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Old 04-27-2014, 04:20 PM   #72
AGearHead4Life
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Re: Finally starting my 5.3 swap!!

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Originally Posted by ivorton74 View Post
So I gotta get my driveshaft lengthened. where do I have to measure from? im kinda nervous about that.
You should be able to swap out your motor mount adapter plates to fix this. At least thats what i'd do. One because I dont like having to get a driveshaft made. I also like being able to just pull one from another truck if I ever needed to in the future.

My buddy recently had this problem. His adapter plates were a "central" style location. You need the ones titled "one inch set back" plates. They place the engine in place so that you can reuse the stock driveshaft. I was able to swap out the plates without pulling the motor. Just pick one side up at a time. I've had to do this for two of my buddy's swaps now.

Here's a link to the plates:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331145143731...84.m1423.l2649
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