I am on the search for an E4OD from a later model like a 94-96. I most likely will hit the salvage yard. How can I verify that they would give me one form that year range?

 

At the salvage yard where I live you can look up vehicles that are there but you have to go pull the parts yourself. I don't know if that is the case at your salvage yard. If they pull the transmissions from the vehicles then you would have to rely on there knowledge in locacating the correct transmission for you. If I were you I would research some markings that tell you that it is a E4OD so when you go to pick it up you can verify that is indeed a E4OD from 94-96.

 

E4OD has a 20 bolt pan. I think I read a post you had earlier about this, it's true that the later versions had upgrades (those upgrades can be installed in the earlier models if you're getting one rebuilt) so I can see why you want the later version, but you should do some serious research on whether that later version will work in your truck. I seem to have an idea that the electronic controls may have been changed.
This is just a personal opinion mind you, but based on all the 92 and 93's I've rolled through my little workshop with perfectly fine original transmissions on trucks with over 200,000 miles I'm starting to think that maybe the ones that failed and gave the early ones such a bad rep were possibly abused just a little.

 

I thought I had read somewhere that a later model would be fine on an earlier model. I however do not want to find that is bad info. In my other thread you made mentions to check TPS. I could see how a bad TPS could cause it to seem like it was missing and jerking at that certain speed. I truly would be ecstatic if that is all it was.