A tale of three trucks or, three trucks enter, two leave

[First c10]

well then I have 2-56 chevys a bel air and 210 after the truck!!!!

[renegade6]

I don't feel so bad. I will have to remember this when getting into debates with the wife.

Originally Posted by First c10

well then I have 2-56 chevys a bel air and 210 after the truck!!!!

[First c10]

Originally Posted by renegade6

I don't feel so bad. I will have to remember this when getting into debates with the wife.

You will probably still not win !!! lol

The 63 is a cool build. I really cant wait for the truck to be completed so I can work on the cars!!!

[renegade6]

Engine removal and wiring harness build.

Had some time and help this weekend to pull the 6.0 out of the Sierra. Pretty uneventful and based on how the inside of the engine looks, I thought it might have been replaced at some point however, the VIN on the engine matches the vehicle so, guess it has 253K miles on it. Going to change lifters, oil pump, valve springs and gaskets and see how it works.

For building the harness I followed the steps in LT1Swap.com and no surprises. It helps that I have a lot of wire loom and have a bit of experience wiring. Now, to see if it will work without any check engine lights.

[renegade6]

More pictures

[renegade6]

A bit of jumping around here.

For this update, I cleaned the injectors using a homemade cleaning kit and went ahead and did a refurb on them. A friend told me about replacing the inner filters and o-rings with a kit you can get on ebay. On a scale of 1-10, about a 2. Only trick is using a sheet metal screw to pull out the inner filters.

Second part is installing the sending unit and fuel pump in the 88 Blazer fuel tank. Tank and straps were purchased from Rock Auto and sending unit and pump were purchased from Amazon. I've used a Walbro fuel pump in the past and it only lasted about six months, so this time I'm trying a Quantum. No idea how well it will work, but fairly inexpensive and good reviews on Amazon.

[renegade6]

Next part was re-assembling the engine. Nothing picture worth here. For the oil pan I decided to go with a Jegs knock off LS3 pan. Will see how it fits when we get to that point.

Last update was installing the square body Blazer cross-members to support the blazer fuel tank. I went ahead and mounted it to make sure everything fits and drill the hole in the bed for the fuel filler neck. My plan is to put the filler on the back side of the passenger fender fender in line with the brake light so that it won't be that noticeable.

As far as removing the old cross-members, I would strongly recommend a good air chisel, much easier than trying to drill them out and if I had to do it again, I would pull the bed off. Drilling holes in the frame overhead is not much fun.