im planing on ordering a bunch of parts tonight and want to make sure im not missing something.

what im doing: installing LS6 cam, springs, pushrods and a 122HH on top. motor will be out of the truck, and i will be pulling the heads off. i got the cam, springs, and 122HH.

what im ordering for the swap:
7.425 pushrods, (not sure on brand)
valve seals (got 120K on the heads)
head gaskets
timing cover gasket
front seal
timing chain
water pump gaskets.

i have metal exhaust gaskets so i assume they can be reused, also a new crank bolt that came with my pin kit, and ARP head studs.

am i missing anything? where is the best place to buy just misc gaskets?
thanks

 

I bought my gaskets from gmpartsdirect.com Sounds like you have what you need to do the damn thing.. You can get rods from comp or TSP for cheap.. Reuse the exhaust gaskets..

 

Looks pretty complete to me. What tool are you using to install the springs?

 

its a big c clamp type spring compressor. you can rent it from autozone. ive used it in the past when i was helping friends change their springs.

 

This one?

 

The crane tool is the way to, you do 2 springs at once, but of course your doing it out of the truck and so should be easy anyway

 

I wish i could use that on mine... haha might be kinda hard to do while the heads are on the truck..

 

looks like this

 

What about an oil pump? With 120k on the OE pump you may want to play is safe and replace it with another OE or a Melling high volume unit.

 

well i never got around to ordering those parts. now i am.

how does this look.

http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/cart.cfm

https://texas-speed.com/shop/showcart.asp

only thing i couldnt find is the front main seal.

does anyone know if the valve seals come in a pack of 16 or are these all seperate? how about the water pump gaskets?