1964 GMC 3/4 ton build :D

[sdwolff98]

ok had a little spare time today after house hunting all morning, front core support is bolted back down I lifted it a bit so will see what happens when I get the fenders back on here soon. Also started some more work on the door seal idea I am working on. I got another run of the oreillys stick down weatherstripping and made a much better inner door panel seal with one section and had a 4 foot section left over so started putting it along the leading edge of the door and looking good sealing all the way around the top and sides of the door. here are some pictures:


Sean

[sdwolff98]

Also while out hoyse hunting found this old beast in a guys back yard I may try and snatch up once the smurf and my next project the 69 import eater are done lol he looks like the perfect candidate for a 4 cyl isuzu diesel and double overdrive setup for an excellent dd to and from my work lol combine a ranger overdrive plus an nv4500 for 54% iverdrive with 4.11 gears oughta get pretty decent diesel mileage!


Sean

[McMurphy]

Sean I would be interested in those shorty brake line spares you have.
Shoot me a PM if you care to part with them please.

Now if that blue beast were a roll back ...... LOL

[truckzilla]

Originally Posted by sdwolff98

Also while out hoyse hunting found this old beast in a guys back yard I may try and snatch up once the smurf and my next project the 69 import eater are done lol he looks like the perfect candidate for a 4 cyl isuzu diesel and double overdrive setup for an excellent dd to and from my work lol combine a ranger overdrive plus an nv4500 for 54% iverdrive with 4.11 gears oughta get pretty decent diesel mileage!


Sean

That would be a righteous ride with that Isuzu diesel in it.

I have been out of pocket on the forum for a spell. How is the Smurf coming and when did you move to Tacoma?

[sdwolff98]

Hey Truck,
I t was an emergency move do to family problem,s. We moved up here about a month ago. smurf is stalled right now while we were towing him up here the rear wheel bearing froze up and we had to put him in storage for now at my brother in laws house. I had to sell the engine and trans out of him to pay for the move so looking at my options. I have a new toy also I found up here lol. It is smurfette smurf blue 66 suburban 4x4 started a build thread on her gonna stuff a duramax in her already have the engine att he house the burb in the garage and ups of the way lol

Sean

Will be moving back to tex dallas area hopefully in about two years truckzilla.

[truckzilla]

Sorry to hear about the move and selling the motor you had intended to motivate the Smurf with. On the bright side, at least its set up for another LS motor if you happen to run across one at an affordable price since a 4.8 or 5.3 will fit as well as a 6.0!

Tacoma isn't a bad place to spend an extended "vacation" at. I have relatives in the Bremerton/Tacoma area. Its a hella pretty area to see! Dallas will still be here when you return though! Keep me posted on the build and on Smurfette!

[sdwolff98]

Hey Mcmurphy,
LEt me get through with a few things I am thinking about saving them for my bird build

Sean

[sdwolff98]

Well all settled in have a nice paying full time job up here. now back to collecting smurf parts once the OT starts rolling in. Going after another rLS motor with a few changes to the plans on the truck nothing to horribly major atm. Looking at just doing an lq9 engine at the moment relatively cheap up here + I can wire in cruise control for my ole beast. Transmission decided against an auto since I can not get enough overdrive out of it without big bucks on a gears vendors. Going to install a nv4500 and ranger combo in the truck instead with give total 0.54 overdrive for my 4.56 gears lol Plus 25k towing capacity lol. Got the aluminum radiator and cooling fans in hand in the new garage. Been working on a new fuse panel project for the LS motor went junk yard divin for a weekend and came up with something that will work really sweet. Got lucky on terminals for it and should have it ready in few more weeks when the terminals come in from terminal supply company. Here are a couple of pics of the future ls fusebox and labeling. found out fedex kinkos can make custom outdoor labels for this kinda stuff for pretty cheap.

Sean

[sdwolff98]

been doing a little more work on my fuse block idea and turnin up roses. Got a bunch of the needed terminals on the way in this week from a couple of suppliers: terminal supply and mouser both. Also got online with ebay and did some hunting getting a 2004 chevy engine and trans harness from a junkyard in Alabama for 125 now all gotta do is hunt up the right tac module and pedal for the setup next. should have it all in hand next week to start assembling the fuse block and underhood relay center .

