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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta
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K20 454 and TH400 upgrade snags
Hey guys.
I finally had two guys come help me drop the Gen6 454 into my engine bay after I tore the front grill/rad support/head light assembly out and I ran into a few snags... Issue #1) The PS pump that came with the brackets I'm using have one screw in hose fitting and two clamp/clamp on hose fittings which I was told were common on the hydroboost systems. 1 screw in hose was for the high pressure line to the steering box, 1 low pressure return from steering box and one outlet that ran to the brake booster... Do I need a different pump that will work with this bracket setup (from a 2000 454 vortec) that has just the high out and low return lines, or can I cap the one brake booster fitting and call it a day? Issue #2A) When trying to unbolt the front clip/rad section, I snapped both of the large body mount bolts. Are these common bolts or would I need to order specific ones? Issue #2B) I suspected a broken body mount near the front passenger corner and once I freed the rad support section I noticed that the 'ring' portion from the frame was now a large "U" shape... Can I simply get a flat square piece of metal tacked on top and drill it for the large bolt, or do I need to do some serious junkyard scavenging? Issue #3) When I started reinstalling my transmission cross-member, I quickly realized that my original 4spd cross-member wasn't going to reach the bottom of the TH400-NP208 adapter I bought. Do I need the taller adapter, a different cross member (if so, which one?) or is there a spacer that I can use to make up the gap? I found different crossmembers and the taller adapter on this site http://www.justchevytrucks.com/truck...sfercases.html but I thought I'd ask before buying more parts I may not need... Last edited by Rede; 10-24-2010 at 10:31 PM. |
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