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  1. Burban

    Running an Engine outside the vehicle

    Sorry to dissappoint, no Youtube, and I'm thinking I'll replace the steel castor wheel with a length of 4x4 and a coach bolt that can swivel out as a support. Thanks to all for their concern, in what ever form it took :D
  2. Burban

    Running an Engine outside the vehicle

    Yep, which makes me nervous.
  3. Burban

    Running an Engine outside the vehicle

    Got a stand (not a cradle) off Facebook Marketplace for $25 :D
  4. Burban

    Running an Engine outside the vehicle

    Not thru 360.
  5. Burban

    Running an Engine outside the vehicle

    Yours revolves?
  6. Burban

    Running an Engine outside the vehicle

    Try upping your lubricity grade, say a 20W50 :D
  7. Burban

    Running an Engine outside the vehicle

    And now I think about it, this will let me move the engine into the garage to work on, as I can't get the front loader in here. Just put the stand outside, bring the engine over, and wheel it in, cool. For anyone in the future looking at this, the key is to search for engine cradle, not engine...
  8. Burban

    Running an Engine outside the vehicle

    It's like driving off road, keep your thumbs out the way!
  9. Burban

    Running an Engine outside the vehicle

    See, this is why I attached the prices, yes $200 is too much for me to spend on something I'm gonna use once. I might as well just bolt it in the truck and hope i works, but V8's are such a awkward design to work on, I figured I might fire it up before hand. Your stand looks lovely, but I don't...
  10. Burban

    Running an Engine outside the vehicle

    Ah, you poor innocent young things, that have never owned a vehicle with a crank handle. :D
  11. Burban

    Running an Engine outside the vehicle

    Hmm, maybe I'm missing that, or it's in the box of parts the guy gave me. I do have the big 386 page training manual on the engine, in PDF form. Maybe I should sweet talk the wife into printing it out for me, and installing it in the tech library (bathroom). I think I need to put on the flex...
  12. Burban

    Running an Engine outside the vehicle

    6-2-diesel by Burban posted Feb 8, 2019 at 2:23 PMSo after a year or more of looking, I finally found a 6.2 for cheap. It was from a K30 that had been running but was let sat for a year, and then they couldn't start it, so they yanked it and put in a 350. So before I stick it in the truck, I...
  13. Burban

    How Tall is a 6.2

    Just to update: I made life easier on myself and rented a van, which due to circs, I ended up getting for gratis, plus the seller threw in a lot of the other necessary stuff, so I got flex plate, torque converter, new starter, I wonder if I have the hydro pump thing for the steering? So come the...
  14. Burban

    How Tall is a 6.2

    The engine is 6 ft tall?
  15. Burban

    How Tall is a 6.2

    Are you thinking of a Prius? I think they have a 7-800lb max limit. The 6.2 is only 700lbs? Sure I'd be happier if I was 50lbs lighter, but who wouldn't :D
  16. Burban

    How Tall is a 6.2

    Don't laugh here, I'm trying to figure out if I can fit one in the back of my little Honda, for transportation NOT running it there. There's a guy getting rid of one, but he's about 300 miles away. I don't have access to a truck easy, and I'm trying to figure if I can lay one in the back of my...
  17. Burban

    Buick V6 (LX7?) into a C10 Burban?

    Well if we want underpowered with torque, it's parked beside a rusted out Merc, with a running OM616, and they do make trans adaptors for those :D
  18. Burban

    Buick V6 (LX7?) into a C10 Burban?

    Eh, at this point I just keep an eye out for things that might be able to repower it. So if it would need a new trans too, not such a good thing. Thanks guys! And yes, I will hideously underpower it, but come on, what did an emissions strangled 350 make originally, then add on 30 years of crud.
  19. Burban

    Buick V6 (LX7?) into a C10 Burban?

    I've got a buddy who is scrapping his Buick Terraza minivan. Seems unlikely as it's FWD and transverse mounted, but it did also make it's way into the Monte Carlo. Is there anyway in heck this would bolt up to a 700R4, or would it require much mucking about? Can't seem to find much info on...
  20. Burban

    6.2 Easy?

    After waiting 2 weeks for some other dude that was somehow ahead of me, tho' I had cash in hand ready, I did not get the engine :( When I'm selling something, first guy with the money / trade wins it, y'know. Oh and he was selling it with the hydroboost. Hey Frankenchevy, does your mate's...
  21. Burban

    6.2 Easy?

    OK, going to knock this on the head before it goes too far. Truck cost: $200 Truck usage: dormant since the GWB administration, if it runs will be good for picking up lumber from local store, hauling junk, maybe occasionally drag a mower. Not daily driving. Not hwy driving. Truck condition...
  22. Burban

    6.2 Easy?

    Donor and recipient are both '83's and what's HD?
  23. Burban

    6.2 Easy?

    I'd jump on it, but I'm about 2000 miles away, and even the buddy who let me borrow his truck and drive to another state to pick up an old VW Caddy, would draw the line at that. Shame it doesn't drive or it would be a fun roadtrip. Drive out with a mate and drive it back, that said, I've seen...
  24. Burban

    6.2 Easy?

    Wow, lot of info, thanks. I'm gonna grab my Chiltons and look most of this stuff up, never having worked on the 6.2 I was unaware of the braking system differences. The chap selling the motor says it's complete, so I guess I have to see if all this is bolted to the engine or not.
  25. Burban

    6.2 Easy?

    Obviously I'm a glutton for punishment :D I'm just a diesel fan, and the motor in the Burb is stuck, though I've been working on that. It's an old C10, so be a lot of effort to make it into a play truck, mudder, whatever. Just want it to run be handy round the farm, if it can make 55, I'm...

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