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    Front and rear seal replace

    Before I install my engine I was thinking I will never have a better chance to change the front and rear seals than now. I found a you tube video on replacing the rear and it looks easy enough. I can not find any info on doing the front on a sbc though. What is involved with changing the front...
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    My 88 silverado in the works

    Must be a design flaw.lol
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    My 88 silverado in the works

    I will keep my eyes open for a door pull. I guess left and right are interchangable?
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    My 88 silverado in the works

    I bought this truck a couple of months ago with a bad engine knock for $450. The truck has a 350 tbi. It took me awhile to find a replacement engine but last week I finally got one so now I'm really syked to get it going. It has the original black metallic paint and is a very clean truck rust...
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    TBI to carburetor

    That is what I was thinking. Years ago you could put any engine you wanted in cars before everything was computer controlled. I used to work at a speed shop as a body man and painter. The guys I worked with put a built 454 in a mustang for a customer. We Narrowed and tubed the rear end and built...
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    TBI to carburetor

    My truck is a 88 and the engine is a 92. Not wanting to convert to carb,just wondering why the guy who owned the engine before me said he could never get it to run right in his truck. His truck was a tbi truck and he tried to convert it to a carb. Want to be sure the reason he was having...
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    TBI to carburetor

    Can a TBI engine be changed over to a carburetor engine by just adding a fuel pump and changing the intake? Not wanting to do this but someone tried to do it to a engine I just acquired. If it can be done other than what I just mentioned what else needs to be changed? Thanks
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    Info on engine

    Cool, Thanks for the info. The engine is just what I was looking for then. Just want something that will move my truck. The intake is a edelbrock performer. The guy who I got it from said the guy who had it before him tried to make a carburetor engine out of it and could never get it to run...
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    Info on engine

    I have a 88 c1500 that has a bad rod knock. I just did some rust repair and spot painting for a guy who is a mechanic in exchange for a good running engine. I can not find much info on a tpa suffix engine. If someone can give me some info on the engine and possibly the heads it would be...
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    gauge cluster interchange

    Thanks for posting the link. Looks like a big deal to switch everything out so I guess I am going to be stuck with the gauges I have. I would attempt it if I was better at soldering. To be honest I have just not ever done a lot of it. I don't think I could get clean enough connections to where...
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    gauge cluster interchange

    I have a 1988 silverado. I love the truck but I'm not real fond of the fill in gauges. Will a little newer gauge cluster with the needles work on a 88? Is the wiring harness plug the same? Thanks
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    Will engines interchange?

    Thank You, Does anyone know if the transmissions will interchange?
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    Will engines interchange?

    Oh yea, My truck is a tbi and the caprice is fuel injected.
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    Will engines interchange?

    I have a 1988 c1500 with a 5.7 that needs an engine. Will a 5.7 from a 1992 caprice be a direct swap with no modifications? Also need to know if the transmissions will swap out. Both are 700r4's. Thanks
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    Cheap ways to fix/look decent?

    If you haven't repaired it yet you might try pushing it out with a 2x4. You need to push from the inside on the body lines (where the body side molding is) The body lines give the panel its strength. Until you get that area out nothing else will come out. If you have taken the inner trim panel...
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