[jesdude7789]

The LKQ guy isn't following through with me yet. He said he had a 93k 5.3 that they hadn't pulled yet and I emailed him yesterday and still haven't heard back. I talked to another place that is going to call me when they get a truck in that has what I want and they will do a pull-out engine for a good price. Hopefully if that happens I can see it run before they pull it.
At this point I will just get a good engine first and that way I don't tie up so much money up front and I can clean it up and paint it and check some things and go ahead an freshen up the gaskets and the water pump and stuff like that. I'll get a freshly rebuilt trans from a local builder I like and use that. It's more money that way but I want to KNOW that my trans is in good shape so I don't have to worry about burning it up the first time I want to tow with it or force a downshift on the freeway.