89 motor - 96 AW4

I bought a 96 AW4 for $50, all that was apparently wrong with it was a broken tab. I have a 89 motor in my 88, and I noticed that the 89 dust cover doesn't seem to fit correctly.

Is it possible just to trade out the bell housing for the AW4, and make it work, or should I just abandon this tranny and get an AW4 for a pre-91' model?

This isn't answering your question, but I believe the electrical plug in will need some modification, something like 3 vs. 4 prongs.

Also the newer tranny will be a 23 spline output vs. the 21 in the '88-'89. So that would be a nice upgrade, you'll just have to deal with the t-case input. (But you prbably wouldn't need it unless there's a stroker in your future. )

But you were prbably already aware of this.

rebuild the old one.

its not that hard.

Beez -
Yea, I've read that before (I'm positive it was you ) But, this is a swap from an AX15 (guess I should have mentioned that)

XJZ said:

This isn't answering your question, but I believe the electrical plug in will need some modification, something like 3 vs. 4 prongs.

Also the newer tranny will be a 23 spline output vs. the 21 in the '88-'89. So that would be a nice upgrade, you'll just have to deal with the t-case input.

But you were prbably already aware of this.

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I'm using a AW4 shifter from Awshifting so none of the electrical will matter.

I've already addressed the x-fer spline difference.

[edit - How rude, I could have at least said thanks ]