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You would need to find a 6.2L TCM with the 4l80 as the 6.5L had an ECM and will not work,
Autozone used to carry them but I think that source has dried up.
I would put an oil pressure gauge on it and confirm it had oil pressure before continuing, you can simply screw a gauge into the 90 that the sending unit connects to.
You can still ohm out the circuits, they should read aprox the same and nether should have a ground reference.
Note, I did have a bad TCM not too long ago that gave a code 87
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The only suggestion I have is to use high quality grade 8/10.8 or 12.8 bolts and lock washers, never re-use a bolt that has worked itself loose and locktite certainly would not hurt.
Here is the schematic with a winch, just delete the winch and go directly from the hydro-boost to the steering box.
There is a schematic tor the A2 and the ECV etc.
I am not a big fan of changing the oil on an engine that has sat for a long time, as long as the oil looks OK I pull the plug just long enough to ensure there is no water or other funny stuff in there (then top it off a little over full to help the pump prime), then I start the engine for a...
There is no oil pressure "line" there is however a wire, it goes to the oil pressure sending unit held up by a bracket with a SS hose going into the rear left side of the intake manifold.
And yes you can relocate the batteries, that would be a discussion best brought up in the mods/hotrod forum.
You will have a love/hate relationship with that spare, I like having a spare but I hate dealing with it every time I want to get into the tailgate which so far is MUCH more often than I need a spare :oops: