kawasakilewis

i have an 87 truck and there is oil coming out of all over and my timing coverbis cracked. i have an 81 motor that is just sittin covered up, i was wondering what are all the major differnces? will it be a straight motor swap? is it bolt up and/or plug and play? any input wouod help please?

yodafan93

why not just change a few gaskets and change the timing cover?... not that expensive or hard..

kawasakilewis

because i have tried everything i know to get the crankshaft bolt out and it will not come out, a brand new 600ft lb torque ingersol impact wouldnt even take it out. and almoat every gasket is leakingon the front. the old 22r i have would be dual row timing chain amd doesnt have any leaks or anything.

Yamiryder

i think it time for a 350 swap. you truck a turd. it also a mall crawler.

yodafan93

you cant get the crankshaft bolt out? what all have you done? penetrating oil every 30 mins for a day, and a torch to the bolt to heat it up, then try torquing the crap out of it while its hot. maybe knock on it with a few taps with a hammer. ive gotten alot of stuck bolts out that way. i didnt have to go quite that far with my crankshaft bolt. be sure the motor is locked somehow. and go at it.. ive heard of people using a bump stop method, where they take a wrench and wedge it on the bolt and use a breaker bar to stop it at the frame, then they hit the starter one quick time and it usually breaks free.. but i feel thats kinda dangerous.

dropzone

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plugs will be different

Co_94_PU

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Take the hood off so you can get an proper sized cheater bar in there. There should be some pics floating around of a DIY SST to hold the pully, it's basicly a bar a pin a thru hole and another pin. Sorry no links IR lazy.

If you break it you'll have more incentive for the swap yeah?