I have a 98 5.9, will a 98 5.2 trans work if I change stuff around? What do I need to change?

 

Actually, it should bolt right in, hook right, without changing anything at all, assuming both your truck, and the donor truck, have the same number of drive wheels.

 

so it will bolt right up and have no issues?

 

If they both had the same number of drive wheels, it is a direct swap. I can't claim it won't have any issues, as I don't know if the trans had issues in it's original home. But, if it worked fine in the previous truck, it should work fine in yours as well.

 

well I gotta we just wondering because the 5.2 was internally balanced and the 5.9 was external so I didn’t know if it was different

 

Where the balance weights were for the 5.9 changed in 96, they moved to the flex plate, so, just make sure you use the correct flex plate for your motor, and you should be golden.

 

so use the donor trans torque converter to right

 

Yep.