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[68 C-10 KID]

Lucky,

Have you found a 6.0L yet?
If not, Let me know when your looking for one and how much you have to spend, I have a lot of good resource's in our area.

68 C-10

[LuckyHenriksen]

I would love some help, I was hoping to spend around $600, there is a guy selling a complete drivetrain on craigslist, I have been trying to get him to seperate the motor from the rest of it. I am looking for one right a way.

[68 C-10 KID]

Originally Posted by LuckyHenriksen

I would love some help, I was hoping to spend around $600, there is a guy selling a complete drivetrain on craigslist, I have been trying to get him to seperate the motor from the rest of it. I am looking for one right a way.

If you can score that engine from that guy for 600 that would be rad. Keep on him. That's a steal of a deal. I found a short block set up with aftermarket internals for a $1000

[LuckyHenriksen]

If you run across any pull outs for around 600-700 bucks let me know. Thanks for your help

[texanidiot25]

Buy the whole thing, and sell off the trans. I payed 750 for my 350/TH350. If your finding a newer motor and trans for 600, that's a steal.

[Gray Ghost]

Apparently we have a place around here that sells them from $500 up...trans included. Might have to check into that for the stepside.

[68 C-10 KID]

Originally Posted by LuckyHenriksen

If you run across any pull outs for around 600-700 bucks let me know. Thanks for your help

Any year you looking for or any LS 6.0L

[LuckyHenriksen]

I am looking for any year, just has to be a 6.0 I would buy all of it, but he wants 1800 for the whole thing. I am trying to get him to sell me just the motor for 600.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Here are some pics of the days activities....
I got the motor pulled, a guy is coming tomorrow afternoon to pick it up. I am keeping the TH400, it is fresh and I will use it with my new motor. I had some help from a friend, it was very appreciated. The temp was 31 degrees here today, made the concrete floor in the garage very cold.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Im the one in the green sweatshirt.

[LuckyHenriksen]

[LuckyHenriksen]

Guy came and bought the motor, now I have $800 towards my new motor....

And my pics look funny because I have a fisheye lens on the end of my camera.

[Gray Ghost]

Sweet...not a bad price for your motor at all....glad you had a quick sale!

Good luck on the 6.0 find!

[68 C-10 KID]

locally it would be foster auto parts or go to one of the camaro ls1 sites.. hope this helps. Ohh there is actually a guy in troutdate parting those latemodel camaros/firebirds out. he is on craigslist.
I'll continue to look around and give you updates

[LuckyHenriksen]

Thanks C10 KID, I have called Foster auto several times, and the cheapest they go without having over 120k on them is like 750-800 bucks. I am holding out for something cheaper. And that yard is probably flooded now, I saw a pic in the Oregonian showing all the employees riding down foster on the wheel loader through several feet of water.

[Twisted78SS]

Nice project!

I just sent you an email about some parts you have on the local Craigslist..

I'll be in touch tomorrow

[LuckyHenriksen]

Thanks Twisted, I haven't seen any email yet, maybe it is taking its time......

[LuckyHenriksen]

I started degreasing the engine bay today. It was too cold to do much. Fortunately it was still pretty clean from the first time I had the motor out. Just needs a bit more scrubbin and some semi gloss back paint.










This was a mark left by the rear tire. The rubber is very soft and just sitting for a day it left this patch on the concrete. I need to keep the weight off, so I have it up on jack stands in the rear.



And has anyone ever thought of drilling a hole here in the front crossmember to let water drain? Every time I wash out the bay water collects here and has to be soaked up with towels.

[kcjones]

Engine bay looks nice already! Feel free to practice on mine anytime.

[heavy71chevy]

And has anyone ever thought of drilling a hole here in the front crossmember to let water drain? Every time I wash out the bay water collects here and has to be soaked up with towels.

I wouldnt lucky...Our truck our rust catchers as it is and that might make the crossmemberstart rusting from inside out...thats just what I figure bud....project looks good

[LuckyHenriksen]

Thanks guys, the bay is getting cleaner. And I didn't think drilling a hole was a very good idea, because someone would have done that along time ago...... I just wanted to ask opinions

I will just have to keep the towels. Handy =]

[Oregoon]

You could drill it, and sleeve it with some round stock, if you wanted to go that far...

Edit: Truck's looking good! Keep at it!

[my67chevytruck]

Looking good lucky. keep at it.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Thanks guys. The sleeving idea sounds like a lot of work. Tonight I drained the fuel tank, and removed the seat, getting ready to pull out the gas tank. I didn't know there was as much fuel left in the tank as there was, my bucket overflowed =[ anyone have a good ideas on how to clean up fuel off the floor?





Needs a good cleaning!!!





And I found these under the seat, some sort of speaker boxes. I have no idea what they are, a they weren't hooked up, but there is wire running to them under the carpet. Any ideas on what they are and what I can do with them? I don't want to put them back in, trying to cut weight

[LuckyHenriksen]

EDIT: I gave them to my step brother, to see if he can put them in his car.