66 GMC Long to Short LS Swap

[Duncan K]

Truck time has been pretty limited lately but I keep plugging away bit by bit. Finished up the rest of the drivers floor and the cab braces. Had to remove the gas tank bracket to fix some rust underneath. Coated inside the existing braces with rust encapsulator.

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Drilled out all the spot welds and removed the dash from my chevy donor cab to swap into my GMC. Also cut out the area above the windshield to be used as a patch panel for my cab.

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All this rust repair is starting to get discouraging so I am going to take a break from it for a while and work on some mechanical stuff. Going to rebuild the rear end with a posi carrier, new ring and pinion, and all new bearings. Adding a rear disk brake kit from CPP.

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by Duncan K

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Drilled out all the spot welds and removed the dash from my chevy donor cab to swap into my GMC. Also cut out the area above the windshield to be used as a patch panel for my cab.

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All this rust repair is starting to get discouraging so I am going to take a break from it for a while and work on some mechanical stuff. Going to rebuild the rear end with a posi carrier, new ring and pinion, and all new bearings. Adding a rear disk brake kit from CPP.

Do you prefer the look of the chevy dash over the gmc?
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I feel you on getting burned out on certain tasks. You're doing beautiful work.

[Duncan K]

Originally Posted by LostMy65

Do you prefer the look of the chevy dash over the gmc?
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I feel you on getting burned out on certain tasks. You're doing beautiful work.

More so the Chevy gauges, but this was the easiest way to make the swap

[Duncan K]

Moving along with the rear end rebuild. Made myself a drift out of some parts that were laying around, knocked out the old axle bearings and replaced them.



Installed a rear disk brake kit from CPP. Everything fit pretty well except the brake pads on one side. They are too thick to fit over the rotor, will have to machine off a bit of the pad to fit.



New pinion gear installed, had to fab up a tool to hold the yoke so i could torque the nut.



Got the new posi carrier and 3:73 gears installed and set the back lash



Got the driveline angles sorted out. Needed to raise the trans up an inch and a half to match the pinion angle at 5 degrees. Had a new one piece drive shaft built, had to modify the cross member to provide clearance. Still have to finish welding it up



Waiting on a radiator that I ordered months ago from RnD. Took 6 weeks to ship, and now UPS has lost it.