Wow! It’s been a marathon 2 weeks. The Chevy 305 motor in my 86 GMC seized and I had to swap it out with another Chevy 305. At first I didn’t realize the engine was seized and thought the problem was the starter. I bench tested the starter and it seemed to be working fine. The motor still wouldn’t turn over after re-installing the starter. I decided to remove the converter cover and try to turn the motor over. That’s when I realized the motor was seized and had to come out.<\/p>\n

I was lucky enough to get a running Chevy 305 with all the whistles and bells still attached. I got the replacement 305 motor through a series of people after I spoke to someone on Craigslist. It turns out the guy works at Sport Chevrolet<\/a> in Silver Spring, Md. and heard I needed a motor. We went down to his house the following Saturday and yanked it out of an 83 GMC.<\/p>\n

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Maybe BW can fill us in on the clown story.<\/p>\n

He had a project of his own too. He has a 1960 Ford pickup truck. He’s had it for a few years and used to drive it daily. He wanted the frame from the 83 GMC to put the Ford body on. The disc brake setup and smooth riding A-Frame suspension of the 83 was going to replace the I-beam front end on the 60 Ford.<\/p>\n

BW and I got the 305 motor out of my 86 GMC and dropped this one in the following day. The removal would have been hell if I didn’t have the room in front of the motor. Since I couldn’t remove the converter bolts, the torque converter had to come out with the flywheel\/flexplate.<\/p>\n

It took me a few evenings to finish the installation after work hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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