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So I have a 1995 Chevy K1500 Truck with a 350 TBI with 270,000 miles
First a little background…
I recently started having some main bearing noise and low oil pressure. after my own inspection and taking it to a shop, we decided that the crankshaft was not properly clearanced when the engine was rebuilt before i bought it. after researching around and talking to a couple machine shops and my mechanic again, it was decided that we are not going to rebuild the engine due to the fact that a new one from autozone is 1300 (or 1700ish from summit) and rebuilding it would cost 2000ish (which is fine by me, i feel a little better having a new one professionally built instead of me possible messing something up again putting it back together)So I was mainly curious what else needs to be replaced alongside the new engine. I have already has the transmission inspected and they say it was rebuilt properly and should last 100k more miles roughly (yes i know i can trash it faster than that, but im not doing stupid this to screw up the transmission). the engine i am going to order is a long block without tins (valve covers and timing covers). here is what i know i will need to buy:
1. Intake manifold gaskets
2. Exhaust manifold gaskets (and bolts)
3. water pump
4. fluids (oil, antifreeze, etc)
5. thermostat
6. gaskets
7. distributor (possibly, it will be checked and if it is good, wont replace)Here are things that have been replaced recently:
1. all of the steering system (thanks chevy for the loose steering, lol)
2. alternator
3. starter
4. various sensors (IAC, oil pressure sending unit, tps)
5. radiator (its ordered, just saw it leaking from where the plastic meeting the metal, it will be installed as soon as it gets here)
6. wiring (from alternator to battery and all new grounding wires, plus additional ground wires)Now this is not being replaced at a shop, since i have a friend who has a nice garage with all the tools I am missing (cherry picker mainly) so we are figuring this will take us two weekends plus the weeknights in between to transfer over the parts between the engines. we are not wanting to rush through this job, and have a mistake that we didnt see that causes us to tear it apart again later.
this replacement is going to occur in about 3 months so i can ride my motorcycle while this is happening (granted i ride it year round and almost every day during the summer). the main thing is I really dont want to be running back and forth to the store to get little parts and pieces
Any advice is welcome and appreciated. thanks!
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