My swap.

[RedHeartbeat]

Orielly's carries them, also. I normally order mine through Scoggins/Dickey if I have plenty of lead time, takes one or two days to get to me when they have everything in stock.

Drain all the fluids just to save cleaning up a mess later.

Install the intake after the engine is in the truck. Keep the top of the engine covered to keep debris out.

The oil pan has to be positioned correctly. The rear of the pan has to be flush with the back of the block. I use an old bell housing to align them, bolt the bell housing on then tighten the bolts on the pan. Pan bolts are 18 or 22 foot lbs depending which manual you read. I always go 22.

[ducky]

Should I tighten them from inside to out? Or which way?

[RedHeartbeat]

In any order, I believe. I can look tonight for sure. The long bolts in the flywheel end of the pan are torqued to like 108 in/lbs. Long skinny bolts can't take too much force.

[ducky]

TTT...

looking at getting a B&M super cooler soon before the 5.3 swap. pretty sure this is the right one. http://www.autoanything.com/coolers/65A3046A0A0.aspx

I did some research on here and was still confused as to how/where you actually tap into the transmission lines to make this thing cool. Where abouts can I get the fittings/lines for this cooler? NAPA? Autozone?

How hard is this thing to get installed? Seeing as how my truck is as low as dirt, I need to know if it will be easier to access all the lines to tap into from the bottom or top.

thanks,
david

[C-WAY]

I have a transstar tranny cooler 25000 gvw it works so nice...You can tell a difference when it shifts......also the temp always stays low since I have the escalade cluster and I can see the temp...

My cooler came with the necessary lines....I dont know about the B&M ones though...I would ask first..

It only took like 30 minutes to install...My dads mechanic did it for like 15$ bucks haha

[ducky]

After installing the motor, I am definately going to flush the engine with oil. What would be the best way to go about this? Should I use regular 10w30 first and then after flushing it just put in synthetic?

[C-WAY]

Sounds good to me....I know my dad did something like that when he put the new 4 banger in his WWII Jeep...

Or did he just use synthetic twice?

[ducky]

*edit* already asked this question nvm.

[ducky]

TTT for a few more questions...

I have the motor mounts to make the 5.3 work, do I need new hardware for that or can I use my old bolts and stuff?

[ShagNasty]

You can use the old bolts.