Hey guys, I have a small fab shop here in NJ and I do a lot of LS and SBC swaps usually but I currently have a customer here that I talked into doing a 6.5TD swap I saw this 2000 Express Van come up for auction with only 98k miles, hit in the drivers front with frame damage. No were no real bidders on it so I got it for a steal.

It was a plumbers trucks so it looks to have been serviced often. The IP has been replaced as well as the PCM. 4L80E has some writing on it, either rebuilt or possibly just a service. It had been sitting for 15months in the insurance yard, I threw in some diesel treatment and changed the batteries, took a bit of cranking but it started up finally and ran well.

Here I am taking the engine out. Not really that bad of a job, with a 2 post lift. I don't know how you'd get it out otherwise, most likely with a sawzall bc it sure aint coming out from the front.