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yup, looks like mine, should be fine tho, I've read that the ecu's are water resistant, and the relays are facing down, but for peace of mind id make a cover if water was getting in there

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Yea ill have to figure something out

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i think id figure out that spark problem first lol

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No its running good now...my buddy got all the coils firing...it was a loose ground wire for the coils...now its just the maf sensor thats no good. He even swapped out the maf from his truck to test it and it ran great. I already ordered a new one.

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ah sweet....i got mine when i worked at orileys...saved me a bunch of cash...lol...not working there anymore so now i have to pay full price haha

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Lol...im startin to get excited...i should have it back pretty soon. Cant wait to drive it

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its fun...now i want my a/c working....and my 4x4

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Did you have to modify the dirty dingo brackets? Running into some clearance issues.

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I didn't use the dirty dingo mounts, I had a bit of a clearance issue but it wore down ( I noticed after it was too late, it's holding fine tho

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Gotcha... you don't happen to have that ws6 on craigslist do you?

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No, not at the moment, but been thinking of selling it

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Gotcha yeah there was one up there from your area. That's why I was wondering. I'm looking at getting my buddies '01 firehawk that's got 573hp... $11,000 is a lot though.

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Ya but sweet

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aint been on in a while, actually had to go off and get a job...freakin sucks but i scored some door panels today and thinking of switching out my doors, never done!!!! haha

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so a little update, swap pretty much done...anyhow I'm doing my first long haul tomorrow of about five hours, but i did score some seats out of a 2002 chevy silverado for 120 bucks!!! pretty stoked!!!!

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Let us know how it goes and show pics of installing the seats! That is a good deal!

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Will do man...it's gonna be a couple weeks tho, I got to go back to work...I'll post a pic of them here in a few before I leave

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Here's the new seats...and the guy has a 6.0 with 112k for 600 bucks, if it's still there when I get back I'm gonna see if he will take 300!!!!

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I'm interested in seeing how well the seat fits.... BTW, YAT-YAS!

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Tankers....jeez

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well got my truck in the shop to get the tranny rebuilt, 1800 for a mild build up, not too bad or good i guess, hope its done monday so i can get the seats in!!!!!

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tranny's getting rebuilt already?? what happened?

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Sunshell, common issue with 4l60's, just getting it rebuilt so I know it's done

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Picking up a c10 soon, posted a thread on it lol

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I hate waiting on the shop!!! My trucks been there since Friday!!!! I hate this!!!

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Got my trans back in, had to make the 5 hour trip to Charlotte, 60-65 is the sweet spot for mpg's got almost 19 hwy...70-75 15 mpg, either way both respectable numbers for the old girl...like I told the wife, it's better than the 8 or 9 I was getting

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19 HWY is impressive for a lifted 4x4 truck!! Very impressed by those #s. I'm jealous!!

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Me too, really happy with them

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a little update, i ordered a grill, headlight bezels, all new light covers all the way around, and a lokar shifter linkage kit (the stock linkage works but can only go down as far as drive...just kinda erks me so I'm fixing it) can't wait for all this stuff to come in so i can get it installed and working getting her done tho!!!

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Just read through this whole thread today. Great job on your build so far. I'll be starting a similar project swapping a 5.3/4l80e in to my '89 K5 in a couple of months and will definitely be referring to your thread for ideas. Keep up the good work :metal:

ps. I was a 'Tracker back in '02-'06 at Pendleton. Nice to see a few of us jar heads around the forum :alc:

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There's a few of us here man, and thanks, it's been a lot of work, all worth it though!!! I got out in January and started trucking...it's not bad but it does slow down on truck play time...I'm actually going to be starting my second build here soon...I got a thread on that one called the addiction lol

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Right on man and I know what you mean. I had a '76 K5 that me and my dad built together and I had to get rid of it when I enlisted. My '89 will be my second build and I'm trying to do everything I never had a chance to on the first one. I work for a gas utility out here in Cali and the pay is good but the 50-60 hr work weeks don't leave a lot of time for the truck... Addiction is great name for another build lol.

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Ya man, when I heard the motor firing for the first time I was hooked, and couldn't think of a better name after I started looking again and found one so cheap, I also had two Blazers in high school 79 and 87 or 88, I had to sell mine to enlist as well...lost a bunch of money when I sold them

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Got a little done today, front end Friday

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Got my emblem on

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Gettin there

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Im new to this site and joined because I'm getting ready to do a swap in my 69 c10. I was wondering who did your wiring harness and how much it cost? This site has got me even more excited!! Thanks Zach

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i had a guy somewhat near me do my harness, he didnt charge me a whole lot to do my harness, it was pretty cheap actually, i can't remember exactly what it was to be honest, i was really happy with it, I'm gonna have him do my next one when i start it which I'm hoping will be soon

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messaged ya man...sent you the details, i was very happy with mine

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Got my new seats in