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I will definitely do a write up of the megasquirting of the 6g74.


That would be a good one to see.

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As far as the oil pan issue.... I was thinking something along the lines of a 1" x 1/8" aluminum bar that I could drill to run the perimeter of the bottom of the 6g74 block, then drill to bolt the 6g72 pan to the inside of the metal bars. get my drift? I think it could be done fairly easy and cheaply.


The 3.0L pan will not clear the main caps. Its not an issue of just re-doing the flange. The pan itself is not wide enough.

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From my very crude research it looks as though the later 6g74 and early 6g72 share bellhousing bolt patterns. My research consisted of looking up transmissions for both trucks on Ebay and comparing pictures. super scientific, I know, but they appear the exact same!


I don't think I ever learned what the difference(s) is between the pre-96 and post-96 stuff was. The post-96 stuff is all the same. I have a 2002 3.5L bolted to my early '97 3.0L M/T bell housing. I was reading some threads a couple weeks ago that guys are starting to transplant in the 3.8L (think that was the next one up from the 3.5L).

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Also, why can't I start my own new thread? every time I hit the "post" button it just redirects me to a blank white screen with, what I assume, is the correct address in the address bar.


Sorry. No idea on that one.

Edward

'97 Montero Sport LS 5-Speed 3.5L conversion
SAS Dana 44s & ARBs, 35" Yoko Geolandar M/Ts
NP231 B4R doubler/Terra Low231/RP 5.38 229:1
'99 Montero Sport Limited 4WD SAS 3-link project
'03 Montero Sport Limited AWD
'97 Montero Sport LS 5-Speed 4WD