My 2001 Tahoe LQ4 swap saga (lots of pics)

[yota]

Originally Posted by 1998ta__1991rs

i know we never start taking motors out untill the new one is in the bay, no one wants to tie up their rack when theres a possibility the new motor may be wrong. then you would be sitting around another day waiting on another motor and not making any money.

if its a new motor there shouldnt be a core, if its a reman there will be one

thats understandable under most circumstances, and i know its the "status quo" if you will, but not when the customer needs it asap... at least not when ive done them before... if the motor isnt right, you roll that bish outside and pull in the next one

Originally Posted by LXtasy

they didnt assemble the motor with accessories and intake and all on it before they dropped it in ? thats odd

nope... of course neither did we when we put the 6.0 in there... the top bellhousing bolt is almost impossible to get to on the suv's with the intake on though, and it's tight clearing the cowl with it on too... that being said, once the bellhousing bolts and torque converter were buttoned up, i dont remember it taking very long at all to slap the intake and accessories back on it either... it's really, really simple IMO and i had never touched an LS motor before the original swap

[bwelch]

Originally Posted by yota

thats understandable under most circumstances, and i know its the "status quo" if you will, but not when the customer needs it asap... at least not when ive done them before... if the motor isnt right, you roll that bish outside and pull in the next one



nope... of course neither did we when we put the 6.0 in there... the top bellhousing bolt is almost impossible to get to on the suv's with the intake on though, and it's tight clearing the cowl with it on too... that being said, once the bellhousing bolts and torque converter were buttoned up, i dont remember it taking very long at all to slap the intake and accessories back on it either... it's really, really simple IMO and i had never touched an LS motor before the original swap

Dude you aint lying about the top bellhousing bolt. I had my knees on the radiator core and my head resting on the intake just to reach that motherf#cker. I broke both of my heater hoses off the heater core with my freakin elbow. I almost didn't put it back in.