I Swapped my 06 5.3L for a 98 LS1 Flex Plate Question
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I Swapped my 06 5.3L for a 98 LS1 Flex Plate Question
I put a built 98 block LS1 in my 2006 L59 5.3L Tahoe. My question is.. Is the flex-plate mounting depth on the crank different? Right now there is just under a half inch gap between the converter and the flex-plate. I did also put in a stall converter, and am not sure if it is the conveter that is causing the issue, but I doubt it. Any ideas?.. will add a pic soon. Thanks
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I think you could probably put washers in there to make up for the gap. I am not sure If I would want to pull the converter any further away from the transmission than you need to.
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Bump. Any Help???? I'm about to just fill the gap with washers as wrong as that seems to me. I can not come up with a reason as to why this is like this. The LS1 block is the same as the 5.3 block right? Maybe the converter is wrong, I guess I'll find out. Any help would be great. Thanks guys.
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It came off the 5.3 and the dish is facing the right way. I called a friend of mine that is a GM tech and he said that gap is normal and the bolts are of to just pull the converter to the flexplate. Now I just started the motor and have no oil pressure. Gotta pull the front cover and see if I can check the o-ring. ugh.