Re: Glock's new project: "Fred"
 

LOL, yup, pretty slim chance he will sit that low! For one, I would reduce the depth of my oil pan by a couple of inches if he did! :lol:

Re: Glock's new project: "Fred"
 

I had a tranny cooler line crack at the flare. Pull the leaking fitting out of the radiator and take a look at the base of the flare.

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They are all new fittings. It's an Earl's steel AN to inverted flare adapter, then a 90° AN fitting with SS braided line that ties in to the steel cooler lines.

I remember when I put the rad back in that the inside of the rad fitting looked a little pitted, so I might try some teflon tape around the adapter fitting. It's a very minor leak, just enough to wet the tank below the fitting.

Hopefully the fitting in the rad isn't hosed. I'm not sure if those screw out or not. It does have a hex head around it.

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OK, here is the final damage so far.....

Just the basic parts needed to do the swap including the 37° flare tool and both new gas tanks was about $1479. So total with engine/trans package (w/shipping) is $3679.

When I add up ALL my receipts, which include things like the gas pedal and harness, paint, degreaser, solder, bulbs, bumper bolts (still haven't found them damn things!!), fuel hose and clamps, heater hoses, all the AN fittings and SS braided hose for the fuel system and trans cooler lines, gas tanks, complete fuel system, adapter plates and the gauge cluster, blah blah blah.... totals $1904, total swap price of $4104.

I am $396 under budget!!! :metal:

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:metal: just enough for a new set of tires!!! ;)

thats not bad when you really think of what you have now. an '06 drivetrain thats barely broken in that gets 20+ mpg!!

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No doubt man!


Well, I'm glad the hard part is done, because I just lost my helper. My son just broke his arm at school! I'm on my way to EmergeCare. I just talked to him on the phone, he actually sounded a little excited about the fact it's broke, and he gets to be out of school! Wasn't crying and didn't sound at all like he just broke his arm. Weird child he is...... :D

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Oh dang! Good luck with that Bob. Let me know if you need my help with anything.

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Killer post Bob !! Im not too far off then, I already have the Wiring, engine/trans and some fuel evaporative recovery parts.( Since Im dealing with shhmog pooop) I now need to FIND my throttle pedal ( it was here somewhere ) LOL !!


When I quit my last job I left behind my vortec engine covers, my ECM and Tranny Computer Plus my belts and one other A/C compressor...( I was to pisseed to even go back :devil:)

So I have to gather up all my fuel parts, adapter plates and whatever else I forgot ahahah


Good luck with the boys arm, they heal like super glue at that age ( im only 25, I heal like gorilla snot, but not TOO bad ahahahaahh )




So off the line from a dead stop, will it burn em off ?? Just stabbing the gas ?

I know the new trucks are SOFT until about 20mph then they wake up.. all the torque management I guess.



Bob

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X2 on the good luck Bob. Whenever i got hurt i always cried like a baby for my Daddy!! Then again i am a westerner... you guys must raise them tough out there!;)

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You can spend that extra cash on the new rearend. And, I just found that stupid PM. It didn't alert me or anything. I'll fire it your way this evening!

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Thanks man! We're all good now. He's in a hard splint for a week, than a cast for 2 weeks. He's in good spirits, he never stopped talking and joking around with me the whole time, so you know he's OK! :lol:

Good luck gathering up all your parts! The classified areas of ls1tech.com, ls1truck.com, and performancetrucks.net usually have some good deals.

Yeah, if I am stopped, and pin it, it will light up the one wheel! :lol: I had Jesse remove about 75% of the torque management.

We were always told we couldn't cry! Seriously! My daughter freaks when she gets a tiny scratch, but for my son it's like "eh, another battle wound"!

No problem! That happens to me too sometimes. I've gone almost a month before I got an email notification.



I'm going to run the truck into the shop here after work and see what's up with that tranny cooler fitting. I'd like to get it fixed before I head back home tonight.

I just switched tanks on the way back to the office. 252 miles, and about 1/8 tank left. Probably around 19-20 mpg or so. I have had my foot in it A LOT since Saturday, and about 120 miles round trip on the interstate for the board meet yesterday.

Looking back at my notebook when I first got the truck and was tracking mileage, I was averaging 140 miles to a tank. Actually, about 3/4 of a tank, since I was filling it with 1/4 of a tank left because the truck would die on sudden stops since there was no "bowl" around the fuel pumps. :D

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WOW you cant complain about more HP and better MPG !!!



I can get about 200 miles out of 16 gallons with the ole inline 6, driving with an egg on the skinny pedal !!!


