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Thanks Justin, that does make sense with the tie rod ends. I picked up a 5.3l this week from a 2003 truck and a 4l60e transmission. The truck I got the tranny out of had a knocking engine so the just gave me that one for free. That one had a cable throttle and the other one has a drive by wire so im not sure which I will use yet. The engine has about 150000 kms on it but has been tested, is there anything I should do before putting it in? Now to get the engine and tranny mocked in so I can take off the cab and finish the frame.