84CUCV
3/4 ton status
Going to Look at it with my father. Has 5.7. Would that have a 400 or 4l80e? Anything else to look for? thanks for the help as always. mike
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91 3500 crew cab
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Should have the 4L80E.
My 1991 V3500 Crew Cab has a 4L80E. Is the crew cab you are looking at a third generation K3500 or second generation V3500?
84CUCV
3/4 ton status
i have no idea how to tell third generation K3500 or second generation V3500?
So how do i tell? is one better then the other?
thx mike
So how do i tell? is one better then the other?
thx mike
That year, "K" is new body style, "V" is old body style.
The availability of those two has been covered on the boards before, I just didn't pay enough attention to remember exactly.
1 ton 1991 crew cab SHOULD be old body style. I don't believe the SFA and IFS were available same year both w/crew cab.
Crew cab I parted out was 4L80E/205, I don't believe the 400 was available in light duty trucks after 1990 or so.
The availability of those two has been covered on the boards before, I just didn't pay enough attention to remember exactly.
1 ton 1991 crew cab SHOULD be old body style. I don't believe the SFA and IFS were available same year both w/crew cab.
Crew cab I parted out was 4L80E/205, I don't believe the 400 was available in light duty trucks after 1990 or so.
84CUCV
3/4 ton status
ok its a k. old style thanks mike
84CUCV said:
I don't mean to knit-pic but for the sake of accuracy the truck is a "V" series. From 87-91 trucks with the old body style were R (2wd) or V (4wd) series. The C and K designations were used on the 3rd gen / new body style from it's introduction in 88 on.
dyeager535 is right, there was no overlap on the crew cabs - old body style thru 91 and the new body style from 92+ (same as Subs and Blazers).
84CUCV
3/4 ton status
Got it thanks
I did not know this. I guess there was not many cab choices yet when it came to the 3rd generation bodies between 88 and 91.
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jhellwig
1/2 ton status
nvrenuf said:
Uh......C and K was used for the second gens also. Hince K5 blazers and K10 and C 10 trucks. I think that R and V were the suburban's designation.
daleearnhardt01
1/2 ton status
jhellwig said:
Not on 88-91 Suburbans, Blazers, Crew Cabs... R/V 1500, 2500, 3500 The C/K designation went to IFS in 88
Diesel Dan
1/2 ton status
nvrenuf said:
That's what I thought. Until.........
Years back I ran across a what I thought was a '91 CC dually 2wd, gray in color. It was a company truck and I mentioned to the kid that it was a nice '91 or older truck. He said he thought it was a '92 but I told him it was a couldn't be. So he pulled the registration and low and behold it said it was a '92! Now I don't recall the VIN or anymore specific data but that still sticks in my head.
James670X
1/2 ton status
Just to add to the confusion............
My truck pictured above is a 1988 Chevrolet V30!.
The R(2wd) and V(4wd) designations were used exclusively for 1988-1991 old generation Suburbans, Crew Cabs, some Regular Cab Duallies, and some Cab & Chassis', 1988-1991 Blazers used the C/K designations.
Diesel Dan I bet the insurance company had the year on the truck wrong!, as I have never seen a 92 old generation truck either!
My truck pictured above is a 1988 Chevrolet V30!.
The R(2wd) and V(4wd) designations were used exclusively for 1988-1991 old generation Suburbans, Crew Cabs, some Regular Cab Duallies, and some Cab & Chassis', 1988-1991 Blazers used the C/K designations.
Diesel Dan I bet the insurance company had the year on the truck wrong!, as I have never seen a 92 old generation truck either!
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James670X said:
Who has ever heard of an insurance company getting anything wrong?
Now the registration being wrong is a different matter entirely - may be that the truuck was one of the last of the '91's and titled/registered as a '92, but the 'R" and 'V' were for '88 - '91's AFAIK.James670X said:Just to add to the confusion............
My truck pictured above is a 1988 Chevrolet V30!.
The R(2wd) and V(4wd) designations were used exclusively for 1988-1991 old generation Suburbans, Crew Cabs, some Regular Cab Duallies, and some Cab & Chassis', 1988-1991 Blazers used the C/K designations.
Diesel Dan I bet the insurance company had the year on the truck wrong!, as I have never seen a 92 old generation truck either!
My 91 blazer was classifed as a V10. My 90 sub is classified as a V2500 and both vehicles are old body style.
This is a most recent shot of my V3500.
