NV4500 swap is underway

[Musclerodz]

you will have to reinforce the aa tc handle bracket. it flexes and make it difficult if not impossible to shift the tc case with fresh seals

[edge]

DirtyLarry
NV project is looking sweet!
I put a slave cylinder firewall shot in my K10 album. See if it helps.

[Critter]

VERY NICE! Always fun to find a new honey-hole. I agree with you about the 92-93 nv4500 shifter, the ones like I have (95+) look like they came out of a space ship in my opinion. And while they look fine in the vehicle they came in they look out of place in an older model. Congrats on the parts score!

[edge]

What a yard (beds and tailgates!!!!). Nice pedal assy. Your set for now.

[Altec]

Dang. Any more of those mechanical pedal assemblies out there? How much did he charge for the complete tunnel?

[DirtyLarry]

Originally Posted by Altec

Dang. Any more of those mechanical pedal assemblies out there? How much did he charge for the complete tunnel?

Yeah, they had tons of mechanical linkage type clutch/brake pedal assemblies as well as at least 1 more hydraulic clutch/brake pedal assembly. About the only thing I could not find there was a front Dana 60.

I got out for $60 for a bunch of stuff. Pedals, back up light harness, shifter stick, tons of screws, bolts, clips, etc, hydroboost to m/c rod and a dome light bezel. It was hell carrying all of that stuff out as I have a broken foot and hobble around like an 80 year old man.

[Altec]

Originally Posted by DirtyLarry

Yeah, they had tons of mechanical linkage type clutch/brake pedal assemblies as well as at least 1 more hydraulic clutch/brake pedal assembly. About the only thing I could not find there was a front Dana 60.

I got out for $60 for a bunch of stuff. Pedals, back up light harness, shifter stick, tons of screws, bolts, clips, etc, hydroboost to m/c rod and a dome light bezel. It was hell carrying all of that stuff out as I have a broken foot and hobble around like an 80 year old man.

Man, if I'm ever out there I'll have to make it a point NOT to stop there. I'll never have enough money to get home.

Hope the foot heals before you're done. Would suck to be done with it, and not be able to enjoy it.

[Dieselwrencher]

Very nice parts scores! Yards around here have very minimal trucks in them anymore due to scrap prices.

[jbclassix]

you said you had to carry all the stuff out, are you not allowed to drive in anymore?

[DirtyLarry]

Originally Posted by jbclassix

you said you had to carry all the stuff out, are you not allowed to drive in anymore?

Not sure, I didn't ask and they didn't offer. Although, they did give me a lift down to the squares in an old beat up G-van.

[DirtyLarry]

It doesn’t look like it, but my buddy and I got a lot done Saturday. He tackled the rust in the floorboard and I went after retrofitting the clutch master cylinder, which turned out to be an all day event. Got the clutch m/c and hydrobooster mounted, installed the pedal assembly and reinstalled the steering column. Also tied up and rerouted several wires under the dash.

Made a template from the donor truck at the junk yard. It was easier to follow the template from inside the truck


After the firewall, pedals, and steering column was put back together. The clutch m/c almost looks factory! Pretty slick the way the GM engineers had the clutch m/c mounting studs connected to the clutch/brake pedal assembly via 2 rods. It will sure be nice to have a straight clutch pedal again too! The old one was so badly bent, I often hit the dimmer switch when stepping on the clutch.


The brake master cylinder won’t be here until Tuesday. All of the wires going into the cab that run the dual battery isolator, fuel transfer pump, etc have been wrapped with vacuum hose. I prefer to use vacuum hose to protect single wires more than split loom when possible.


Bill cut out the rusty floor board and cab support brace. The truck doesn’t have an ounce of rust on the body but the floor board corners and front cab supports were in need of attention. The floor will be sprayed with Rhino once complete.


Once the rust repair is complete next weekend we'll start stabing the trans/tcase and modify the crossmembers. Until then I am going to start installing the ZF P/S pump this week and get ready to have the medium duty truck P/S lines I purchased from work tweeked to fit the Saginaw steering gear. Wait until you see the size of the P/S reservoir I got! Don't know where in the hell I am going to mount it but it will be awesome, especially when ever I get a hydraulic winch!

[Rede]

I'm just stumbling onto this build now so I appologize if its mentioned in another thread, but...

