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smalltruckbigcid

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I have a 1009, but from reading some of the posts here about engine swaps a duece has me intrigued. Am I right that a small block chev is almost a bolt in swap? The bellhousing is not a problem? The transfer case is a divorced type, not the style bolted to the back of the transmission. Sorry for the questions but I'm still going through other postings and learning new stuff.

George
 

Monster Man

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If not a bolt-in, it should fit in there with little modification. The t-case is divorced. Just make sure it's built for torque- no tunnel ram manifolds here hehehehe
 

spicergear

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Yeah, you can swap it in as damn near a direct bolt in BUT...you'll need to make a couple things work. I bolted a 3053A to a big block and slapped it into a M715 truck. To swap a sbc or bbc into the deuce you'd need the correct bellhousing, flywheel and starter from a medium duty chevy truck, make up the mounts off of it's bellhousing to the deuce's frame, make a front engine mount (no biggy as a lot of older chevys had a mount right under the balancer), and you'd need to figure out clutch linkage which I think would be the biggest deal. Some of the later medium duty's had slave cylinders for the clutch with would save mechancal linkage headaches.
 

rdixiemiller

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You could also build an old 292 Chevy straight six. Those old engines were really torquey, and can be bored to about 315 cubes if I remember correctly. It would be a good fit as far as width is concerned, and would be fun to drive. I had an old C-60 dump, '64 model I think. That old 292 would pull stumps! You would probably take about 1000# off the front axle going that route. I seem to remember 3200 rpm was a good cruising speed for my old dumper.
 
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