Ole Buck
Senior Member
Had a good weekend got the busted short block removed and the engine bay cleaned. Man on a 5 speed there are two bolts that are on the drivers side that are inside the motor mount that goes through the mount, the block and into the bellhousing. I wound up having to tape a wobble socket so it would still flex but not flop and using four extensions coming in from the front of the truck to get to them. Thankfully they were not superman tight. Also learned a new thing " for me anyway " if you are doing this swap or changing out your timing chain be aware that sometime during 03-04 not only do you need to be aware of the 32 vs 16 teeth ring on the crank but they changed they changed the timing cover gasket. The 03 had the " first design " that used an metal and silicone infused gasket and then for some reason they changed to simply using RVT gasket maker. When I bought my timing cover gasket from Fel Pro it was two o rings and two tubes of gasket maker. When I tore down my donor engine yesterday it had the metal and silicone gasket. After a little research I discovered the change. Now I have the correct one on the way.
Bad motor
Cleaned up Nicely
New to me clean short block
yea I know but hey it worked !!
Bad motor
Cleaned up Nicely
New to me clean short block
yea I know but hey it worked !!