Thread: 6.2 Diesel swap
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Old 07-17-2003, 09:02 AM   #2
rockman20
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I did not do the swap in my truck, but mine has a 350 now in place of the 6.2. (I would love to have the diesel back. No power? I've seen my dad's 3/4 ton conversion van smoke the tires with a 6.2 in it. He was pulling something at the time. You can actually get the tires to squeel a bit though on take off if you mash it.)

I am not sure about the bolt up process, but the converter, I believe, is still the diesel converter. I believe that you can use that. Which I would since it is a lot beefier of a unit then the gas ones are.

Some of the things to look out for.

1) The brackets will need to be adjusted. Especially the power steering and the A/C compresser. (If you use the diesel brackets)

The power steering pump you may need to keep from the diesel since mine ran the power steering and the power assisted brakes.

Wiring. Here you will have a bunch of extra wires. No longer will have the fuel pump (if you have a mechanical one on the 350) you no longer have the injectors, the glow plugs, etc. You will also need to run a wire from a keyed power source for the distributer since the diesel does not have one.

You will also need to wire up your torque converter for the lockup. Swervin has a great page on how to do this.

Like I said, I didn't actually do the swap on mine so I am just telling you what I have seen so far on my truck. You will be left with a lot of wires that go nowhere.
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