I pack a full tool kit, oil, ATF, jack, SPARK PLUGS, PLUG WIRES, etc for longer road trips in my truck. I'm in NC and plan on driving it to Carlisle again as well as Chicago for the midwest meet
Yep, being fairly well known and active in this community I'm planning to steal them all.
Sportmachines does have their registry, which I'm trying to collect truck numbers to add to because it is a little out of date, and you won't have access or see it because obviously you're not in the know.
I ran into a similar problem and had to loosen all of the mounts up, run the bolt through the middle, and then tighten the pads to the frame and block. It really sucks to do but it does work and that's how I've seen a ton of people have to do it
So sorry for your loss, do you know what number truck this is (last 4 of the vin)? This community is very helpful for any needs you may have with it in the future.
Depending on which adapter you use for the swap you can do things a little differently. I went with a 2WD trans which has a longer output shaft, when paired with the billet adapter I just had the shaft cut to the length that I needed.
All the part you need will be on Summit comp 412, 415, 422 cam, and whatever off the shelf pistons can fit the 4.3, they have a search feature that you can select based on rod length, compression info etc to find what you need