</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Mohamed:
<strong>I agree, nice truck indeed. Umm, why 4.3 Vortec swap when a V8 350 will fit in there too (of course, plus a few minor modifications)?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Well I was thinking about the weight issue. I don't think the IFS will withstand the weight of the SB350 too well. If I went that way, I'd have to spend some extra $$$ for a SFA.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by azrain:
<strong>Sounds electrical... When you check out the ground (and the positive), make sure everything is nice and clean as well, no corrosion. Check both the battery connections and the termination points as well. I like scotchbrite for this, steel wool can be messy and a pain with those damn metal slivers.

After all that, just kind of poke around a bit and look / tug at all the wiring under the hood. If it's loose, you'll definitely know.

Since I've never been to Hawaii, so I'm not really up to speed, do you have any problems with salt water corrosion or are you a bit more inland? Pardon my ignorance on this one...

Mike</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Thanks I will do that. As for the salt water question, it is a BIG problem here. If you want to live here you best get your autos undercoated and wash them...frequently. And polish, polish, polish...everything!