85 c1500

[Old Painless]

Hey all, figured I'd finally join after this site helped me with my '85. Thanks for answering a lot of questions!

Have a shortbox c1500 that had a 6.2. Lucky me since I'm in California, I was able to swap an LQ9 into it.

Poor thing sat for about 10-15 years and suffered from hard starting after finally getting it running... after 2 starters, a set of batteries, glow plugs, etc and hours of cranking. After rebuilding the injector pump twice and all other fueling components I gutted the thing. Lost .2 liters and picked up about 250 horses - math I'm content with.

Figured I'd give back to the community and offer any advice on a swap like this, but it seems like you all have it pretty well figured out!

Thanks again for helping me get an awesome rig up and running!

 

[Old77]

to the site. Any pics of your truck?

 

[Old Painless]

Not sure if those will come up.. first attempt at uploading pics from the phone. Haven't taken too many glamor shots of the thing yet.

 

[Old77]

solid project! definitely jelly of that LS swap. Would like to do that with my '77 at some point.

 

[Old Painless]

It was actually quite easy to do - seems like the two were practically made for each other. Hardest part was wiring, but that just required due dilligence; even the minor fab work for motor mounts and pcm rework were of relative ease.

If you ever find a good candidate for a swap don't hesitate to shoot me a pm and I can set you up with all the resources that made mine fairly easy.

 

[1973c10]

Welcome

 

[BiggG74]

Welcome to the site.


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