Sean
first pick is of the relay power wires coming off the maxi fuses and second is the modified mount so most of the wires will be coming out from underneath the block.

[sdwolff98]

Hey guys been busy as hell on the under hood fuse block assembly nearly finished 4 more sets of connectors and it will be completely finished, at the same time have been stripping and removing the unneeded wires out of a 05 lq9 caddy engine harness and getting it prepped n ready to install. Will be nice having cruise control. NExt step get the engine and start hooking it all up and checking the layout after that start chasing nv4500 transmissions and try and find a nice used 2wd setup for the next stage of the project. luckily the truck is 1800 miles from me so I can do this and once I get home slap it in and few things to do and drive it down the road . MAinly have to fix a few floorboard issues in the truck from past transmissions lol the reinstall the interior pull the main harness for a few more wiring mods and hopefully hopefully that will be it dam this has been a long long road but end is now in sight. lol here are some pics of the completed fuse block assembly and the harness on my work bench

Sean

[sdwolff98]

After a lucky parts find, namely free, I am getting a used GMC gauge cluster ready for a 6061 aluminum plate layover for the opening to install the 4 inch gauges when I have the extra money to afford them going to be heading back to the junkyard another day and track down the mating connector out of a harness for the lq9 fuel injection harness so I can have a plug in connector for the tach, speedo, mil, serial data, and cruise wires then just get some terminal s and wire it up.

[sdwolff98]

been busy for last few months since posting last and have completed the under hood wiring fuse block and ls powertrain harness. Also started researching the ls1 24x reluctor wheel for the big block 454 mark IV that my brother is bringing to me in a few months. Apparently efi connection big block parts will not work with any engine older than 1991 due to the differences in the oil pan and timing chain covers. On the harness I repinned both the fuel injectors and the coil packs to match the older V8 firing order. The computer will be programmed to match the fuel trims on the changes in the harness and engine firing banks. Here are some photos. When I get closer on the poor mans efi build will setup a thread dedicated to it solely for education purposes and for whomever might wish to attempt doing there own on the cheap like I am doing lol . Plans are to get the 454 get everything situated on the harmonic balancer for the reluctor wheel and do something similar to what the ford 5.8 Windsor engine uses found out they have a balancer mounted reluctor in place on those engines so may be finding one in a junkyard to snatch the sensor mount off of for experimentation purposes lol. The plans for the 454 are to destroke it and basicall change it into the 427 version with a few goodies from Chevrolet performance and a few other places and get it completed ready for dyno break in and programming here in seattle!

Sean
the first pic is of the reluctor wheel took a bit of time but located the tdc tab on the wheel and it lines up dead on the crank with the front crankshaft keyway. next step is a 427 balancer to experiment with and get a machinist to locate this on the crank and trim out the center hole for the pulley to mount in place.
Second is the underdash harness and app pedal plug. I am aiming for the truck to have cruise control with this setup using the drive by wire throttle body so I have more room under the hood for other things.
Third is the completed fuse block with harness connections in place for the fuel injection harness and electric fan wiring.
4th is the plans for the harmonic balancer and where to mount the wheel to it to get it setup for the computer controls.

[sdwolff98]

Ok tax time has came and went and what it brought me was a poor battered donor truck 1997 chevy k3500 with a vortec 454 4l80e and numerous bits of reuseable wiring for my 64 truck. getting ready to pull the 454 and get it rebuilt with a ramjet 502 cam and a few other odds n ends along with configuring the fuel injection harness I built formerly and get it dropped in come september when my 64 gets shipped up from Oklahoma . the 4l80e and transfer case already getting traded for a cummins nv4500 which will need a rebuild and chevy input shaft placed in it.

Sean

[Angryman117]

Like the fuse box setup, what vehicle is it out of?

[sdwolff98]

customized 96-99 vortec truck fusebox. did some revamping of the circuits for the LS vortec 454 harness. I have an extra of them I am going to be sperating from the harness pretty soon. Painless uses them also on their complete body and engine harness setups.

