Was just at a local pic and pull yard and found picked up a v-8 throttle body but I couldn't find any cables for it. My question is can I just take the butterflies out and swap out the shaft with the cable connectors with the one off my v-6? I have been searching but haven't found any answers. Just from looking at it the shafts look the same and it looks likes the holes where the butterflies bolt on look the same also. Any help would be great.

 

My own experience on that would say no, don't do it. I tried that exact same fix on my first V8 TB and it turned into a giant PITA that did not work at all. I tried putting the butterflies back in with small nuts and bolts too, and that didn't work either. Between that and trying to make an aftermarket ball stud cable connector work, I made a real mess of that TB. I had to trash it and buy another with the matching cable at a different junk yard. My TB came off a Dakota and the cable came from a Ram but both were the same year and had matching cable connectors. That is the easiest and most reliable way to do it, at least I think so anyway.

Jimmy

 

many many years ago i did a lot of carb swaps. its best to not remove the blades. i would file the shaft stake and swap the leaver, by brazing to the other shaft. check it out, it may work for you.

 

No. I tried this and wound up breaking off those tiny little bolts. I ended up making it work in the end, but I kind of forgot what exactly I did lol.

 

No. The slots in the V6 shaft are too short and won't let the holes in the blade line up with the screws.

Just for reference...you have to grind off the ends of the blade screws before you try to remove them or they'll twist off. The factory brads the threads on the end to prevent them from backing out and falling into the intake manifold.

 

okay, so it looks like I will be getting a v-8 cable then, does anyone know if if all the 5.2 had the same connection going from the throttle body to the foot pedal?

 

It should be the same. Just take your OE cable with you and compare the ends to be sure. My cable came from a 5.2 and it fit just fine at both the pedal and TB.

Jimmy

 

What year model truck did the V8 TB come off of?

 

So I went to the pick and pull where I got the throttle body at lunch today since its about 5 min down the road from work. I got it out of a 1st gen durango and I got looking and luckily for me the cable was still there so I took it. It is now in my truck and replacing the cable was the hardest part (getting it to come out of the fire wall) and it runs much better now. And it looks like based off of my test drive it might help my fuel mileage if I don't keep my foot in it.