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The Cherry picker sank into the dirt when the cab was lifted which actually made it vary sturdy and easy to roll the new frame under it.Attachment 1652175
With the cab on we set the front clip on just to see how it was gonna look. Pretty happy with it. Attachment 1652176 My brother is 6'2" so you can compare how tall the truck is to him. Attachment 1652177 Im thinking this will come down slightly when the motor is dropped in and when the rear is raised to match the front. But for now on 29" tires the fender opening sits at 42-1/8". Attachment 1652178 |
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what are you going to do about the bed, since the floor was raised to fit the bagged frame?
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Small update but feels like big progress. Finished making the brake lines up to the master cylinder. Gotta give credit to my brother, he really did well on all the bends I asked of him in my opinion.
Attachment 1658355 Just need to get some more clamps to finish tidying them up. bled the system and only had one small fitting seeping, tightened the fitting and no leaks. I got brakes! Attachment 1658356 Onto the Parking brake cables. Ideally I would have liked to have them not run across the rear end but I wanted to use the stock mounting points for the frame to keep all the other cables on the truck factory, So we used 2 Driver side E-Brake cables from the newer silverado. They function well so this is how they will stay. Attachment 1658357 Hooked into the stock cable and have full adjustment Attachment 1658358 The cables have little mounting tabs which allowed us to mount the cables and keep things from flopping around. Attachment 1658359 Next is to install the motor and start the wiring! |
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Sometimes you gotta do what makes ya through some areas of the build, no worries as we all have faith that'll you find a better solution but over the rear end is no biggie. Keep truckin!
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Killer build so far. I plan to do the same to one of my C10's soon. Subscribed and taking notes
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Picked up some inner fenders from a buddy and started the prep for them to get installed. Pretty solid other than a small amount of rust on the passenger side front
Attachment 1661205 Driver side is in great shape and cleaned up nicely Attachment 1661206 used a spray on bed liner for the under side. Looks really nice in person, has a good texture to it and seems durable. we'll see how it holds up. Attachment 1661207 Set the motor in. Fought us a bit but we got it done. Unfortunately we are planning to pull it again to do the harness. We haven't done an LS before so we figure it would be easy to miss a sensor or something if we try to wire it without the motor sitting in front of us in the garage. Attachment 1661208 I do have a question if there is any experts. The motor seems to sit slightly higher than others i have seen. The pan is only about a 1/4" below the cross member. No clearance issues with the firewall or anything. I have a 73-87 cross member and 73-87 motor mount towers, 73-87 clams and Poly motor mounts with 3/8" thick adapter plates. Does anyone see this being an issue or just sit slightly high? Hood still closes also. |
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Started on the wiring. Turned out not too be as terrible as we thought it was gonna be.
Attachment 1663104 Basically done but we are not finalizing anything until it is in the truck and we know where the PCM is gonna mount exactly. Attachment 1663105 Also turned out that the manifolds my buddy gave me were not TBSS. They were off a F-Body. I test fitted both and the truck manifolds fit with such little adjustment and have the O2's in the down pipes already that I'm gonna run those. Attachment 1663106 Starting to come together. Im just ready to drive this thing. Attachment 1663107 Started work on moving the battery tray to the driver side. Ended up tacking it up in the dark and its sideways :lol: add that to the list of stuff to do. It's also a little rustier than I would like. Might get a replacement or patch it. Not sure yet. Attachment 1663108 |
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Well Photobucket officially deleted most the first page pictures in this thread. if anyone needs any info or wants to see anything specific just ask and I'll repost it.
Picked up a new battery tray thanks to my buddies at Brothers trucks. Good group of guys and quality parts, fit like a glove and saves me a lot of time. Attachment 1669230 loosely fit the fuel lines onto the motor for a test fit. looks like I can use the stock lines from the motor all the way to the frame, will adjust the bracket slightly but i will even be able to use the stock fuel filter. Attachment 1669231 Harness is completely figured out. just need to tie up loose ends, put the plug on the leads that are going into the cab and its ready to go. Attachment 1669232 used two of the doorman fuse blocks because I plan to run dual electric fans,power windows and a light bar and such in the future. Attachment 1669233 Got these nice connectors from ebay so the wires that run into the cab can be easily unplugged if needed. http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Set-of-8-...53.m2749.l2649 Attachment 1669234 Also fabricated a bracket to mount the PCM up under the inside lip of the fender by the battery tray. Its coming together. lots of stuff still to do but one step at a time its slowly gettin done. |
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Made a ton of progress on the truck since last updated this thread. Hoping to be driving it within a month.
Stock transmission linkage worked simply by moving the frame mount back about an inch. Actually lines up perfect on the gear shift indicator on the column and I'm able to get from Park all the way to 1st without binding or issues. "Need to clean and touch up the frame" Attachment 1673501 Chopped up the stock 2000 Tahoe pedal and used the stock 69 pedal bracket mounting holes on the firewall. lines up pretty good. will look into either changing the chrome trim pad that I have for a standard waffle pad, or upgrading to the chrome trim gas pedal once its driving. Attachment 1673502 Attachment 1673503 cleaned up, resealed the diff and topped off the fluid. Attachment 1673504 |
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Ended up abandoning my 31 gallon gas tank in favor of a 25 gallon tank out of the 87 and later EFI blazer/suburbans. Going to run the stock Silverado pump I have in this tank since it is baffled.
