Here's the Truck:
IMG_52134495177976 by Numbchux, on Flickr
I've had this thing for about 10 years. Bought it with a blown 22RTE (loose drain plug after oil change), put a 22RE in it which had been really poorly maintained and blew a head gasket. I decided I wanted more power, so about 8 years ago I swapped a Chevy 4.3 in it, but I used a '92 "Vortec", which is a one-year fuel injection, being the first year of the Spider injection, and last year of mechanical transmission. It's never run quite right, and when some transmission problems began about a year ago, I decided I was done with it.
I debated 5VZ or 1UZ for some time, and watched for good donors.
A few weeks ago I picked up a T100 Transfer case and adapter.
Then a 1UZ swap popped up on Facebook Marketplace. Engine, transmission, accessories, manifolds, cats, wiring, ECU. So I snatched it up.
2019-01-21_08-35-58 by Numbchux, on Flickr
It was listed as an LS400, but one look at the hydraulic fan pump, and oil pan I was pretty sure it was from an SC400.
Since I'm going to be tinkering with it for sometime, and want to move it around the garage so we can still park inside, I built a crude little wooden cart with some castor wheels:
20190126_145302 by Numbchux, on Flickr
Then I found this neat tag riveted to the RH side of the block, right behind the alternator (that's the alt in the upper right foreground of the picture, and block heater at the top).
20190126_202554 by Numbchux, on Flickr
Complete VIN. MY 1994, 11/93 SC400.
I did a little exploratory surgery to see what maintenance parts I would need. Yanked the A/C Compressor. Gutted the hydraulic fan pump (test fit with another serpentine, I can now route a belt straight from the crank up to the idler). Somebody was careless with plug wire routing, and they're pinched under the covers and damaged, so I'll replace those. There's a little oil in each spark plug well, so I'll do valve cover gaskets. Probably pull the intake and do the starter now, instead of waiting until it's in the truck.
There's oil beneath the front of the LH valve cover, might be the gasket, might just be careless oil fills. Also there's oil between the oil pump and water pump. This seems strange, not sure if it's running down from the valve cover, or leaking from behind the oil pump.
It's got traction control, I haven't decided if I'm going to gut this throttle body or replace it...whatever.
Planning a Transgo shift kit and RADesigns rail shifter.
Won't be a fast project, but I hope to whiddle away at it over the winter, and bring the truck into the garage once the weather breaks (Probably April or May).
IMG_52134495177976 by Numbchux, on Flickr
I've had this thing for about 10 years. Bought it with a blown 22RTE (loose drain plug after oil change), put a 22RE in it which had been really poorly maintained and blew a head gasket. I decided I wanted more power, so about 8 years ago I swapped a Chevy 4.3 in it, but I used a '92 "Vortec", which is a one-year fuel injection, being the first year of the Spider injection, and last year of mechanical transmission. It's never run quite right, and when some transmission problems began about a year ago, I decided I was done with it.
I debated 5VZ or 1UZ for some time, and watched for good donors.
A few weeks ago I picked up a T100 Transfer case and adapter.
Then a 1UZ swap popped up on Facebook Marketplace. Engine, transmission, accessories, manifolds, cats, wiring, ECU. So I snatched it up.
2019-01-21_08-35-58 by Numbchux, on Flickr
It was listed as an LS400, but one look at the hydraulic fan pump, and oil pan I was pretty sure it was from an SC400.
Since I'm going to be tinkering with it for sometime, and want to move it around the garage so we can still park inside, I built a crude little wooden cart with some castor wheels:
20190126_145302 by Numbchux, on Flickr
Then I found this neat tag riveted to the RH side of the block, right behind the alternator (that's the alt in the upper right foreground of the picture, and block heater at the top).
20190126_202554 by Numbchux, on Flickr
Complete VIN. MY 1994, 11/93 SC400.
I did a little exploratory surgery to see what maintenance parts I would need. Yanked the A/C Compressor. Gutted the hydraulic fan pump (test fit with another serpentine, I can now route a belt straight from the crank up to the idler). Somebody was careless with plug wire routing, and they're pinched under the covers and damaged, so I'll replace those. There's a little oil in each spark plug well, so I'll do valve cover gaskets. Probably pull the intake and do the starter now, instead of waiting until it's in the truck.
There's oil beneath the front of the LH valve cover, might be the gasket, might just be careless oil fills. Also there's oil between the oil pump and water pump. This seems strange, not sure if it's running down from the valve cover, or leaking from behind the oil pump.
It's got traction control, I haven't decided if I'm going to gut this throttle body or replace it...whatever.
Planning a Transgo shift kit and RADesigns rail shifter.
Won't be a fast project, but I hope to whiddle away at it over the winter, and bring the truck into the garage once the weather breaks (Probably April or May).