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Originally Posted by Project_70'
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Well ive been looking and i found this, was wondering if maybe i could get some feedback? i called the guy and he is an older gentleman with a history of selling these ls based engines. he said the truck was wrecked into the back of a dump truck? said it sustained some good damage to the front end but missed the engine totally(as seen in the pics on the post) and belonged to an area police dept.(Denton) and he bought it at an auction. I asked if i could crank it and hear it run, he said it wont turn over, MIL light comes on and odometer doesn't come on. i may run down and pick it up and take a shot but wanted some second opinions before i go and possibly blow a 1k bill on something that could cost me in the end.
also he mentioned he has about 4 people so far that have called and are trying to go after it but no ones showed. said he has 2 coming for it this weekend and first to give him money gets it.
https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/pts/5418497820.html |
Doesn't sound like a bad deal to me, but that's if it's a 2wd. If it's a 4wd, then the trans won't do you much good, assuming you're building a 2wd since you didn't mention it being a 4x4. I agree with the other poster about just getting a 4l60e to go with it, better off in the long run. You'll get a little better fuel mileage with the overdrive, and like he said, you need a VSS. Some people say you don't, but more often than not, not having one can cause stalling problems when coming to a stop.
I would look that truck over good, you can usually get an idea of how many miles are on a truck by the condition of it, or at least be able to tell if it was properly maintained. If it's clean, it could be lower mileage or was owned by someone who cared about it. If it's a ragged out pile, then it probably has a boat load of miles and if it doesn't, it's probably never had an oil change and you don't want that. A 100k plus mile LS engine is still a good foundation, since these engines are built well so don't go only on miles.