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Originally Posted by rodstored-72
very nice karl it looks like it was a very clean truck to start with... & you guys are making it better!! I was wondering if you might share (willing) to indicate where you retrieved the LS motor from? i m getting my ducks in a row to do the same thing (LS swap) & just trying to get info on different possibilities...
again great looking truck & thanks for the time to share!
rodstored-72
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The truck is really clean, we got it a few years ago when it had about 80k original miles and was well maintained. It started having typical issues with the engine and trans, so a LS swap was planned about a year ago.
The funny thing about this engine is its origins and the story since then. We got a complete 2000 GMC 1500 Sierra a neighbor's son had totaled. $800 and we drove it up the street to my house. We kept everything we needed and sold off parts. All in we had about $400 invested. We also learned we could have (should have) kept other parts and pieces and maybe made a few more dollars on parts, but no time and we where still learning LS Swaps. That was 7-8 years ago. This particular engine has been in 3 other trucks of mine or my son. Before it went in the one before this one, It probably had well over 240k miles...it was pulled COMPLETELY apart since a cam bearing had fallen out when doing a cam swap. I was surprised how well the rest of the bearings looked. I cleaned EVERYTHING and put new cam bearings in the block and reused all the other bearings and put in new seals and gaskets. It runs great, completely stock set up!
Long story short, find a complete LS powered truck or SUV and keep all the engine, trans, harness, pcm, fuel pump, cooler lines, etc for your swap. If you are good with wiring and reading schematics, keep the BCM and switches to integrate into you old truck some of the newer truck features. Sell the rest of the parts from the donor that you don't use and you will be money ahead.
