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Nicee! Cant wait to see the rest! I wish I knew what I was doing like you and swapped an LS style motor instead of an ol 350

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Thanks oldblue Nothing wrong with a 350, just use a LS for your next truck;)

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haha! any progress?

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Not really, cleaned up the garage and bought new motor/trans mounts. If the guy that bought my old motor would come get it, I could drag the truck back in the garage and get to work......thinking about putting the motor back on CL and seeing how long it takes for him to show up!:lol:

Re: '72 Chevy SWB, Project Driver
 

i herwe that there is nothin better than an ls but i love my 302!!!!!

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Any updates, I've bet ya got that harness all done now right?

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i second old blue man maybe i need to not go on here for a couple days and well see what happens.....

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^You, DEFINITELY! lol

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I need to go take some pics, but everything not needed is gutted out of the truck. Including the manual trans cross member which was a complete PIA! Should be some pretty good progress this coming week, Wife is going to visit family without me..........so truck time for me :sexy:

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The "hole"
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/P1060003.jpg

All I can say here is :banghead: And I work with electronics for a living!
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/P1060002.jpg

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that looks like an electric monster through up and had diareha all over your floor!:lol:

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I'm calling the harness "done" until I get the motor in and figure out where all the control boxes and fuse/relay box will mount.

In process.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/P1060005.jpg

Dog telling me I did something wrong.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/P1060004.jpg

What was eliminated.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/P1060007.jpg

End result. No fuses or relays yet, those will attach to the big pink loop. The 3 loops in the upper right of the pic are the electronic throttle wiring and OBDII port wiring.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/P1060006.jpg

Re: '72 Chevy SWB, Project Driver
 

Gee man, hang in there it'll be worth it!

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Great work on your harness!

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Thanks guys! If everything goes right the motor will be in its new home next weekend! I have the frame/cross member cleaned and painted just need to do some work to the fire wall and paint some more. I still haven't decided if I should weld the AC openings in the fire wall up or just use the block off's that will come with aftermarket AC system. Input anyone?

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dont weld them up.......yay engine!!!!!going in!!!:metal::metal::metal::chevy:

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I think it looks nicer welded up.

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Hey nice work on the harness! How did you determine which wires you won't be needing anymore? Did you buy a ls install book? thanks,

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Thanks everyone!

Thanks, I did buy the book "How to swap GM LS-series Engines" but I didn't reference it much at all. To me the book pushed S&P products more than it provided information. Which is a understandable because I'm sure S&P funded the book.
Pretty much all I did was get wiring diagrams for the donor van from All Data along with advice from here and remove everything from the harness that was not needed. Rear O2's, AC, ABS, EVAP and all of the interior electronics. I guess we'll see how I did on the harness in a few weeks when I try to start it ;)

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Nice going. Looking good! Subscribed........

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Thanks.

Frame and motor stands painted. Just need to finish welding up some holes in the firewall and the motor goes in.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/P1060010.jpg

Starting to clean the engine up a bit.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/P1060011.jpg

Wearing the shirt I bought him!

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...y/P1060009.jpg

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nice frame nice and clean! i love that shirt!

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Shouldn't be long now!!! Keep at it!

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Ha we like the shirt!!

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Man, nice work. You are making great progress on it. I agree weld up those pieces too. Man, your son is getting big! Nice shirt.