everywhere.
Sure you can swap parts to make another application fit but you might as well do a rebuild if you're taking it apart, so don't.

If you deal with a salvage yard say you need a transmission for a 2002 silverado two wheel drive V8 or something similar, if you say you need it for a camaro they'll tell you they don't have any when they might have 200 truck transmissions.

johnp94

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Thanks for reply. Out of the parts that need to be swapped out which ones are internal ? How come C5 Corvette trans aren’t mentioned ? Is it a mis match or just harder to find forsale ?

Jays_SSZ28

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This is a c5 corvette 4L60E. Won't work.



A trailblazer/envoy transmission will work too if you change the bellhousing. They come with a higher stall torque converter so you might want a good reman converter if you don't want that.

The same thing applies to vans as trucks that I mentioned above except I'm not 100% sure what year vans started using the 4.8/5.3, it was into the 2000's I think. Like 2003 or 2004. So a van 4L60E that was behind a 4.8/5.3 will work.

MaroonMonsterLS1

Vans got the gen 3 "LS" series of engines in 2003.
Trucks got them as early as 1999

Jays_SSZ28

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The input shaft, which is usually not removed from the drum.
So if you go to change the input shaft/drum you would need to use a compatible drum, which you might have, but you need to empty it out and swap everything, including parts that might be marginally useable.

Next is the pump stator, not a novice job to take it out of the pump. And when you try to reuse one it usually doesn't line up properly. And you have to empty out the pump and know how to reassemble it.

The valve body separator plate is calibrated different, or not, it depends. Accumulators might be set up to shift softer or harder.

The truck and van transmissions are close enough for a f body replacement.

I just realized I ignored your first post, I can't make sense out of that.

MaroonMonsterLS1

Jays why does the input shaft need to be swapped? I think I might be misunderstanding which core you're referring to.

A truck or van 60e shouldn't need to swap the input shaft

Jays_SSZ28

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Answering the question as I read it, because I listed transmissions that will bolt in.

I'm assuming he's asking about transmissions not a direct bolt in, like a v6. A 2005 s10 blazer v6 transmission uses gen 1 parts. So thats one example of a transmission that would need all that swapped.

Jays_SSZ28

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Between f body transmissions and truck/van transmissions the only internal part is the manual shaft. Thats accessed by taking the pan off so it's fairly easy.

MaroonMonsterLS1

That was sortof my guess but I wasn't sure.

100% correct.

For the O.P. I don't mean to be rude but most of this info has been answered 100 times in different threads and you easily could have found it. And it seems like there is not a good understanding of the transmission from you.

I would recommend just searching the sale section, craigslist, or facebook for someone selling a 98-02 f body trans. Direct swap it in and be done.

johnp94

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Thanks for all the replies. I needed to learn about the truck trans because I’m moving in 2 weeks and I couldn’t find a Camaro, Firebird transmission forsale. Racing against the clock. My Camaro is my second car so I don’t want to spend $2,000 for rebuilt. I’m looking for $1,000 and done. This is my new number 1

MaroonMonsterLS1

I'm lost...you can afford a c7 but not to fix or find a 4l60e for a camaro? I don't see the fiscal lines being drawn there but I don't want to judge online.

You have the info you need given here in this thread, and given in multiple other threads on this very forum.

I think we can consider this thread closed