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whats up guys, i pulled my 350 out of my van and its filthy! its covered in oil gunk, all over. i took off the carb and the intake manifold,today i cleaned the manifold, but what would you guys recomend i do next? should i have the whole engine hot tanked then coninue to take it apart? also, i want to replace the engine i have with a new long block, so i was thinkin of selling the whole engine to a automotive place, what might i get for it? (something in the core is recked, piston, or push rod) so pretty much what i want to do is keep the carb, intake manifold, and the distributor and swap them on to the new long block, and i want to put headers on it too. also, i want to redo all the electrical in the van, the engine is out, and the tranny, so everything is out, where do i start to redo the wiring for everything? do i just rip everything out or how do i do safely so i dont miss anything i need. everything is going so where would i start?

start by taking off what you want on the engine, order from a local shop a longblock... if you just want something factory goto napa or someplace like that.... for the wiring, check out painless... you want find any kits for your van but the universals should work just fine...

im sure the harness is ok. the thing i wanted to do is put new wires, the way my van is setup now theres tons crimps and ties and even tape holding wires together, so i wanted to redo that for sure, so a new universal kit should di the trick?

Your other alternative would be to go junk yard hunting and try to find a good donor harness that hsn't been cobbled up.

yeah, the painless is the nice way to go... gives you a new style fuse block too, which'll get rid of those glass fuses and give you room to add accessories if you'd like