While working on my project (4.3 swap) I noticed that I am more picky than I should be on just about everything. It is not a daily driver which means I don't have the normal time restraints, so I don't like the way the alternator wires are routed I pull the radiator and seperate the alt. wires from the headlight wires and reloom everything. I can't twist and tape wires I have to solder and heatshrink....
While pondering this today I was thinking about all the projects on yotatech and thinking I am not alone.. It kills me to " Half ass " do something, If I do I will go back and redo then regret the wasted time..
I think it was the way I was raised. I would bet I am not alone!

 

It's cool i have ocd to, join the club

 

yeah I bugged how I did my engine replace, Im going to strip it down and do it all over again this summer, maybe do a 3.4 or a diesel swap.

 

i'm the same way i think i got it from my dad. it bugs a lot of people but i can give them crap when their half ass stuff fails

 

hey texcat what motor was in your truck before the 3.4?

 

""once a job has once begun, never leave it 'til it's done. Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all""

 

22RE with all the bells and whistles 5K miles, just not enough power for the auto tranny.
And it's a 4.3 swap, check it out.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f163...-chevy-156022/

 

Love it!
"If it's worth doing it's worth doing right" I bet I heard that phrase a thousand times growing up.

 

nice what did you do for axles?
i have a stock 84 pickup i wanna put a 3.4 in cause its time for a rebuild

 

you and me both..dad pounded that one into my head

 

I still have the stock axles, longfields are in the future.
May not need them with limited slip and 33's but "better safe than sorry"..... thats another one I heard a thousand times.

What are your plans for the '84?
I have 2 sets of 5.29's and some other parts that I will be selling as soon as I get this swap finished.

 

There are only a few things i am really ocd about...tool box organization, hunting stuff (camoed my turkey gun 5 times before i was happy), and my toyota