74 NovaMan's 1979 Chevy Truck - LS Swap - 5/6 Drop

[Loren]

Such a deal...

[74NovaMan]

To my surprise, there was still 3,200 pounds of Suburban left when I crossed the scales. We added $160 to the cause. Here are most of the parts left for sale from the Suburban. I only need $138 to have it pay for itself. The rear end should cover that easily.

[74NovaMan]

Got up early this morning and dropped it off at the scrap yard. There it goes!

[74NovaMan]

Ready for delivery to the scrap yard. I pulled the cores out of the valve stems to increase the stability.
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[74NovaMan]

It was pretty stable with the front end tied down and lowering it down onto the trailer went pretty smoothly. I was able to get the rear end removed without crawling under the Suburban and was lucky that everything came loose very easily. I was very happy to complete the task without serious injury.

[74NovaMan]

On Friday we removed the rear end, drivers door and trailer hitch. We should be able to sell those bits for more than enough to break even on the Suburban.

[74NovaMan]

As nice as it has been selling misc bits and pieces off of the Suburban we have tired of looking at the remains sitting on the side of the garage. On Thursday we borrowed a truck and trailer and loaded it up. We had some fun with the tilt bed but eventually got it loaded.

[74NovaMan]

Sold a saginaw 4 speed & Hurst shifter last night! It will be going into a 74 GTO that came with a 3 speed. Added $330 to the fund.

[74NovaMan]

We also picked up $40 for the cause (sold the y-pipe and the light switch from the suburban). Totals so far:

$1,050 Suburban Cost
($752) Suburban proceeds
($550) 79 C10 sales
($1,170) Misc garage sales
$1,770 Swap parts

$348 spend to date

Big ticket items remaining

$800 Exhaust
$1,000 Trans rebuild with converter
$450 Driveshaft
$??? Tuning

[74NovaMan]

This weekend we got the motor separated from the transmission. Now I just need to get it to the rebuilder.

[74NovaMan]

Thanks for the tips. I sold the roof rack ($40) off the Suburban this weekend and the steering wheel pictured earlier as well as a set of 74 Nova SS sport mirrors. Added another $240 to the cause. Unfortunately, that was the only progress made.

[tardis454]

I think I will try that when I get the motor on a stand. Thanks for the push in that direction.

Helicoils work good. I used them to fix the caliper bolts holes on the right steering knuckle on my wife's Wrangler. That was 6yrs and 2 brake jobs ago. You'll definitely wanna make a drill guide to drill the hole straight. I'd stud the hole, and use high temp Locktite to make sure it don't work it's way out.

[74NovaMan]

Go get you a helicoil kit comes with a drill bit a tap and the helicoil install tool and you will not have to remove the head. And it is super easy to do and is stronger than the old threads.

I think I will try that when I get the motor on a stand. Thanks for the push in that direction.

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[pintoboy77]

Go get you a helicoil kit comes with a drill bit a tap and the helicoil install tool and you will not have to remove the head. And it is super easy to do and is stronger than the old threads.