I don't have an Allison, I have a ZF6 speed manual.
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2004 Silverado Crew Cab Solid Axle Swap (LLY with ZF 6 speed)
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I love wheeling with the manual if that counts for anything.
For sure!
Why I asked was cause I’ve been driving my Allison for 19 years and always thought it shifted slow going from forward to reverse if your are stuck in snow or mud. And was thinking that it wouldn’t be a great trans for a wheeler. Towing sweet! I see people saying how they should swap in a Allison into whatever they are building and I quietly think to myself that it wouldn’t be worth it.
I was looking for a manual Duramax when we bought ours but we couldn’t find one at the time.
Not to say I’m unhappy with the Allison. We have a ton of mileage on the old girl.
Yours with what you’ve done and the manual is about the best thing going!
Looks awesome, thanks for the update.
Have you had any issues with mud or dirt getting packed into or on the tone rings?
I've been super stuck in the mud twice and haven't ever had issues with it. Mud gets in there, but it's non magnetic so it doesn't really interfere with anything.
Awesome, thanks for the feedback.
We're loving the bigger tires and extra up-travel, however we're old, fat and our dogs are old too (not fat though). We finally broke down and bought some Amp Research Power steps. They're awesome!
I've never managed to hit the rockers on the Silverado (don't really rock crawl it) so I think they'll survive, especially with the additional lift.
They make it so much nicer to get in and out, even our dogs are careful to use the steps now too.
I've never managed to hit the rockers on the Silverado (don't really rock crawl it) so I think they'll survive, especially with the additional lift.
They make it so much nicer to get in and out, even our dogs are careful to use the steps now too.
I can see where those would help alot! I took the round bars off my 2500HD because I didn't like the look, and they were a little narrow to the point of your foot sliding off them. I like these retractable “boards”. Oh yeah, Im old and fat too!
We have a set on the 012 Duramax they are sweet!
I wasn't sure how much I'd like them, but I knew my 5' wife would love them. Turns out, they're f**king awesome. I don't have to almost rip the steering wheel off to get in anymore.
I've always thought those would be nice on the crew cab, but I do hit the sliders a lot.
We took the Silverado through the Sunflower Mine trail last weekend and thought I'd share some pictures. I really need to LS swap the S-10 so I don't take the Silverado on trails like this though... I bent the tie rod and dented one of the steps.
Nothing like trying to parallel park a school bus... That's a lot of truck on the trail.
Yea, it's got some fairly serious "desert pinstriping" now. It was bad before, but I think some of this went through the paint.
One of these days I hope I can get down there to run some AZ trails.
Looks like a good time.
We've got a lot of trails and most of them don't get any of that pesky white stuff on them 99% of the time.
Ever since I saw the Four Wheeler write up on your truck I've been wanting to do the same with mine.
