:swords: Looks as though MAGNA® GETRAG® has a possible upgrade-gearbox candidate applicable to AWD as well as RWD: The 7MTI550, planned to back a 4-2.3 EcoBoost™ in the Ford® Bronco® from 2021, packs an even shorter low than the TREMEC® TR-3160B and a pair of staged overdrives. Ratios -- Reverse: -5...

:cheers: Thanks for the clue on multileaves for the rear end. UCF America P/N 22-687-ME is almost a shortlist for the 9" full-float when I place the order to Currie Enterprises, Inc., in south State; I also plan on disc/drum upgrade brakes but need to ascertain the correct dimensions of rotor, ...

:-k General Motors Corporation seems to have undersized the bearings for the M-body steering linkage; even the MOOG® stock-replacement idler arms, which are made of better alloys than the ACDelco®/GM original, give out sooner than ideal. Among the rebuild contingencies I'm preplanning for my 1997 M1...

With the engine compartments being small as they are in the General Motors M-body, I'm looking into contingency gearboxes and axles for the Cummins® Repower™ R2.8-161, a reasonably complete 503#-weighted installer package built around the ISF2.8c-161 cam-in-block/two-valves-per-rocker-arm inline fo...

:-k My issue GMC M11006, I found to my chagrin, has an incorrect and porous hose, apparently a Hydro-Boost-to-gear hose with the high flare elbow cut off, for the return to pump. I already anticipate replacing the gear-side crimp bands with proper high-pressure clamps, as the angles may be incorrect...

I concur on the bad motor mounts. Not sure whether Energy Suspension still supports the General Motors M-body (Chevrolet Astro, GMC Safari) with polyurethane motor mounts, but urethane holds up to greater loads than rubber. But 3.42:1 looks awfully tall to me, unless ye're in a state (USA) with hig...

Ye've either a 2003-up M11006 (16" rims stock) or upgrade rims. I'm currently running IRONMAN® RB-12 NWS all-seasons, 215/75R15 100S, 800kg @ 300 kPa (1764# @ 44 PSI), purchased in two stages at Tred Shed Tire Pros (Pittsburg, CA, USA); they've lighter sidewall construction than I'd like. I's ...

:fball: I's looking for a TREMEC® TR-3160B retrofit for my 1997 issue M11006, had to defer it for want of finances; the absolute minimum that I consider acceptable is a 4L80-E retrofit. Short of that, ATS Diesel Performance offers a reinforced 4L60-E as a stock upgrade (P/N 3061604164, $2,184.05 plu...

:bounce: When the shaft broke on my stock pump after 217,xxx miles, I was able to pull the pulley right off, once the serpentine belt was off (I jackstanded the front end of the M11006 for clearance for myself, the tools I needed, and a large drain pan for the old fluid first). Separating the pulley...

\:D/ Update 4: LASFIT® has the nod for the exterior relamp. Headlamps: L1-9006 drive and L1-9005 pass beams, in either stock Guide/GM or upgrade ANZO® dual luminaires. Front directional/park/markers: L-3157A, L-T10A, in stock Guide/GM luminaires. Rear brake/tail/turn/reverse: T-1157R, L-T10A, T-1156...

:cheers: @doyoulikeithere Thanks for confirming my research into a stickshift retrofit. For my 1997 GMC® M11006, the gearbox I'm really after is not a BORG X WARNER® World Class T-5™ - rather, a TREMEC® TR-3160B with Small-Block Chevy bellhousing. Already anticipated shortening the propshaft, as the...

@steeplecab My 1997 GMC® M11006 has the same column design as broke on you. Haven't needed to remove 'em so far, but the upper and lower shrouds should be joined with a number of either Philips- or Torx-head sheetmetal screws. Remove these and the Combination Switch (left) and Ignition Switch Assem...

:whistle: What GM Part Number the nine-pin shell? I am currently considering three flavors of 1 Factory Radio Cat. No. 638.01007C AM/FM/Compact-Cassette receivers with Dolby Laboratories Noise Reduction Type B (all professional remanufactures of General Motors P/N 15757047 as used in the 1996-2005 C...

:-k Update 3: One thing I'll need for a watertight, flood-proof connection for harnesses such as the Pollak® PK 11-998 or equivalent? A properly-specificated CANNON® connector set through the bottom of the jack compartment. With two pins needing 100 max A current capacity, two pins 50 max A, and the...

:bounce: I did some advance research on receivers for my M11006 and found two acceptable models offered by etrailer® . Ye know about the DRAW-TITE® Model 75122 (3500# gross / 350# tongue weight-carrying; 6000# gross / 600# tongue weight-distributing), incidentally my first choice on fit for an exten...