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OK, a little more progress. I picked a pair of Ford Taurus radiator fans. These are the widest I could fit and still get inside the frame rails. I built a shroud from 16 ga. and a mount from square tubing. It looks like I will be able to reuse the stock donor hoses with a little trimming.
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Nice job.
Kim

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Nice build on the fans and shroud.

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that came out really good. One of the last things on my list is def a fan shroud, not necessarily just for cooling but something to mount my fan to and tie my rad support together.

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A little more progress on the cooling system. I am reusing the overflow tank from the donor. I welded a couple of pieces of 1/2" tube to the fire wall and mounted the tank there. I also ran the lines back to the engine and reused the original system as far as the tank is concerned. for the donor it uses the overflow tank as a pressurized unit with a 16# cap on it. The idea here is to be able to check the fluids under the hood with the exception on the oil and trans fluid which will be accessed behind the cab. I will build a cover for the brake linkage later. I remounted the front sheet metal and will start to work out the support for that.
Rob
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The firewall looks really good! Clean and organized.

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Thanks AD, I also ordered a Painless wiring kit and will be mounting the electronics behind the seat. Lets see here: ECU for engine, TAC module, fuse box, relays (fans, fuel pump, horn), control circuit board for the shifter. What am I missing?
Rob

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For engine start / controls....Battery cables?

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I must say, every step on that build is a stop and think about it step, not a usual build at all, so considering that, beautifully thought out, each and evry part. Must be time consuming and head scratching too.

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looking swell man, great progress. Funny how one pic has no clip, then next does. People dont realize how much time it takes to put one on and get everything lined up and get a good core support going and how that all ties in with the cab placement. Its alot more work than it appears in photos thats for sure.

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So true 99 so true, actually what you see is just the fenders and the grill hanging on them. I still need to work out all the other stuff you mentioned. And yes it will be a ton of work.
Rob

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Progress, progress, I spent the better part of this week end setting up the front sheet metal. I was able to trim the lower parts of the inner fender wells and reuse some of the grill mount. I built a cross brace which will mount to the cross brace now added to the front of the frame. Speaking of the frame, I boxed the frame horns and added some extensions for a bumper mount. After all that was complete I set the front sheet metal back on and set all the alignments. Over all good progress for a couple of days. It's starting to look like a truck again.
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One hell of a nice project. Love the COE trucks.

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Nice! Lotta progress and lotta hours in a short amount of time. Looks cool rolled outside.

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You are one hard worker, coming along nicely.

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killer shots man, congrats

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Thanks all, I checked and it looks like I spend about 15 hours a week working on the truck. So all in all, I am pleased on how much progress is being made. I'm still shooting for being on the road sometime in late March with a big road trip in April. Even though it looks close now it will still need to be blown back apart for chassis work and some underside work on the body. The body should be ready to remove again (3rd time) later this week or next week.
Rob

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60hrs a month isn't bad at all, more than I get. My saying is always add 2 months and more money than you budget!!!! I seem to always be 2 months off my deadlines. Hope you hit yours.

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It's coming along nicely! Good luck getting it done. I never meet my own dead lines. :lol:

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Thank you, yea, the deadline is coming up fast, I may need to cut back on some of the details to meet it. I started on the wiring, I am using a 14X24 piece of sheet metal and will mount the electronics behind the seat. This is my first time doing an LS style engine so I've got some things to learn. It's just a few wires so how hard could it be? Famous last words of a fool.
Rob
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More progress on the wiring. The main control panel is 90% complete tomorrow I will mount it and start on adjusting the length of all the wires, solder, heat shrink, repeat 300+ times.
Rob
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Rob that looks great! What is the module in the lower right?

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That would be the TAC or Throttle Actuator Control module. I'm using a drive by wire system.
Rob

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sure don't look like your first LS wire job LOL. looks proper. I like the behind seat idea, esp since your engine is right there. but obviously you might need to make alot of your other wires longer correct? like interior wire and the front end wiring?

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That's really clean looking.
Kim

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Well, see that's the thing 99, when I ordered the Painless kit I ordered a universal trunk mount kit. All the wires which normally go from the fuse box to the dash section have about 6 feet added to them. I also bought the kit during a Christmas sale so I got the web split cover loom for free. First LS wiring...yes, first EFI system or complete wiring job...no.
Rob

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Looks really neat. I wish half the crap (new cars) I work on every day had this much attention paid to where things are and where they should be, instead of just haphazardly placed anywhere and everywhere throughout the vehicle. Really Nice job!

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I'm sure that this is purely a mock-up, so this may be unnecessary at the moment, but make sure that you clock the u-joint on your steering shaft correctly. It is not right in the pic. The ends of the sector shaft should match, top to bottom. It's hard to explain, but easy to find proper diagrams via Google.

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Interesting point Oneoffstroker, I had not really giving it a whole lot of concern about clocking the steering U-joints. I understand it for a drive shaft due to vibration and high RPM but it a steering application is it really an issue? On my '46 they are not clocked and to this point I have not had any issues. As a matter of fact, on the donor ('03 Silverado) they where also not clocked. Now on the donor it did use a slip shaft so that may be why it was not a concern.
Rob
I've been working on the wiring some more, the flasher relays are a bit close to the rear seat so I may need to shorten the mounting posts for the fuse box.
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Interesting point Oneoffstroker, I had not really giving it a whole lot of concern about clocking the steering U-joints. I understand it for a drive shaft due to vibration and high RPM but it a steering application is it really an issue? On my '46 they are not clocked and to this point I have not had any issues. As a matter of fact, on the donor ('03 Silverado) they where also not clocked. Now on the donor it did use a slip shaft so that may be why it was not a concern.
Rob
I've been working on the wiring some more, the flasher relays are a bit close to the rear seat so I may need to shorten the mounting posts for the fuse box.
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Circuit board looks good there Rob. Which Painless harness are you using?

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Looks a little close to me.
I'd probably move them.
Your wiring is real clean.
Kim

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Thanks all. The kits are 764-10120, 20 circuit trunk mount kit and 764-70920 Powerbraid Chassis kit. The Powerbraid kit came free on a Christmas sale. I bought them through Jegs.
In other good news I got the truck registered and tagged today. Yes, it's a bit early but with it registered I can get some free tires from work...Michelin.
Rob

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More progress, I finished the majority of the engine wiring. I still need to build a mount for the alternator and an intake pipe for the MAF sensor so those are not finished. Not anything special looking on the engine wiring but that was the intent. I checked my records and I have 66 hours in the wiring so far not counting the electric shifter project. The sad thing is I still need to do the dash and the whole chassis. I also built the exhaust this morning. I used as much of the donor as I could and only ended up with $13.00 total in the exhaust, probably the cheapest thing I'll do on the whole build. Finished the rack and pinion mount.
Rob
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X2!...$13 exhaust is a great deal.

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Well, no pictures today but I did build a mount for the alternator, received my ECU back from programming, and ordered some more parts.
Rob