84 suburban motor swap

[89Suburban]

Got my heads all finished up and ready to go on my motor too!

Yay!

 

[PrairieDrifter]

Yay!

Glad I got my heads done but now I have to wait to get a gasket set

 

[PrairieDrifter]

Anybody interested in a spoiler?? The chrome is a little rough on the outside edges but not bad at all.

 

[PrairieDrifter]

Looks like I have to do the pump seal on my trans while the motor is out but the torque converter looks good and so does the flex plate.

I also fixed my door slamming problem today, I liked the idea of electrical tape since its kind of "adjustable" if I wrapped too much I just unwrapped it and cut it off until it was just right! The only thing I have a problem with is how long it will last, I'll have to wait to go into town to get some pex, my passenger side door didn't like anything I did to try and get it closed nice, my body line is kinda low at the back of the door all of the hinges are tight and have no play so I don't know

 

[PrairieDrifter]

My laugh of the day: so I was pulling my manifolds off and I got the passenger side manifold off and it had a little bit too much exhaust pipe still hanging off of it and I had been wrestling with it for at least five minutes cuz I was too stubborn to take off the pipe and I gave it one more good pull and I pulled the manifold in half LOL

 

[PrairieDrifter]

Decided to do something with my ugly grill, it's all rusty, I don't even know how to explain it! Haha but I found some old old chrome polish I tried it out and it worked awesome! The middle piece is after the polish, I got it all cleaned up and it looks way better but the sides other than the face of it were too far gone and so were the edges of the face, so I masked off the front face except the outer edges 2 inches to be exact, and I painted the whole backside black along with the 2 inches on both sides in the front.

I'll get a picture of the finished grill, but here's what I started with..

 

[PrairieDrifter]

I'm also starting to do my lift too, here's where I started the the drag link for the pitman arm, I couldn't get it out and I don't have a tie rod fork so I did the next best thing, cut off wheel, since I have a new drop steering arm I just cut the old one. I cut it as close I could just enough so I didn't hit the threads then I gave it a smack with a hammer and it popped right out. Just another easy way if you don't have the right tools.. I like to do it on pitman arms too it works good, you can hit it with a hammer or stick a chisel in the cut and hit that to spread it out.

 

[PrairieDrifter]

A better look

 

[PrairieDrifter]

It looks so much better! Can't wait to put it on, first I need new headlight bezels and turn signal housings.