my 5.3 swap into my 37 chevy truck

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the 37 start up by joa kwin, on Flickr


here I started it up

and I was getting oil coming out of the exhaust

so I knew I had to do valve seals

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86685494_852453251873374_8341280415335579648_n by joa kwin, on Flickr

worked on the radiator hoses, my radiator was said to be set up for a ls motor, but it came with 1.50 inch hose at the top and not the 1.25 the ls water pump uses

87269358_131476894841552_4695343339879268352_n by joa kwin, on Flickr

making the tensioner set up
I used the tensioner from a inline 6 trailblazer

89595910_1119231845094179_5709521883108474880_n by joa kwin, on Flickr

new valve seals

87460337_149407246219525_5624385924675665920_n by joa kwin, on Flickr

my valve spring tool I made
its alittle off but I was still able to get the job done, so that's all that matters


lower radiator hose, its from a obs 93 4.3 work truck, I cut it down some

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I ended up deleting the power steering and went with a manual steering rack
and I'm going with a electric power steering set up, that's inline

the belt ended up being 103.25 inches long




here's a pic of my computer and fuse panel
its on mdf right now, but I have some alloy that it will be mounted to before im done

the mdf is just for mock up, so that I could figure stuff out

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