And thats with all the old men and women passing me :lol:


I need to sit down and make me a list of what exactly I need, and slowly one piece at time "check" them off.


I have been saving my change in a metal money bank (have to cut it to get it open LOL)

So if I slowly gather all my parts Before I open the bank, I should be GOOD to GO ahahahahaha



Soon very soon, Im hoping to start on building a small shop in the next couple months.


Bob

Re: Glock's new project: "Fred"
 

sweet project.

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My injured mechanic!

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Little man is no joke ! Throw the horns up ahahah :lol:



Hope for a speedy recovery :metal:

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:haha: It's no big deal! look at the grin! keep rockin buddy:metal: :metal:

Re: Glock's new project: "Fred"
 

he looks like a cool guy.

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He's a pretty tough kid for his size! :lol:

He's a blast to be around. He LOVES these trucks, can tell the year of a 67-72 at a glance, and loves talking about trucks, engines, transmissions.... anything to do with hot rods! At our Colorado meet yesterday, he was talking everyone's ear off telling them all about Fred. :D

He is always in the shop with me "working" on something. Definitely my buddy!

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That's the bomb. My little man is 12 and I hope to buy him a truck soon for us to work on together.

Here is an old pic of him sanding the inside of the drag truck.

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...racer/cade.jpg

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Dang Bob! He hardly looks phased. Is it a bad break? Well, now he has more time to soak up even more smarts. But I guess his SBC will be sitting for a little while. Good luck Big Guy!! :metal:

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Great pic Kevin!!

You're right Gerald, hardly phased him at all. He's more bummed that he can't go ATV'ing with his Grandpa next Saturday than anything else. :lol:

On another note, I got a $25 Shell gas card in the mail today. I cashed in some debit card rewards points. :metal: And since I bought the engine and most everything else for this swap on my debit card, I should have some KILLER points built up next time around!

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Echo....echo...echo....echo


:lol:

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Um, oops!!! Fixed that.

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:lol:
I think there was a glitch in the Matrix....I almost had one too...then the server was too busy...growing pains are good :thumbs:

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Show off! "Hi I'm Bob and I'm a moderator." :lol:

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:lol: look who talking about being a show off with that new flashing avatar!

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Show off! "Hi, I'm Gerald, and I have a flash-bling avatar too!"

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:haha:

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:haha: Thanks for that one Bob. I like it alot. :D
Dennis, post again...you are at 999.

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couldnt help it... i had to post in the sept. gtg thread about your guys roads out there!:lol: that was # 1000!!

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You guys are cracking me up.

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PM sent!

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Got it Ed, thanks! It'll be on it's way tomorrow.

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Just enough for two sticky rear tires :cf:

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Not much for updates, except that I've been driving the snot out of this thang! I haven't quite reached the half-tank mark on the second tank of fuel through it yet. :D Only problem I've noticed so far is that the passenger side pump only puts out 50-51 psi at idle, and only 1 psi more at cruise. There have been no performance issues, and the truck runs the same on either tank (58 psi on the drivers's tank), so I'm not worrying too much about it right now. I do need to look at the data to see if it's running lean, that's all I can think would happen.

Oh, one good thing.... Going to go pick up a rear end tomorrow! Bought a dry 3.42 rear from a 91 C1500 with good brakes for $200. So that will be this weekends project. THAT'S going to be awesome!! Not only will the speedo work correctly now, but I will be able to experience all of the 5.3's power, and the mpg should go up a little.

I was comparing tire size and gearing to the 03 I use to have. My 03 had 255/70-16 tires and 3.73's. It got 19-20 on the highway consistently, even with the blower. My gearing chart shows that combo turning 2250 rpm's at 77 mph.

With Fred's 275/60-15 tires and the 3.42's, it should turn 2250 rpm's at 78 mph. Almost identical!

Add to the fact that Fred weighs just over 1000# lighter than my 03, and I think the mid 20's are do-able. I'm already seeing 20-21. :metal:

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:metal:

hows' the boy?

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That's awesome Bob. Not only did you make the entire swap look like a cake walk, but now you are going to gloat your great mpg in front of us too? :lol:

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Where did you put the fuel pressure gauge? which tank selector switch valve did you buy?

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That's awesome!!!

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He's doing awesome, thanks for asking!! He's such a good kid, he hasn't complained once. Then again, he is the center of attention right now, and he's a lady's man at school...... :lol:

If I don't, what was the point?? :haha:

The sensor for the gauge is on the fuel rail, and I used a Pollak high pressure switching valve.