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Dash looks good!
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The first picture is the van speedo (0-85mph), yes I will have to get the graphics redone (like I did with the Tach) to match a Square. But the layouts pretty much mirror each other. 2nd picture is the Square's face on the van Speedo. Now to figure out a way to make a nice cut in the back of the Square plastic gauge housing to fit the much smaller van speedo. It still will require a deeper hole than the Squares conventional Speedo. Versus the very large S-10 speedo. |
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The latest debacle:
I went to start the engine and primed the engine with oil prior to starting it about 2 days later (Still have not started it yet), I noticed a pretty good sized oil spot (10" in diameter) under the power steering pump area (if it was installed). Upon further inspection I am finding that the oil seems to been leaking between the oil pan and the block right below the negative ground cable bolt? See yellow arrow in picture. So now I am pulling the oil pan and installing a new gasket. Thank God the engine wasn't in the truck. This why I like running them outside the vehicle BEFORE installing them! |
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Engine Oil leak was probably my fault not the gasket or anything else. The oil pan bolt in that area was not even close to being tight. Anyway I replaced the oil pan gasket and cleaned all of the surfaces, just to be safe. Oil is in it, just waiting on a nice day to start this so I can get it installed. All oil pan bolts are now torqued to 18 ftLbs. |
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Truck looks excellent! Keep up the nice work.
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So if enough wasn't going on with my truck I decided to add something else.
Since my truck didn't come with Cruise or Tilt, I decided to add a new steering column to correct that. And since I do NOT want any after market stuff. I had to add a GM Tilt/Cruise unit to my truck. So the process has started. I bought a used unit from a fellow member here on 67-72chevytrucks.com, this unit came out of a 1977 Camper Special. But since I didn't know the history of this steering column, I decided it needed to be rebuilt. I knew IT WASN'T going to be me. So after a bunch of research I decided to have Steering Columns galore do the rebuild. Here's the new (to me) unit installed on the first day. The process has started. |
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Another fine upgrade. Tilt column is a nice feature… and just yesterday I was kicking myself for not adding cruise. 120 mile round trip and cruise would’ve made it that much sweeter.
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Tilt AND Cruise Column now installed.
Since somebody had cut the cruise wires, inside the steering column, prior to my purchase of the column. It was necessary to buy a new Cruise Switch (see photo's below-somebody cut it so close to the stalk it made it unusable). The place where I got my Steering Column redone, Steering Columns Galore (SGC) said they had no sources for new Switches. I finally found a repop that looks identical to the factory units. Once the LS goes in it will get wired up. EDITED: 3/13/2023 So i go to wire up my ignition switch, nothing matches the old stock non tilt/non cruise ignition switch. So long story is the wiring loom under the dash to the IGNITION SWITCH remains the same (it is NOT necessary to re pin or anything), the wires AND connectors just get moved. So in the Ignition switch photo below (the blue ignition switch=not mine just one I grabbed on the internet). The rear plug "POS 1" needs to be moved to "POS 2", AT the SAME TIME they get inverted (turned over and plug right into the ignition switch with NO REPINNING required. The front plug POS 2 needs to be moved to POS 1 AND INVERTED, NO REPINING REQUIRED. |
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One of the main reasons I went with DBW. |
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It didn't have it, but the only way I was going to do it was with a FACTORY unit. |
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Needed to add the photo's since I can't do it in my old post...
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The ENGINE now runs! Started it on the stand to see if it would run and it did! so now its time to start the transplant.
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Speaking of pipes, have you decided what exhaust you’re doing with? |
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Yep it was WAY LOUD! I currently have true duals, probably going to keep the Dual turbo Mufflers I already have on it, since its nice an mellow and its in great shape. Probably have to fabricate a small piece on the drivers side to connect the exhaust that is there to the my new LS Manifolds like you have. The passenger side might bolt up! |
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Ok since several of you have ask, about the Fuse box, here it is, on my new Engine. It will mount to the back of the ECU box.
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Since several have ask what I am doing for wiring here's what I did. I had Andy (got his name from Brendan at Lt1swap.com) at:
https://lsxharness.com/ rework my factory harness and thin it down. He also installs this fuse block and Relay Block as part of the deal. He also wires up the electric fans through the relay block #1 and #2. Then the wires come back marked with 12+, "Ign on", ground, and etc. |
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Pulled the engine and she was really oily, everywhere that wasn't visible, including the transmission leaking out the rear main seal, (no wonder I had so many oil drips underneath the TRUCK!)
It appears somebody pulled the oil pan in the last 5 years to reseal it? as it is super clean and somebody painted the oil pan), so somebody tried to stop the oil leaking issues?? Upon engine removal it was pretty obvious the engine had never been out of the truck. So I will start on the cleaning process. The firewall drives me nuts on how unkept it looks (all the black stuff sprayed everywhere). My guess is GM let it leave the factory like this (since we have owned this truck since 1975). I know nobody in our family ever sprayed anything on the firewall. |
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It would appear the control arms, on the suspension haven't been cleaned in years!
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This AC box install by GM is looking a little ratty so it will need to be cleaned up as well!
Anybody had any luck getting the black stuff off, around the box? It sort of scraps off, but it appears it will have to be sanded off? Yes/no? |
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The 'black stuff' is just an undercoating spray GM used on seams & areas where they were trying to seal.
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The black stuff on the firewall for the most part scrapped off with a putty knife, when done, it was far from being clean, but it was so old and brittle it pretty much just scrapped off, now I have clean up the rest. Added Rust Oleum rusty metal primer to the "seem" that inevitably rusts on these Squares, and any other bit of surface rust, got the Rust Oleum rusty metal primer. The only spot that really had ANY rust was behind the AC box directly above the blend door opening. So I ground out the rust and applied some Rust Oleum rusty metal primer to that area as well. It was really a small spot. So now I will start sanding the rest and prep for paint.
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So I got everything prepped and getting ready to paint. My Friend convinced me to do the lower footwell of the engine compartment too!
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That’s going to look good once it’s all done
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Did some HOUSE CLEANING cleaning over the last 4-5 days.
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Now to start on the AC box!
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Wow! It does look better! Great job:metal:
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Beautiful. Nice work!
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Looking fantastic!
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Thanks everybody for the compliments!
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ditto what TKCR said!!.. very nice job.. I think that a nice clean firewall and fenders can really set off a engine bay! very nice truck!
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The AC box is in, progress is being made ever so slowly...
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