GMT400 4L60e to T56 swap write up *dialup warning*

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No, not all truck manual trans have a " granny gear " 1st gear.
Have you actually looked at the gear ratio' s. And there are four wheel drive options without low range.
As I have read " creeper gear refers to some kind of slow 4x4 driving, rock crawling, dry rough river beds"
An ultra low 1sr gear or " granny gear" was designed to take advantage of available torque very low gear for starting out with heavy gross loads and or heavy towed loads. The zero mph/ standing still to begin moving is called " breakout force " and requires more power/ force / torque to begin movement, than to continue movement once started. The redline in 63 GMC with 235 I-6 , like 11 mph in granny 1st.
This is the Newton thing " a non moving thing stays a non moving thing until you use more strength than the non moving thing.
 
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I'm brand new to anything GM. I stumbled into '95 RBSB, then again into a '01 TransAm wrecked donor car. I've been reading a lot, but this thread has been EXTREMELY helpful.

Thank you for the excellent documentation!
 

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Did anyone figure out the wiring for reverse lights and reverse lockout? I was thinking getting a shift knob with a button and wiring the reverse lock out that way but not 100% sure how. Then I’m kind of lost on the reverse lights. If anyone has links to a wire harness or a simple way to do this would be very much appreciated.
 

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Reverse lights are easy if you can read a schematic and have done any sort of wiring before. As for reverse lockout? Do a 411 swap, start with an F body manual trans tune, segment swap your engine and engine diag sections over, and call it a day. Wire it up too of course, but that should have it working as the general intended.
 

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Reverse lights are easy if you can read a schematic and have done any sort of wiring before. As for reverse lockout? Do a 411 swap, start with an F body manual trans tune, segment swap your engine and engine diag sections over, and call it a day. Wire it up too of course, but that should have it working as the general intended.
What does segment swap mean?
 
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