66 GMC Long to Short LS Swap

[Duncan K]

Haven't done much on the truck in the last 4 months. Really frustrated with the doors and hood so I decided to try and wrap up all of the mechanical stuff. I'd like to have the truck moving under its own power before the snow comes.

Finished the lines running out to the trans cooler built into the rad. Machined a bracket out of aluminum to hold them to the block.



Made bracket to mount the brake booster/master cylinder. I ditched the CPP partitioning valve and replaced it with an adjustable one from Wilwood. Plumbed the rest of the brake lines. I used mild steel tig filler wire to mock them up and the copied them with the brake line.



Moved on to the cooling system. Made a couple brackets to hold the bottom of the rad. The factory outlet for the lower rad hose pointed the wrong way so I switched it out for a Mr. Gasket outlet that swivels to any direction you need. This made finding a lower hose much easier. I mocked up the bend of hose I would need with tig filler wire again and took that to my auto parts store. I compared it to the hoses on their wall until I found one that would work. Ended up cutting the middle section out of a Gates 20380, fits perfect.



I picked up a new steering column so the truck is now column shift. Also got a Lokar linkage kit.