5.3/4l60e swap into my 1981 C10 Stepside

[nucknoel89]

Hey all, I've been on these forums for a while but I don't know if I've ever made a post to just show off my truck.   I got it free several years ago, running.  It was technically a one-owner truck, the guy gave it to his nephew because he thought his nephew wanted it, but he didn't.  My dad is one of this guy's coffee buddies, and the guy signed it over to me for free.  The original owner (the guy's uncle) just made contact recently with the guy, who made contact with my dad because he now would like a picture of it.  Since I was shooting some pics, I figured I'd share.
When I got it, the driver door and fender were nearly disintegrated (curse these Canadian winters).  I bought new reproduction pieces, but eventually found an original GM door in the boneyard.  The door wasn't black, so I spraypainted it, and that snowballed into the racing stripes and the 01 on the door.  The stepside fenders were both dinged and rusty, one I have replaced, one I have not.  I've got new rockers and cab corners waiting to be put on.  Engine is not original.  It had a 305 with a 2 barrel carb but I seized it.  Right now it has another 305 out of a Monte Carlo with a 4 barrel carb.  It's not an outstanding engine but it will get me around till I can afford a better one.  Inside I have a Grant steering wheel and a DVD player, as well as some aftermarked volt, oil, and temp gauges.  I also have a Dixie (General Lee) horn.
Future plans:
-Fuel Injected vortec or a duramax
-Dark Blue with the racing stripes and 01, but done better
-Shaved handles, suicide doors
-Bagged on 22s
-Rollpan with some kind of custom tail lights
-Tonneau cover
I would really like to find a newer wrecked truck with the vortec or duramax and then put my body on the frame and then the engine would already be mounted and I could use the ABS and other features.  Then I'd also like to use the gauge cluster and steering column and make a custom dash







http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnnOC-OqOxo

[Layne]

Nice! Is that a 'shine hauling truck? Lol I had to.

[nucknoel89]

Nice! Is that a 'shine hauling truck? Lol I had to.

I may have jumped it over the creek a few times....

[Layne]

Please have vids!! lol. Did you beep the horn when you jumped the creek?

[nucknoel89]

Please have vids!! lol. Did you beep the horn when you jumped the creek?

Yeah, I made it over but Sherriff Roscoe P. Coltrane crashed into the water lol

[low budget]

Please have vids!! lol. Did you beep the horn when you jumped the creek?

Yeah, I made it over but Sherriff Roscoe P. Coltrane crashed into the water lol

We need pics of cousin Daisy!!!

[beastie_3]

Please have vids!! lol. Did you beep the horn when you jumped the creek?

Yeah, I made it over but Sherriff Roscoe P. Coltrane crashed into the water lol

We need pics of cousin Daisy!!!

+1!!! 

[captain carnage]

Nice truck for sure. Good to see some fellow BCers on here

[frito-bandito]

All its missing is the orange paint!!!

[4x4HighSierra]

And the rebel flag!!!

[nucknoel89]

Well I finally picked up my engine today, bought it from down in the USA.  It's from an 03 Silverado, 110,536 miles/177,890 kilometers.  I still have to get a 4l60e, hopefully this weekend and then I can start taking out the 305.  I've read several people's swap threads and I hope that by the time I'm done this thread can be useful to others.  I'm gonna try to keep this thread running simultaneously between 73-87chevytrucks.com and fullsizechevy.com.  Anyway, here it is in all it's 5.3 liters of glory:

And the truck it's going into:

Hopefully everything goes smoothly!

[Grim 82]

Sounds like a cool project. Good luck and keep us posted.

[beastie_3]

Following....

[Grover 1]

I had a 5.3 in my 03 Silverado, man that thing was a runner!  Keep us posted.  I might want to do that next year.

[nucknoel89]

Anyone have a schematic of the wiring harness?  I already found the ECM wiring for these in another thread but I was hoping there was also one for the part that plugs into the fusebox.