Originally Posted By: WhyMe
Originally Posted By: 14Accent
She's a runner! I did have one minor hiccup... The harness for the AFM solenoids got pinched between the bell housing and engine on install. I didn't notice until it was too late. Ugh. A few minutes with a soldering iron and she was good as new. Sealed with marine heat shrink, I'm not too worried about it.
Everything else went smooth. The motor dropped in without a hitch and lined up right away. I did run into a couple issues with the crate motor:
The oil pan was provisioned for an oil level sensor, which this truck doesn't have. The documents that came with the engine mention this, and tell you to swap oil pans. Nuts to that! I'm not breaking open a brand new engine. Luckily, it's just an M20x1.5 thread which happens to be the same as a Subaru drain plug. Grabbed one from stock and slapped some thread sealant on it. Good enough.
The valve covers on the crate motor were wrong. The PCV hoses we're designed to be push-on, versus the quick connects that this truck had. Easy to swap, 4 bolts each.
All in all, about 12 hours of work from pulling in to driving out. Book is 18ish, so not bad.
when i had some work vans one of the engines went belly up. brought it to the GMC dealer. they called around midnight and said it needed a new engine. told them ok . i called them at 8 am in the morning asking about it and they said it was done. iirc they charged about 2k for the labor to R&R it . this was about 15 years ago. guess if your quick you can make so bucks
I would assume it is a fairly straightforward money maker job. Labour intensive, and a decent markup on the engine.