my motor swap so far

[78Suburban]

I have taken alot more off of the burb since this picture. All I have to do now is pull 2 motor mounts, and the engine will be free. I already have the engine hoist and chain attached to it.. but I'll tackle that in the morning.. just throught I would let yall know how I was coming along.
James

 

[danny7139]

cool, good luck with the first crank. btw what is the specs? all stock?

 

[78Suburban]

cool, good luck with the first crank. btw what is the specs? all stock?

the specs are a mystery. before clarkjw24 sold it to me, he ran the numbers on it, turns out its origionally from a '73 camaro. it holds good oil pressure and doesn't burn oil. He said it idles with a slight lope, so perhaps it has been rebuilt, and someone added a different cam. He said it feels like a really strong motor... I'm so exited about it, I can't wait to fire her up
James

 

[clarkjw24]

Guess what James....I got home sunday night and monday night my father-inlaw had his truck towed 200 miles to my shop....blown motor. I told you I would need it as soon as I got rid of it. He had to fork out the money for a new crate motor and I installed it sat.

Anyway looks like your handling the swap pretty well.

 

[78Suburban]

Guess what James....I got home sunday night and monday night my father-inlaw had his truck towed 200 miles to my shop....blown motor. I told you I would need it as soon as I got rid of it. He had to fork out the money for a new crate motor and I installed it sat.

Anyway looks like your handling the swap pretty well.

OUCH, I hate to hear that John. sorry you didn't have the motor ... but I promise it has found a good home
James

 

[78Suburban]

more progress

I had to stop today, because it started sprinkling, and I didnt' want to get caught in a downpour... (dont' worry, I covered the engine bay and engines)... Anyway, All I have to do right now is swap out the motor mounts (because my new engine doesn't have a place to put the rods that connect to the dust cover)... but I am basically ready to drop in the new motor.. I have taken of the starter, spark plugs, dizzy, alt, ps pump..
I just gotta get some more time to work on it.. I bet that lowering the new motor in so that it lines up correctly will be a PITA..
anyway, enough rambling: here's a few pics


I used the boom on the tractor to lift the engine, once I had it out with the hoist

The empty engine bay, it looks so lonely in there

I haven't had the luxury of using air tools on this project

James

 

[bigbadchev84]

sweet! looks like you are cruising along just fine, just remember to take your time.

 

[Grieby54]

looking great man... keep it going steady. Don't rush and forget the small stuff... you'll come back to it and won't have a clue what you did wrong...

 

[ProJunkRacing]

looking great man... keep it going steady. Don't rush and forget the small stuff... you'll come back to it and won't have a clue what you did wrong...

wow good advice lol

 

[bigbadchev84]

hows the swap goin? got it back in yet?

 

[78Suburban]

ha ha, I wish. Between Finals and seeing my girl friend, I dont have much time to work on it. I'm pretty confident that I can have it put back in if I just get a few free hours. I MIGHT get a little while Sunday afternoon to work on it. I'm going to rent a ps pulley puller from autozone today, so I can swap my double pulley onto my non-leaky pump ..
I'll post some pics when I finally git-r-done
Thanks,
James