{"id":76265,"date":"2021-09-03T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=76265"},"modified":"2021-09-02T22:42:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T03:42:56","slug":"1995-gmc-c3500-with-a-cummins-inline-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=76265","title":{"rendered":"1995 GMC C3500 with a Cummins Inline-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=76274\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-76274\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"76274\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=76274\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1995-GMC-C3500HD-with-a-5.9-L-Cummins-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1995 GMC C3500HD with a 5.9 L Cummins Inline-Six 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1995 GMC C3500HD built by Waldo&amp;#8217;s World with a 5.9 L Cummins Inline-Six&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1995-GMC-C3500HD-with-a-5.9-L-Cummins-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1995-GMC-C3500HD-with-a-5.9-L-Cummins-Inline-Six-01-600x600.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1995 GMC C3500HD built by Waldo&#039;s World with a 5.9 L Cummins Inline-Six\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-76274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1995-GMC-C3500HD-with-a-5.9-L-Cummins-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1995-GMC-C3500HD-with-a-5.9-L-Cummins-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1995-GMC-C3500HD-with-a-5.9-L-Cummins-Inline-Six-01.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1995-GMC-C3500HD-with-a-5.9-L-Cummins-Inline-Six-01.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Waldo from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6xNwCtnpXrWdFzDqn3lupg\">Waldo&#8217;s World<\/a> purchased a 1995 GMC C3500 HD for $300 and spent the past year rebuilding it. One of the biggest tasks was swapping the factory 6.5 L Detroit Diesel V8 and 4L80E four-speed automatic transmission for a 5.9 L Cummins 24v inline-six and Eaton Fuller five-speed manual transmission. Waldo also installed an Eaton Truetrac LSD and changed the rear end gearing from 4.63 to 3.31. Besides the powertrain swap, he built a custom bed, replaced the exhaust, repainted the truck, installed a custom interior, and a lot more. Be sure to watch all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC6xNwCtnpXrWdFzDqn3lupg\">build videos<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/zGoup4E7G-s\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/SOV4Kt8vVDA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/4HCYn0thibw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/8dRv3hNJGg4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waldo from Waldo&#8217;s World purchased a 1995 GMC C3500 HD for $300 and spent the past year rebuilding it. One of the biggest tasks was swapping the factory 6.5 L Detroit Diesel V8 and 4L80E four-speed automatic transmission for a 5.9 L Cummins 24v inline-six and Eaton Fuller five-speed manual transmission. Waldo also installed an&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=76265\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1995 GMC C3500 with a Cummins Inline-Six<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":76274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1025],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1025"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1995-GMC-C3500HD-with-a-5.9-L-Cummins-Inline-Six-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64191,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=64191","url_meta":{"origin":76265,"position":0},"title":"1978 GMC 3500 with a 6BT Inline-Six","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1978 GMC 3500 Sierra Grande is powered by a turbocharged 5.9 L Cummins 6BT diesel inline-six. 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