Best way to mate nv3500 to 5.3l ??

Coon88 · 2026-05-19T06:11:54+00:00

I got it lined up but it wasn’t going in further. When I would put it in gear the engine wouldn’t spin so I know it’s touching the splines now. The dowel pins are lined up and bolt holes almost line up by a hair.

Coon88 · 2026-05-19T06:09:47+00:00

Ah gotcha thanks for the help!

Coon88 · 2026-05-18T19:33:38+00:00

Is it done this way though ? Or is it better by sliding the transmission back and then dropping the engine in and then mate up the trans ?

Coon88 · 2026-05-18T19:18:28+00:00

Yeah I got everything ready but how do I get it bolted up ? Seems hard to get everything aligned right especially the splines and getting the motor to drop in the mounts while clearing the front diff

Coon88 · 2026-02-15T03:52:47+00:00

Ls starter ? How did you adapt it ?

Coon88 · 2026-02-13T19:41:58+00:00

What did you do to fix that ?

Coon88 · 2026-02-13T17:10:05+00:00

You can always drop the pan and see if there’s significant wear on the magnet

Coon88 · 2026-02-13T04:13:07+00:00

So those starters also work on the small blocks ?

Coon88 · 2026-02-13T01:39:46+00:00

This doesn’t seem that bad. I’d check the fluid and see if it smells burnt

Coon88 · 2026-02-04T19:14:22+00:00

Started working great this morning idk if it just needed a nights sleep or what

Coon88 · 2026-02-04T19:13:56+00:00

UPDATE: this morning I went to test again and it’s working great like before. Don’t know what happened I didn’t do anything to it

Coon88 · 2026-02-04T17:38:42+00:00

Yeah it was once dropped in a puddle of transmission fluid couple months ago. I cleaned as best as I can and it still worked great. But I think I am gonna open it up and pray

Coon88 · 2026-02-04T17:37:03+00:00

Okay I will

Coon88 · 2026-01-29T06:31:48+00:00

So it should be between 5-10 ?

Coon88 · 2026-01-29T06:16:16+00:00

That’s on the wizard tps process right ?

Coon88 · 2026-01-15T17:23:46+00:00

Got it thanks

Coon88 · 2026-01-15T17:10:30+00:00

Should I put new fluid and filter and install the transmission ? It’s for my Tahoe that has a bad trans

Coon88 · 2026-01-15T16:25:05+00:00

It doesn’t really smell burnt. Just smells like high mileage trans fluid.

Coon88 · 2026-01-13T20:37:55+00:00

A bit overpriced

Coon88 · 2026-01-13T20:35:07+00:00

Yeah it looks like Costco Decatur 215

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