Recent content by Drauka99
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Huck's daily - 2005 Z71 crewcab
and here I was coming to this thread to give you grief about it not being reinstalled yet.- Drauka99
- Post #336
- Forum: Other Vehicles
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What have you done to your square lately??
"BETTER THAN IT WAS" Is the key part of this statement. A lot of people refuse to try stuff because " what if i mess it up", well it was messed up before... so try it and hey, you know what, it will probably be better than it was and you learned something. -
Huck's daily - 2005 Z71 crewcab
lol makes me think of, did the transmission swap in mine and about a dozen other issues with my daily vehicles popped up, got those sorted out and take the C10 out and pop the hood to show a friend the swap and realize that the slight angle change caused by the new transmission causes the...- Drauka99
- Post #325
- Forum: Other Vehicles
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Huck's daily - 2005 Z71 crewcab
you're going to mess around and have a great running engine when you're done.- Drauka99
- Post #316
- Forum: Other Vehicles
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5.3 LS SWAP 82 C10 QUESTIONS
What Hucked said. I will add to it that if you have the means and the space, buy a side or rear wrecked doner vehicle for the LS swap, you can save a lot on incidentals going that route and you are fairly certain it was running/driving vehicle when it was "parked". Depending on the look you...- Drauka99
- Post #6
- Forum: Engine Swaps (Gas) LS, Vortec, LT1 , etc.
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What have you done to your square lately??
Not square body but close, GMT400. My nephew's truck has been sitting a few years and me and my brother decided to get it tuned up for him. We got the 350 in it back running and discovered milkshake oil. I called head gasket then from some other clues but my brother wanted to be optimistic... -
Huck's daily - 2005 Z71 crewcab
yup, the o-ring on the cam cover plate also flattens as well.- Drauka99
- Post #289
- Forum: Other Vehicles
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What new tools have you got lately?
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What new tools have you got lately?
Got some dirt placed around the future workshop. Still need to grade it all in. Also picked up this hydraulic puller for my rear drums on my C10. Worked on one for several hours the other day and it’s pretty much welded itself to the axle. -
Huck's daily - 2005 Z71 crewcab
With the builder base you have I'm glad you looked and are throwing some bearings in it. Be a great runner till you decide to go another path. Doing a timing set and oil pump I assume?- Drauka99
- Post #284
- Forum: Other Vehicles
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Huck's daily - 2005 Z71 crewcab
saying a prayer over the exhaust manifold bolts yet? I've posted this before but I don't think I could change a LS cam and no do cam bearings. Seems to be a area prone to fail when cam swapping a well ran motor, at least from my reading it is.- Drauka99
- Post #262
- Forum: Other Vehicles
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What have you done to your square lately??
I order online from some of the tire warehouse places and get local shops to mount and balance them. If anyone else goes this route be sure to call the shop and make sure they will do it, some local only do stuff like that certain days and some charge a pile to do it. luckily for me we have an... -
Huck's daily - 2005 Z71 crewcab
I know on my 04 when I did plugs and wires a few years ago, I was still running the factory ones. I had a heck of a time getting the wires off and there was no dialectic grease used from factory. I was getting a random misfire code and the plug boots had tiny tears in them close to the boot...- Drauka99
- Post #253
- Forum: Other Vehicles
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MY-6 \ A833 to NV3500 Swap behind LS
Also note if you are doing this swap MAKE SURE YOU GET THE SHIFT LEVER with the trans. I paid $300 for the transmission and they are regularly listed locally here for ~$500, mine didn't have the shift lever with it, I assumed I could buy one aftermarket easily because this is not an uncommon...- Drauka99
- Post #7
- Forum: Manual Transmission & Clutch
