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So under the hood, I had a few items to address as far as the engine goes. The motor in the truck was partially disassembled when I purchased it. Not knowing the issues with it I decided to just replace it with a rebuilt motor. At my age, the projects are so much easier to work on when they can be driven instead of pushed. So I purchased a rebuilt motor from a referral I got from the local Napa Auto parts.

The gentleman delivered the motor and picked up the core motor that was in the truck. I started to assemble the rest of the items on the motor and noticed that the paint kind of sucked on it and there were a few mismatched bolt styles. So I went back over the motor and scuffed it up with a red ScotchBrite pad, then primed it with Duplicolor engine primer and sprayed it with Duplicolor Chevy Orange Ceramic engine paint.

While I was painting it I noticed a broken bolt in one of the exhaust manifold holes. So I busted out the MIG welder and tacked a few spots on it to build it up a bit then welded, then welded a nut on it to see if I can get it out. Once I got it out I noticed it was a thread chaser, instead of a broken exhaust bolt. I started to wonder what else on the motor might be messed up, and started to have second thoughts on the quality of the motor rebuild.