Re: Green Beater
 

Hey man we all do what we can. Best to save the goodies for later and have them done the right way rather than skimp on average stuff. Trucks looks really really good for homemade paint work brother.

Re: Green Beater
 

thank you

Re: Green Beater
 

traded a basket case 82 goldwing for another 4l60e trans today. 4x4 from behind sbc. great and i sold my 2wd parts trans for 30 bucks lol. gonna cost me atleast twice that for a housing and output shaft. oh well life moves on.

Re: Green Beater
 

I gotta put another trans in my truck now. I feel your pain.

Re: Green Beater
 

workin on selling one of my old honda motorcycles to free up some money and try to get this done before new years.

Re: Green Beater
 

ok, sold the bike, will get me some parts ordered today and a run by the pull a part Saturday to get odds and ends. may actually get this done in the foreseeable future

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Made the payment and shipping out my pcm monday to have the initial programming done. Got the engine "refresher" kit ordered today should be in Monday.
Need to get off my butt and finish the wiring harness modification

Re: Green Beater
 

Made a trip to the local pull-a-part today.picked up a few things.

replacement dipstick since one with engine is bent and broke loose from bracket

complete air cleaner assembly with air intake hose, a mass air flow sensor, and mounting bracket ( guy i bought engine from was supposed to bring to me and never did)

throttle cable (same as above)

fuel line assembly from 99 2wd ( I have a plan laid out in my head)

passenger exhaust manifold without egr mounting, spent 20 minutes getting it off and then found one 5 minutes later laying in bed of another truck lol. mine had bolts broke off in egr hole and damaged flange

computer mounting bracket (another one of those things guy didn't bring back to me)

while there i found a 3 piece vortec 6000 engine cover that some one had painted the side covers purple...i bought it. may clean up repaint black and sell or may paint side covers od green and run on my truck

also picked up a new wiring harness with the fuse block attached. mine has 5 or 6 damaged pigtails and i got a complete unmolested harness for less than cost of mass air flow pigtail. got the fuse block cause personally i like the look of them on drivers fender.

all together spent 140 at pull-a-part. will take some pictures of my new junk and show you soon

Re: Green Beater
 

so my good luck continues. went out to the shed today to finish tearing down engine and found the 4th cam bearing spun out of the block. put my tools up, locked the shed and came back in the house.

guess i'll pull a couple of shade tree mechanic jobs ive been turning down and buy me a block from summit.

Re: Green Beater
 

why not just put new cam bearings in?

Re: Green Beater
 

same as with spinning a rod or main bearing. it oversizes the bore. don't have the crank out yet where i can get a good look in there but from the looks of the back side of bearing and the very rough feel of the block would definitely take some machine work if fixable at all. you can buy a ready to run block from summit for 300 plus freight. will try yo pull the crank tomorrow and see if i can get a camera in there to get a picture and see how bad it looks.

Re: Green Beater
 

I've replaced plenty of spun rod and main bearings with no issues after. Heck, I once replaced three spun rod bearings in a 400 pontiac while it was in the car and my buddy drove it for almost 10,000 miles before selling it. Although I could see your concern with a spun cam bearing since they're completely round with no tabs like a rod or main bearing. I've never had a spun cam bearing though, only severely worn ones that I've replaced so I guess thats why I've never had any issues with replacement. But for $300 for a new block with bearing already installed,and since you're rebuilding it anyway, Id probably go that route as well.

Re: Green Beater
 

not much to update here. talked to a local machine shop which said they could repair my block but would give me no estimate on cost other than to say engine would need a complete "work over" meaning, cleaning, align hone mains, hone cylinders, machine the damaged cam bearing bore and then "build" me a custom cam bearing to fit. I can buy a ready to go block for 400 (summit 299 plus freight is 409 total). have had the money a couple of times and ended up spending it on family must haves. did reread through a couple of swap threads to help keep me motivated.

Re: Green Beater
 

I feel ya brother, just dont read through my thread again, its full of nothing but frustration and setbacks,lol.:waah:

Re: Green Beater
 

:lol:to late. we seem to share luck or the same person hoodoo voodoo youdoo cursed our trucks.:smoke:

Re: Green Beater
 

yea it sucks man. Everytime I feel like Im making headway something else goes wrong and now Im looking for a job so doesnt look like anything else is going to get fixed anytime soon. :(

Re: Green Beater
 

:uhmk::uhmk:

Re: Green Beater
 

so alot has happened in last few months.
bought another 5.3 for 250 bucks that was promised ran when pulled but stored out side. found rust in cylinders. bad in 7. decided to stop messing around so sent it out to be reworked.
this is a lie
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...53e359a943.jpg
tanked,bored, linehoned, and new cam bearings
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...510171753a.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0510171753.jpg
the secret is these are not 5,3 pistons. they are 5.7
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0510171935.jpg
they are going here :lol:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...510171753c.jpg

Re: Green Beater
 

little bit of dress up
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0510171849.jpg
works good
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0510171901.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...510171901a.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0510171905.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...510171905a.jpg
and back to shiney black
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0510171929.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...510171930a.jpg

Re: Green Beater
 

and assembly begins.

ls1 crank. please be sure to note it is gun drilled.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0511171829.jpg
pistons at home
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0511171922.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0513171659.jpg
say hello to a set of 241 heads. i know there are better heads but for 85 bucks a piece and ready to run why not
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...522171853a.jpg
went with a cam for a 2000 vette cause got one for 135 shipped with matching valve springs and pushrods. did not take pictures but here is one after it was installed along with timing set and oil pump then front cover.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0522171917.jpg
oil pan on.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...522171917a.jpg

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which brings us to this
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0526171812.jpg
good bye old friend.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...526171812a.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0526171852.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0526171927.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0526172020.jpg
a forklift a chain and some ratchet straps and good bye betty
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0527170936.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0527170944.jpg

Re: Green Beater
 

some good help from dad
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0527171236.jpg
and in she went along with a 4l60e using transdapt plates that located it in stock tailshaft location
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0527171414.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0527171414.jpg
i did take the time to epoxy paint the fire wall and swap out my evaporator cover that had a 2 inch hole in it.

shiney stuff
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0527171729.jpg

Re: Green Beater
 

headers are speed engineering c10 swap mid lengths.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...527171733a.jpg
they clear everything except stock plug wires

water pump and such
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0529171039.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0529171109.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0529171349.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0529171731.jpg
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0529171908.jpg
and front clip reinstalled
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0529171956.jpg

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i then got on a roll and forgot to take pics. so jump to this
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...0531171759.jpg
i had a few problems like hooking up the injector harness backwards on passenger side. still ran lol

then had two injectors go inop on me,
took first real full power test drive tonight. all of this has been worth it.

Re: Green Beater
 

Nice upgrade for sure! Gotta keep the flat green and black combo.