Attachment 1673512 It tucks up in the frame much better also. It is the same physical dimensions of the 31 gallon tank, just shallower so all we had to do was shorten the straps. Sits above the hitch now, which is also a huge plus. Attachment 1673513 Received my Champion CC369 Radiator also. Looks too pretty for the truck its goin in haha. A plus with this radiator is it has a heater return which will work great for the steam lines on the LS. Attachment 1673514 Test fit the Ford Windstar fans. As other members have said, they fit really well. Unfortunately these fans are junk. Got them from eBay and when received, tested them and the motors/bearings are bad. got a refund, and purchased some brand new ones from Amazon. Attachment 1673515 Got my Rancho's installed. hopefully get a nice ride out of em. Attachment 1673516 |
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More progress
Stock fuel lines from the back of the motor down to the frame. Uses the stock fuel filter for the LS and connects right into the fuel rail on the intake. Attachment 1676003 Hard lined using 3/8 and 5/16 line with inverted flare unions. Attachment 1676004 Fuel injection soft line double clamped onto flared hard line. Attachment 1676005 Stock 4l60E transmission cooler lines, routed in the stock clamps on the bottom of the motor and leads directly up to the core support where we needed em surprisingly. . used two of the same line. cut the ends, flared and clamped soft line to connect to my existing cooler. Attachment 1676006 I really need to remake that mounting bracket for the cooler. . a shop did that if you can believe that ha. I hadn't ever looked at it til this weekend. looks pretty terrible but its working I suppose. Attachment 1676007 |
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Picked up a new side post battery for the driver side to fit the ls harness and test fitted the radiator.
Attachment 1676010 Installed the new push on Dodge Dakota door seals. Attachment 1676011 Really surprised how well these fit. Attachment 1676012 Finished making the EGR Block off plates for the exhaust. Attachment 1676015 Adapter for the oil pressure line installed. Almost time to fire this thing up and see how she runs. Attachment 1676016 |
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Some simple brackets to mount the fan shroud to the radiator.
Attachment 1680937 Got everything put together and ready to start it for the first time and ended up having to pull the transmission again because of one little mistake! I wont do that twice. That sucked! Attachment 1680938 Jumped the fuel pump and a few other connections to see if it would fire. We had a few things that stopped it from firing the first time and it was pretty frustrating but once we realized our little mistakes it fired up and ran perfect. Hooked up the obd2 port and scanned for codes. . All clear so far! Had roughly 30-40 psi of oil pressure on my gauge. Not bad for a junkyard find! :metal: Heres a video of it firing up if you wanna check it out https://youtu.be/TbCFCHbjBWQ Attachment 1680939 Next is wheels and tires since the stockers that are on it hit the tie rods and are much too small for the lift. Gonna run Mud terrains on one of these two wheels. Just need to make up my mind. Raceline Clutch Attachment 1680942 Raceline Defender Attachment 1680943 |
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Test fit the wheels off my Titan to see how a 33" would look on the truck. obviously not a good looking wheel on the Chevy and the front body panel isn't bolted up and aligned yet but there is plenty of room for a 33".
Attachment 1681649 My brother finished up rewiring under the hood and we got power back into the cab. . its coming together. :smoke: Attachment 1681650 |
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had to say goodbye to the white gauges in the truck this weekend.
Attachment 1683189 The gauge conversion kit from LS1Nova and the box from CaptainFab made things really easy. Literally bolts in and aligns everything. Attachment 1683194 Speedo face cut out and fit into the cluster and the tin sprayed back to satin black like original instead of the white. Attachment 1683191 Added a "check engine" light and a "Tow" light since the tow haul is activated on my motor swap. Attachment 1683192 Cluster complete,the pic angle makes the speedo look off center but its actually really really close and centered nicely. .Also you can see the high beam indicator we added in the original spot as well as the colored LED's for the check engine light and tow haul light. Attachment 1683193 |
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Big update!
Aligned the doors, front end and hood. I've never done that before. Much respect to the guys who get perfect gaps! Mine are not perfect but I'm okay with it until we paint it ha. Attachment 1689318 Attachment 1689319 Had my A/C lines made on Saturday. If anyone is in So Cal and needs lines made, the shop to go to is Air and Hose supply in Bloomington. those dudes knew their stuff and had a great price. In and out in 30 minutes Attachment 1689320 Installed. Connects into my OldAir Products (ColdAir products) system. just need to charge it and should be ready to go for the rest of summer. wiring wasnt done in this pic. its cleaned up since this. Attachment 1689321 We finished up all the loose ends, put some fluids in her, ran it up to temp. Fans worked as they should. idled really well. and did a small test for the transmission in the back yard. not much room back there but we got a 1/10th of a mile on the odometer. real test will be after we get the wheels and tires so we can see if she shifts. fingers crossed! she drives under her own power! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2V_...ature=youtu.be Wheels and tires to come this week. Than an alignment and some exhaust and should be ready to go. Also got a buddy with a bed for it so probably gonna pick that up asap. |
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Well doesn't seem like I have much interest from anyone but ill update this for myself to look back on. Almost 200 miles on the odometer and puttin it to work already.
Picked up a bed from a buddy Attachment 1693400 Attachment 1693401 Attachment 1693402 Attachment 1693405 |
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Nice work on the truck! It looks mean with those wheels and tires on it! Great work. I have to say I love the new look of it!
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