What are you doing for a ps pump and lines to the steering box?

I have a gen6 454 in my engine bay which has the hydraboost pump, but I'm stumped at how to plumb it to my steering box. (my truck is an 82 K20)
I might just end up going to a 1/2 ton vortec ps pump instead just to keep it simple as I don't have anything else from the hydraboost setup.

Sorry for the hijack.

[snj8198]

I know where i'm going for vacation!

Do you still need that stick then Larry?

[snj8198]

DO I gota stand on my head to understand what im looking at?

[Rede]

Where or how are you getting the custom hoses made up?

I went to several places here, even a hydraulic hose company and they said "good luck with that..." =\

Only thing he could thinking of was using high pressure hose (1500psi) and some crimp style clamps but he didn't doubted that I'd be able to squish the ends of the hose enough for the clamps to prevent the hose from popping off the pump fittings.

[snj8198]

Check your local agriculture and heavy equipment implement shops. There are a few around my area that build high pressure hoses for logging equipment that have small diameter hoses and make crimps good for 5000psi+.

[Rede]

That's what this place specalizes in. lol

I brought the original lines in a told him that I'd like longer hoses made up with ends that match the originals.
He took one look and said "I don't have anything like those...

[Redcap]

Originally Posted by Rede

That's what this place specalizes in. lol

I brought the original lines in a told him that I'd like longer hoses made up with ends that match the originals.
He took one look and said "I don't have anything like those...

Sounds like a really crappy shop then...

[Rede]

Originally Posted by Redcap

Sounds like a really crappy shop then...

Yup. Just a regular mom and pop's place...have a look:

http://www.redl.com/profile/represent.html

[Joe Chasse]

DirtyLarry,

THANKS for the picture of the hydro-boost plumbing setup!

Joe

[snj8198]

Larry,

[DirtyLarry]

Steve,

That is perfect! I’ll take it!

Progress is being made albeit slower than I would like. Saturday my buddy got the passenger’s side floorboard and cab support patch panels all welded up while I wasted a boat load of time messing around trying to fit the ZF pump and hydrobooster lines. As it turns out, the ZF power steering pump assembly is bigger than my ambition to start cutting up the frame to make it fit. The ZF pump with the GM style adapter bracket makes the pump sit 3 inches lower than the stock P/S pump, which would drive the pulley right into the frame. That said, the ZF pump plan got canned as well as the huge class 8 truck P/S reservoir. The bummer was I had to pull the radiator out to gain access to the p/s pump pulley in order to remove it to get the pump off. Only to reinstall it a few minutes later once the ZF pump didn’t fit. The 8.1L package makes everything a pretty tight fit where 10 things have to be moved to gain access to one thing.



The plan now is to use the original p/s pump with OE style hydroboost hoses with a T in the return side being the original pump only has 1 return port. Of course that project, turned into a fiasco as well being the fitting on the hydrobooster is metric while the steering gear is standard so one hose had to be reworked. I am still waiting for the other hose to show up at Napa tomorrow.

Other than that, I installed the Super Bright LED bulbs in the cluster and the seats are getting dropped off at the upholstery shop tomorrow. Probably stab the transmission and tcase in sometime this week so I can start measuring the shafts to get them ready to be dropped off at the driveline shop. Next weekend we’ll start cutting up the floor and cab support on the driver’s side to get it ready for patch panel then it will be off to the Rhino Lining shop to have the interior floor sprayed.

Oh, yeah…I found the original grill brackets and an original 1977/78 Scottsdale grill in my attic that I scored a few years ago. I am kind of tired the 80’s chrome tube grill and anxious to see how the truck will look wearing it’s factory face again.

[MTCK]

Lookin good! Those are some of the more affordable LED's I've seen. Do they still work with the dimmer?

[DirtyLarry]

Originally Posted by MTCK

Lookin good! Those are some of the more affordable LED's I've seen. Do they still work with the dimmer?

Dunno yet

Another buddy just put some of these in his S10 and told me about them. They work great in the S10 but I doubt they will work with the dimmer. Prolly just be like an on/off switch. We'll see. Heck, they might not even work at all.

These are the ones I got. http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...-x5.htm#photos

[jbclassix]

Hmmmm... what hydroboost are you using? can you post some pictures of the h-boost and the ports? This is an area I amy be able to help you out in!