Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Doug, you’ll be ready before the Wire and Fire :metal:

Then you’ll have a party with the boys.....:bann::barn:

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

A sip of the antifreeze would keep me from freezing up for sure! Once we have a start, we will dry fit the front and have the accy drive installed to check space to rad.

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Yeah, lot of help getting ready.

Non FB live right now on some prep work...if I get off the seat.

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

A few posts ago we were looking at accessory drive dimensions with concern to radiator clearance. Moving the engine back solved that more than likely. Image on the left is before and image on right is after moving it back, noticeable comparing balancer to crossmember.

And I likely gave myself another clearance issue with the intake. Adding the throttle body and intake tube shows contact with radiator, fan, shroud likely. Will know more when more pieces are put in place...again. Have three ideas to resolve that potential issue.

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

The wiring is coming along neatly.

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Wiring looks nice!
You gained an inch or so with putting the engine back?

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Thanks, he does nice work. Yes I gained about an inch or so moving the engine back so water pump tip to radiator fan clearance should be good. Going to put front end together, probably at our Wire and Fire, to check spacing.

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Great start!

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

I love nice, neat wiring. Looks good.

I wish I could make the wire & fire, maybe you could stream a live broadcast for those of us that can't make it. :lol:

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Thanks Scott!

It would be cool if you could make it up! Streaming would be interesting....hmm..I am intellectually challenged in knowing how and for sure band width limited out here.

Brake plumbing parts and some other stuff showed up.

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Good eye Mark! To make sure we have good fitment for our Wire and Fire, I purchased a set in 14”, 16”, and 18”. That gives us some flexibility to determine what works best. One of my pet peeves is not having the needed parts when building. Living here in the sticks that issue always delays me a week, so I tend to order enough to make sure it doesn’t happen.

T shirts are done and I will pick them up next week. Be cool if you and Jim could make it Mark.

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Doug ...you must have been a boy scout...always prepared...do you have a flare tool for your hard brake lines?...I've got a Eastwood one if you have a need for it

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

I’m looking forward to the Wire and Fire -
I think it’ll be a great event! And t-shirts!

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Thank you Greg! No Boy Scout, just grew up on a farm in the sticks where we had to be somewhat self sufficient. Guess those boyhood lessons stuck with me.

If you are able to make it up, please bring your Eastwood one along. It would be interesting to compare it to the Mastercool hydraulic flaring tool I have. We are in good shape with benders too. We all dislike crappy benders and we loaded up with each size of a high quality bender from Gulley performance.

For fuel lines we have the design pencilled out, Nathan bought a big quantity of fittings from Jegs, we have the flexible line, and will have straight tube to give us options too. My Christmas present to myself a couple years ago was the Cool Tools fitting press so we have that. And we will also have the homemade one Nathan put together for comparison purposes.

This is going to be fun.

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

This is the one I have...a hotrod buddy talked me into it...it works great....

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Yes! So glad you are coming Scott. T-shirts for sale with 100% going to hospice. Lunch, non alcoholic drinks and snacks provided. A raffle for hospice fundraising with some good prizes ,...and there will be some prizes that will be difficult to carry on a flight.

Guys, out of great respect for those that are investing their money, time and effort to be here and to honor my wife, please know my family, friends and I are doing all we can to make sure we have a fun, safe, productive and really enjoyable event. Some of the hospice folks will be here too.

Now if the weather will cooperate...

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Those look pretty slick! They weren’t out when I bought the Mastercool.

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

hahaha holy shoot. I have no idea why this struck me as funny, probably because I have MADE three trips for the same parts in the past :lol::lol: I have been thinking about it the wrong way! why fight? make one trip and buy three times as much, no matter how you slice it, its more efficient!

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

It’s going to be an awesome event, too bad I can’t be there...

It’s like living on an island :lol:
I have worked on Curacao for several years, there did we have the same problems with parts, everything had to flown in or make it yourself if possible.
But you tackled these problems :metal:

I’m in for a livestream, I always watch Dragracing on livestream, works perfect!!
You can do a livestream on FB or YouTube maybe? If you do, please let me know?

Merry Christmas everybody!!

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Sorry Kees. We are internet deficient here. Shop has no internet and a cell phone has zero signal inside the building. Sometimes you can get a 3G signal in the shop driveway if you stand in the right spot...so I don’t think that will help.

Roughing in the LS wires and mounting components under the seat. Using the stripped down original harness and modifying to fit rather than buying a new one due to the placement of the PCM, TAC module and harness fuse box here.

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

No problem at all Doug, but it would have been nice ;-)
Wish I could be there with you and meet all of you, but as always, money is in the way...
I know you have a good time, I see the pics afterwards and have a laugh with you!!

Merry Christmas!!

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Doug...if you keep up this pace there won't be anything left to do at the Jan 19 wire/fire except give people joy rides in the burb..

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait
 

Yeah I wish you could make it. At least we can share pictures and the stories here. Merry Christmas!

:) well we will still have wiring to do for start, then sequence in brake lines, air ride stuff, accessory drive and front end assembly to check for radiator clearance...especially with my choice for intake manifold that looks like will put the air tube right through the grill. Plus a good amount of old fashioned bench racing with good folks.

And I might have to rethink the line connection to the caliper. It looks like this will put too much stress on the aluminum.

Re: 48 Burb, bagged, 5.3, 20 year wait