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Old 10-02-2009, 09:25 AM
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Will a gas transmission/torque converter work behind a diesel? We are going to take the 4.3 gas engine out of a 94 chevy truck and replace it with a 4 cyl cummins. We were thinking about just using an adapter plate to fit the stock trans to the engine, but I seem to remember someone telling me that gas and diesel trans are different. Any one have any experience with this?
 
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Old 10-02-2009, 09:39 AM
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Wrong tourqe converter for sure! The 4bt won't have enough rpm to make it function correctly.
 
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Old 10-02-2009, 11:13 AM
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Some 4bt's had chevy transmissions behind them. Try to find on of those out of a delivery truck.
 
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