[sdwolff98]

well the engine is out and on a stand in my garage next step is to start gathering the hipo parts for it and tear the top and bottom of the engine down for rebuilding and new cam bearings. Once the gmc gets up here drop it in and tart locating the holes for the transmission shifter and ranger overdrive. Main thing is waiting for my new jobs paycheck to kick in so I can start looking at a brownie box and or a ranger overdrive unit not sure till I check out the 3 speed brownie box this guy has for sale for 600$ .

Sean

[sdwolff98]

well been busy doing the work all day and stay up late to get things done on the 454 got the intake valve covers and heads off last night oil drained few broken exhaust studs etc lol. found a surprise down one intake runner during disassembly lol as you will see I know guys like to keep there engines fresh but Damm???!!!????? lol

Sean
first picture is of the surprise I mentioned chuckles
second and third are of the heads and intake off the engine looks to be near factory bore but I need a bore caliper to find out for sure see if I can borrow one in next few weeks from a mechanic friend

[sdwolff98]

Will be posting more work in the next few weeks have got a few things done and ready to go in the truck once it arrives from Oklahoma

Sean

[TJ's Chevy]

Grass growing in the intake!!! AHHAHAHAHAHHA!!! Sorry!! LOL! That's just to funny!

[Rust_phoenix]

Nice work and cool build Sean, that really must be what they call the ultra rare environment friendly big block Chevy, they don't call this the evergreen state for nothing

[sdwolff98]

Tj yeah what I thought at first lol found out it was a pine branch from when the previous owner had "a friend" redo the cam and top end on the engine lol. But Ya know I think this is a mary jane engine lol getting high and running according to the previous owner "20 mpg in a 4x4 crew cab one ton" rothflmao
Rust lol yepper he has been a fun build learning a lot about all the in n outs of things I have tried attempted to try and trying in progress lol. Trying to look at all my options before dumping a ton of money as I have in the past lol. Will be putting up a new fuse box build on here later this week fir the 2006 truck harness i am working on right now.

Sean

[sdwolff98]

Well been a busy bee the last couple of weeks since last posting of progress. I have completed a new style fuse box that will work much better on the 64's fender wells and allow for custom placement of the components when installed. plus it gives me a little leeway with the length of the engine harness. Also got dammed lucky and talked with a Chevrolet dealership that managed to get me 2 sets of vortec 454 l21 valve covers that have coil pack mounts on them . last up revised the harness and integrated a lot of the extra harnesses into one unit making it more compact for my build I used a 22 pin weatherpack for the firewall through connections but am looking at that as their are some metripack junctions that appeal to me just trying to track down which vehicles they came out of in the Chevrolet line of vehicles.
Devin Jeffers another member here I getting the other set of the valve covers since he is working along the same lines as I am but with a newer truck .

Here are some pics of the work and parts I acquired:

Sean

first pic is the revised engine harness got busy and ordered a lot of terminals and such from Mouser out of dallas texas for the rebuild

next are some pics of the fuse box assemblies I am have built to power this critter up as you can see I have plenty of room between each for custom placement. I ran them as such maxi fuse then relay then fuse box which is where it terminates to the fuel injection and interior feed harness.
last up the rare gem l21 coil pack valve covers the only big block gen 6 that came from chevy with a 24 x control system factory for coil on plug running.

[1963c-10]

Glad to see this build back up.....and another big block truck in the works!!!

[sdwolff98]

Hey 63,
Yep never really stopped just problems to work through along the way . I had a big block back in past stuffed off in her but that was another story lol. I am working on getting enough money saved up to have him shipped up from Oklahoma this summer to finish him and get him rolling around finally lol.

Sean

[sdwolff98]

been busy on the fuel injection harness and a side business I have started.... Started doing some fuel injectoin harness rebuilding and fuse box builds specifically for 67-87 trucks and starting on some for 60-66 trucks. Will be setting them up on ebay when they are finished and see what happens lol . I just today finished the ramjet 454 fuel injector harness with a quick disconnect so I dont have to pull the upper manifold if I need to pull the injection harness for any reasons lol. What can I say I see it from the lazy I dont want this headache view lol .

Sean