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05-12-2008, 05:41 PM
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eBay Motors
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Join Date: May 2008
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| New guy basic question
Hello everyone, I just joined because I bought an '04 GMC 4500 box truck with allison auto that I plan to use for delivering furniture and I think this forum is great! I am a bit of a diesel nut (furniture maker by trade) and we had a '95 chev 3500 box truck that we used - fueled by vegetable oil- with a 6.5L that finally is just not big enough, plus the engine has been giving me nightmares. I plan to pull a trailer quite a lot and I'm hoping to get some tips from you guys when I am ready to start modifying. My first question may sound a bit "green" but I am curious if the GMC 4500 is exactly the same thing as a Chevy 4500 or if there are more differences than just the decals? | 
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05-12-2008, 05:56 PM
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eBay Motors
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Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hillsboro, KY.
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| same thing
__________________ 2006 Chevy Duramax LBZ 3500HD CC Dually LT 4X4
Allison 6-speed automatic.
4" MBRP cat back exhaust, 5" pollished stainless steel tip, & Turbo Resonator plugged!
Edge Juice with Attitude.
Painted front bumper, bowtie emblem and tow mirrors, Cadillac style handles, Recon Fire and Ice light bar, clear cab lights and 3rd brake light.
2008 emblems
B&W turnover ball
Michelin LTX A/S 265/75/R16, 2" spacers  | 
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05-12-2008, 05:57 PM
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eBay Motors
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Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hillsboro, KY.
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| welcome to the site!
__________________ 2006 Chevy Duramax LBZ 3500HD CC Dually LT 4X4
Allison 6-speed automatic.
4" MBRP cat back exhaust, 5" pollished stainless steel tip, & Turbo Resonator plugged!
Edge Juice with Attitude.
Painted front bumper, bowtie emblem and tow mirrors, Cadillac style handles, Recon Fire and Ice light bar, clear cab lights and 3rd brake light.
2008 emblems
B&W turnover ball
Michelin LTX A/S 265/75/R16, 2" spacers | |
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05-12-2008, 10:12 PM
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eBay Motors
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Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Greenville, KY
Posts: 2,533
| Welcome to the site!!! They are the same thing as far as drive train goes. There may be a few small differences in appearence
__________________ KYLE 
05 Chevy LLY Crew Cab LT Dually 4x4, Crank it up Diesel Tie rod sleeves and centerlink, BD Diesel Remote Fuel Filter, EGR Blocked, TTS Dual Lift Pumps, FPRV Shim, Bullydog Outlook Monitor, AFE Stage 2 CAI, BD Diesel Manifold, Diamond Eye Turbo Direct Pipe, Diamond Eye 5" exhaust straight piped, Level Kit, Suncoast Stage IV w/ 1056 Torque Converter and Allison Deep pan EFI Live Tuned by IdahoRob!!!!
1981 VW Rabbit Pickup, 1.6L Diesel, 4 Speed Manual, 35 MPGs | |
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05-13-2008, 08:58 AM
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eBay Motors
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Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Aurora, Colorado
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| welcome to the site...yes they have the drive train(motor/trans) but they have a bigger chassis.
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05-13-2008, 09:48 PM
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eBay Motors
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Hmm I guess you have a 4500 Top Kick truck? The GMC and Chevy are the same exact thing. I have a 94 GMC Top Kick and its the same as a Chevy Kodiak.
__________________ Jason 2006 Silverado Shortbed Crew Cab LBZ Escalade handles, Line-x, Painted bumpers and towing mirrors, Tinted Front Windows & Tail lights 2 MTX 10in Subs & Punch 250amp in a custom box. Autometer Ultralite II Pyro & EGT gauges with pillar pod MBRP Turbo Back stainless exhaust (Straight piped), AFE Stage II Intake, PPE Hot+2 265/75/16 Nitto Terra Grapplers on Gear Alloy wheels Lost Kitty Reward if found!! 1999 Ford F-550 Powerstroke Tow Truck-Wrecker **Jerr-Dan Bed, S&B Intake 
Last edited by Tow Master : 05-13-2008 at 09:58 PM.
Reason: Edited thanks to BigRedChevy
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05-13-2008, 09:54 PM
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eBay Motors
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Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Greenville, KY
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Tow Master  Welcome to the forum!
Hmm I guess you have a 4500 Kodiak truck? The GMC and Chevy are the same exact thing. I have a 94 GMC Kodiak and its the same as a Chevy top kick. | Do you mean Chevy Kodiak and GMC Top Kick? 
__________________ KYLE
05 Chevy LLY Crew Cab LT Dually 4x4, Crank it up Diesel Tie rod sleeves and centerlink, BD Diesel Remote Fuel Filter, EGR Blocked, TTS Dual Lift Pumps, FPRV Shim, Bullydog Outlook Monitor, AFE Stage 2 CAI, BD Diesel Manifold, Diamond Eye Turbo Direct Pipe, Diamond Eye 5" exhaust straight piped, Level Kit, Suncoast Stage IV w/ 1056 Torque Converter and Allison Deep pan EFI Live Tuned by IdahoRob!!!!
1981 VW Rabbit Pickup, 1.6L Diesel, 4 Speed Manual, 35 MPGs | |
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05-13-2008, 09:57 PM
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eBay Motors
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Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Irwin PA
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by BigRedChevy Do you mean Chevy Kodiak and GMC Top Kick? | Oh Crap your right..Thats what fast typing gets for ya!!!.... You know I read that and it sounded a bit strange! 
__________________ Jason 2006 Silverado Shortbed Crew Cab LBZ Escalade handles, Line-x, Painted bumpers and towing mirrors, Tinted Front Windows & Tail lights 2 MTX 10in Subs & Punch 250amp in a custom box. Autometer Ultralite II Pyro & EGT gauges with pillar pod MBRP Turbo Back stainless exhaust (Straight piped), AFE Stage II Intake, PPE Hot+2 265/75/16 Nitto Terra Grapplers on Gear Alloy wheels Lost Kitty Reward if found!! 1999 Ford F-550 Powerstroke Tow Truck-Wrecker **Jerr-Dan Bed, S&B Intake | |
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05-14-2008, 01:42 PM
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eBay Motors
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Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cedarville,Arkansas
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| Welcome to the DF....As stated before there the same..
__________________ Craig2001 Chevy, 4 door, short bed,D-Max, 2 wd. Mods.. straight piped exhaust,  Custom dent and scratch in passenger side rear panel.. Spacial Thanks goes to the person in the WAL-MART parking lot for installing it for me,  NEW MEMBERS-PLEASE HELP US HELP YOU.. FILL OUT YOUR SIG. IN THE USER CP. Your Sig should have the Year, Make, Model and any Mods.  | |
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05-14-2008, 01:59 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Barnesville OH
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| welcome to the Duramax Forum....the only difference is one says GMC and the other Chevy but if you ask me the GMC is better and if you want to know why,well it says GMC not Chevy..LOL
__________________ James 
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2006 LBZ GMC SLE C/C S/B,sold the truck to my dad for a business truck
My Truck now,1987 Chevy 2500 350 tweaked,6" SuperLift,350 V8 bored 60 over,Elderbrock headers Cam and Titanium Rockers,750 Twin Pumped Holley Carb and some other goodies.crank dynos over 400HP. | |
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