Woo hoo new motor!!

[DFD2010-A]

Just won my first auction for a crate LDS motor on GL. Gimpy and I went up and looked her over, appears to be brand spanking new rebuilt in 85 (even had the tags still on it)...just wait for the EUC to clear and looks like time to do a little LDS swap. Anyone need and LDT motor???? Here's a photo just for kicks of the deuce this morning after our first snow fall of the season.

http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?id=3812184&convertTo=USD

 

[Heavysteven]

Nice score, take some photo's of the swap out. Wish I could be there for all the fun.

 

[DFD2010-A]

Thanks! I'll post plenty of pictures...Georgia isn't so far your more than welcome to join!

 

[DUECE-COUPE]

while you have the motor out, you should check the threads for info n the HF 54 power steering box up grade. you will have the pump from the front of the LDS, all you need is a 800 series 5 ton steering column and a little bit of wittlin and weldin on the frame and fan shroud to get yourself a great steering truck. i wish i could find me a LDS, i would be puttin it in my Bobber.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Don't be so quick to sell off the LDT. You have a can for it, store it. They aren't making any more and eventually the supply will dry up, it's already started. I would also be cautiously optomistic on your new engine. I can think of 2 new looking 6.5s that had some serious internal damage in them. Just take your time and look it over closely. Gimpster probably has a trashed engine you can borrow all of the stuff off of to convert it to the 2 1/2 layout in advance of the big swap. Canned engines are always an adventure.

 

[fuzzytoaster]

Canned engines are always an adventure.

"Life Is like a Box of Chocolates... You Never Know What You're Gonna Get!" - Forest Gump

 

[JDToumanian]

I would start it up right there in the can before I pulled my running engine.... You just never know. I bought a "brand new" looking transfer case, in a crate with fresh paint and tags on it, rebuilt at Tooele and it was complete junk. Noisy and popped out of gear the moment I drove off.

Note: Note from the seller in the classifieds, mine was older and from elsewhere.

Jon

 

[DFD2010-A]

Its true you just never know, we have already planned to take all the above precautions when I bring it home
Thanks for the tips ya'll

 

[gimpyrobb]

That is the plan. No reason to waste any time on it if it isn't a runner. I WAS worried that sitting for SO long, it might be seized, but we found a bar and was able to spin it. I already told him I had the parts he needed to make it work in the deuce. Since this is his first EUC, how long ya think its gonna take? I bet he won't have it till the warm weather returns.

 

[Heavysteven]

My first euc almost took 60 days. That was last year though when gl was dumping deuces 100 at a time.

 

[Tinwoodsman]

My first one took 75 days.

 

[cjtroutt]

Nice score.

 

[Recovry4x4]

A note about groundhopping. A while back Gimpy obtained a number of HMMWV slave ports with short cables on them. We did some swapping and I ended up with a few or more. Fast forward to a malfunctioning starter on my cargo truck. I decided to open up some can motors to find a starter. Now I'm no idiot, I want to test these starters before I remove them. I took a slave port and bolted the hot wire to the solenoid and ground the other wire. No worky. After opening up the 3rd can I realize what has happened. Like a CUCV alternator, the ground is isolated so no citcuits were complete. Obviously I have more working starters than I thought. The HMMWV slave port needs the hole in the ground wire opened up just a bit but them work great for ground hopping.

 

[Flyingvan911]

Good find. By the time your EUC comes back it may be time to rebuild the LDS again, lol.

 

[DFD2010-A]

Thanks guys, sent the EUC in today so now we play the waiting game! The truck is going up in the classifieds tonight btw, for anyone interested...starting a new project.

 

[jesusgatos]

Congratulations. I've got a fresh LDS in a crate too, waiting to be swapped into Mah Deuce. Good idea about starting it up in the crate. Think I might go ahead and just do that. Don't mean to be nosey, but what are rebuilt LDS engines going for these days? What about pulled/running LDT's?

 

[DFD2010-A]

Well I got my LDS on GL for $620. I couldn't tell you about pulled/running LDT's maybe 300-500? That would be a shot in the dark.

 

[jesusgatos]

Dang, that's a score! Good deal.

 

[DFD2010-A]

Haha thanks! I was shocked it stayed that low but thankful at the same time

 

[eldgenb]

why the change of heart on your truck? what is the new project?