What's up. New guy here from Birmingham.

I have a '94 full size Blazer. I popped the transmission pulling my boat out of a steeeeeeep ramp last fall and finally decided just to do a full 5.3 motor/trans swap last week instead of build the trans. So in the last week I've jumped pretty far down the rabbit hole with the swap. Picked up a motor and trans, and been nickle and diming myself with all the little pieces ever since. ha

Since I'm ditching the TBI I figured I'd need to be on a forum that has lots of knowledge about LS performance and trucks, and this place seems to have a lot of that. My build thread is on another forum, so I won't clutter this one with my bs trek... but I am happy to see that this forum is a lot more active, and has a lot of good info.

I'm keeping an eye out for a square truck coil, or set, (broke one pulling the motor out) So hopefully I can find one in the classifieds in the next week or so.

Anyway, this is my beater....



And went and pulled the motor and trans, along with every accessory I could, from a 2001 'Burb this past weekend.





As I mentioned, I'm in the middle of the "parts purchasing process" at the moment and headed towards going broke. But - I have my parts spreadsheet with a price and a link to absolutely everything I might need.

Speaking of which, I need to call S&P for those oil sending unit and temp sensor adapters... Ok, back off to spending money. Just thought I'd post in here and say "hi."

 

Welcome to the site! I am also doing a 5.3 swap ijnto an obs (2.5 years into it at this point). Man did it $now ball! It should be a blast to drive though! Good luck, I can try to help with questions you may help. I am a member here and on ls1truck, same name, just send me a PM pointing me to your question in a thread. I rather answer questions in threads where others can search and find the answer rather than PM the answer and have it hidden.

 

Welcome to the Site!

Now on to the criticism

Yanking a engine in those light colored jeans...

 

Thanks Jeebalow - I'm 'ibelonginprison' on ls1truck (performancetrucks wouldn't accept that as a screen name... *shrug* lol) That's where my build thread is, since it's a pretty specific forum for that type of thing.
I don't think I have any questions yet. The only major thing I haven't ordered yet is the wire harness. Meant to call PSI today and get it on the way, but didn't have a chance. It was between them or Speartech because Current Perf. had a 6-8 week wait for a harness. O.o And I better be done by May - cause it's boat season now and I need to be on the water, not screwing around with fuel line fittings. haha
I decided on PSI because they have a good reputation, and I don't need something as pretty as what Speartech turns out. I just need it to plug up, and work.

ezdaar - for the record, neither of those guys are me. Although I can't say that I looked spotless when it was all said and done. But at least I didn't end up with tranny fluid in my hair, like usual. Somehow, that sh*t always ends up in my hair.

 

welcome! theres a few of us from around here

 

No problem man, I reworked the stock 01 harness using info from lt1swap. It wasn't too bad. You could get it done in a day. He has a step by step on there on how to do it.

 

I learned a long time ago that wire harnesses take patience, concentration, and the ability to follow instructions.

I lack all of that.
If I did my own harness, I'd end up burning my garage down. So I'll stick to things I'm good at and buy the rest. Lol

 

haha fair enough.

 

post of the year lol

 

Welcome to PT! There are a couple guys from the Bham area on here. I am in Huntsville.