1966 C1434 SWB Custom Cab

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My LS has a drive by wire throttle body. I'm debating where I want the wiring at this point but I mounted the pedal assembly on the floor where the wires feed the tail lamps. I cut the pedal off of the pedal switch and welded a piece of the original pedal fulcrum to it. I pushed the pedal and it moves freely the entire rotation of the throttle switch. I've been warned when welding on items with electronics that the arc surge will cook the electric circuit. Tip is to ground as close to the area that needs to be welded so I used the ground clamp to hold my peices together. Cooled them shortly after in some water to prevent heat damage to the switch. Hope it will work

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He biggest hurdle in this whole swap has been the tranny mount itself. I checked the frame side to side checked the driveline angle over and over. None of the original holes in the frame are square, the driveshaft loop same. Blah blah blah. Over and over. So I eyeballed it so that the mount looks square with the tranny itself with the motor bolted down. I centered the tailshaft of the tranny between the frame rails and boxed the frame in. Drilled the mounting hole and welded nuts inside the boxed section. This will aid in removing the cross member in the future because I will not need a back up wrench. Hope it all works out. If I made it square it would have looked bad out of square. Only time will tell

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Separated the motor from the transmission so I could replace the front and rear main gaskets and seals and the pan gasket. So far so good

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Splashed a fresh coat of VHT black engine paint on the lower portion of the block. I found out that the rear cover had stripped bolt hole bosses on the oil pan flange. Got a NOS part coming from EBay. Do it slow and you know it's right

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My rear cover showed up today so I finished sealing up the motor. Got ahead of myself and before I knew it I had it back in the truck. Time to start with all the small stuff like wiring and plumbing the tranny lines.