Completely Rebuilding This 5.3L LS Engine From Top To Bottom!

As a 52 year old lady I would like to learn about motors and how they are in so I really appreciate your videos. Please keep it up. Maybe I can learn how to do my own repairs. lol. Why not?

Nice job I have rebuilt around 10 LS motors and you did this one perfect you are correct in everything you did

Bro this is one of the best LS rebuild videos I’ve seen never knew you could line up the oil pump haha dope man dope!

I went to college for automotive restoration and I spent a lot of time rebuilding engines and I’ve done over 10 cam and lifter jobs accompanied by oil pumps on LS engines and I’ve never heard of anyone aligning the oil pump until today. That is such an amazing idea. Thank you so much for this information

I’m mechanically inclined but have never built an engine or swapped one. Thank you for the quality videos man. I hope to start a build this year. Wish me luck 🤘🏻

While it probably won't matter with your engine, something to pay attention to is the piston pin circlip position. You normally want the opening to be at a 12 or 6 o'clock position. This stops the circlip from compressing at higher rpm when the piston changes direction faster which, if the opening is in the 3 or 6 o'clock position, allows the circlip to compress and potentially unseat itself.

Pure genius..... quality videos.... professional editing.....M.I.T level engineering 👌👌👌

Nice job! Can't wait to hear that new engine purr!👌👌

This is gonna be an awesome FJ Austin! I can't wait to see what you do to it next! Don't forget to get a Helix throttle body spacer for it as well!

great video. always happy when I see a new upload by Austin. Keep up the great work.

Im on my 1st LS run thru, thanks for the inspiration vid!

Great job guy. Two thumbs up. Thanks for making the video.

Just did the oil pan and main seal on mine. Fun seeing all the stuff I was just tearing into a few weeks ago

Hey Austin, you could make your own line of tapered piston ring compressors if you had a 3D printer and sell them online. I love watching you work, you’re always so careful and precise.

Nice job. This is going to be a great little engine. Looking forward to seeing what's next. 😎 👍

Austin is my fav pro builder , lets go AVR

Nice work on that motor. That's the perfect motor for that Toyota.

Looks nIce FYI per GM bulletin, those O2 rubber plugs where they meet the lifter valley cover. Pull them up add a bead of silicon around the meeting surface and push them back on. Helps prevent water intrusion in case of washing engine down the road or water splashing in from who knows what. Water running in from the back cowl and down on the intake manifold and finding its way down to the valley cover. Also if you are using a car water pump with truck accessories then just use ICT billet water pump spacer and it will all work.

First time rebuilding a 5.3 and Omg I’ve been stressing out with my pushrod length, I’ve watched many videos on it but you made it so much simpler! Thank you

I was cringing a little when you slid the con-rods down the bore. It's real easy to nick something on the way down, especially if you're a little shakey, like me. That's why I always put a little bit of neoprene tubing on the studs.