Because the ls trans is designed to bolt up to an ls engine, using an lsstyle 4l60e trans behind a traditional small or bigblock chevy used to present problems. What all it takes to swap an automatic transmission over to a manual transmission in a 19731987 gm truck, k5, suburban. Since herb had a real truck a gmc, not a chevy, we decided to help him. This ls swap kit is for 19952005 s10 2 wheel drive blazers. I have a 1995 chevy blazer that needs a transmission replacement will a transmission out of a 98 chevy blazer interchange and work correctly as in shift properly.
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