Quote Originally Posted by kenz5380 View Post
I'm planning to swap the TH400 in my M1008(85 K30) with a 6.2 to a NV4500. I'm at the ground floor here as far as collecting the required parts. Has anyone done the conversion and did they do it without buying a kit? I would rather try to get it all done with junk yard parts rather than a $1000 kit, but I will do what I have to. Any advice?
Check your local want adds and you may g lucky by running across a truck with a blown 6.5 and a manual trans.

You'd probably have to buy the while truck, but you'd get everything you need right down to the pedal assembly and then junk what's left. Your donor truck is also a perfect road map; unbolt part from donor, reinstall in same place on your truck.

Trucks with dead 6.5's (snapped crank, cracked blocks, dead pmd, etc) go pretty cheap around these parts and can be had for around 500 bucks. Hopefully they do where you are too.

As a side bonus, you can scab some spare parts of it (ie: wiper motor, etc) before it goes to the crusher.