49 3600, s10 swap, project boogie

[joedoh]

fits like it was made to be there. the nice thing about the fullsize box is that everything unloads from the bottom, so instead of guessing where to drill holes for the pass through and trimming the dash to make it fit, I just took the heater core and evaporator out and slipped it up in place.



the glovebox will be short only on one side, and the wipers and vents have no interference. I might even be able to get it up a couple more inches, the inlet for the fresh air is hitting the cowl, if I trim it the unit will go even higher.

[99 to Life]

insane upcycling skills man.

[HUSSEY]

Nice work, it really does fit well. That should definitely keep you cool.

[joedoh]

thanks, yeah gm hvac isnt air conditioning, its refrigeration

[joedoh]

I love the front plate holders on these trucks, I want to eventually get personalized YOM plates for them but for now I will just look for weird ones that strike my fancy. I looked for a 1776-1976 bicentennial pennsylvania pewter commemorative plate I remember my dad had on every car he owned, and tripped across this one. rusty, green, non standard size, wacky, all check.


monkeying with the HVAC, lined out the holes and drilled them, then installed the battery tray once I knew it wouldnt be in the way


I sealed a piece of kydex to the firewall to cover the multitude of holes. welding them shut looks better but that can be for the next guy to do. this is functional and works as well.


you can see the wiring harness poking through, I had to use a 2" hole because the relay socket. I was able to install the s10 resistor on the fullsize blower, and I think even the blower motor will fit. I even pulled the wiring harness apart far enough to get the wiper motor plug routed inside too, so if I put an electric motor on it the factory stalk will make it work.



put the AC evaporator in to check the fit, almost perfect. I will need to bend the top hose to point more to the center so that the dryer will fit next to the battery tray. there are three points where the blower box is held to the firewall, passes the bump test


next is the heater core and hooking up the hoses, battery, pcm, and moving into the cab!

[rusty76]

Awesome plate. That plate came from a few miles away from me. Lola.

[joedoh]

wow thats crazy, I just picked it because it was weird.

installed, wired.





did the rest of the wire routing on the dash I had been waiting to do HVAC


underhood got the majority routed and the pcm installed


I think tomorrow I will pull the ac evap again though, I was having a tough time bending that line out the top, I may want to use the vise.

[lower50's]

That is fitting really well. Good Job.

[joedoh]

Thanks, its working even better than I imagined it would.


I found out a 3/8 socket extension would fit in the pipe and keep it from collapsing, and I used my long 1/2" extension for the leverage. works tout suite!





and it the world of cosmic alignment, I found the s10 heater control panel and turned it over



turns out there is ONE electrical actuator on an s10, the blend door, the one I needed. I thought they were all vacuum. the tahoe box I bought is electrical everything, I researched an found I could make the tahoe blend door work with a 10k potentiometer. so when I turned over the heater control and saw that 3 pin pot, I almost woke the neighbors with my whooping. the blend door will PLUG IN to the existing harness, as long as I set the door correctly. score one for the big guy upstairs.

heres a problem, the female inverted flare fitting was missing from my radiator.


I looked around found it local, went to pick it up and it was just the line end. crap. I jumped on craogslist and I am not making this up there was a month old listing for a brand new 98 S10 v6 radiator for 25 BUCKS. did he still have it? he did.



got the mounts made after a trip to "the yard".


had to drop that fancy mount I made to let the rad hose by. cant believe I didnt check that, but only took a minute.


still tidying up under the hood. goofing with the radiator took all day.

[99 to Life]

you crack me up. "im not making this up" craigslist story. LOL my friend and I talked about making some CL shirts with allllll the sayings you get from CL people. Too many good stories from that site. That is so cool and rarely works out finding something such as that.
As for the late century GM wiring stuff, I'd never have that kind of patience.

[joedoh]

I used to have the "all seasons garage" because I worked in the driveway, but now I think I will call it "craigslist customs" because thats where I find all the parts it seems. haha

[99 to Life]

oh man you totally should. I'm calling you CLCustoms from here on out. I'd be lost without the list. Iv gotten so many random things off there its crazy. Probably every vehicle I own old and new came from CL, minus my 51'.

[lower50's]

That's great that all that worked out you must be so happy.

[av8tr33337]

I didn't read the whole thread but the gages and A/C ideas really got my brain cranking. Lots of good info. Too bad so many pics are INOP. would be a major undertaking to edit it all. Thanks for all of the time you put in to sharing your build. Cant wait to get started on mine again. Getting closer.

[joedoh]

when I have a free afternoon, I may go add the pics back. some arent missing, they just changed folders.
also keep in mind most of the missing pictures are of the 47 GMC I did last year. anyone who knows me knows I am not sentimental at ALL, trucks come and go, family and neighbors and friends are the most important thing.
think of the 47 as the fledgling effort and the 49 as the eponymous refinement. I learned so much about what to do differently between the two trucks, I cant wait to do another.

and to keep this as an update post, I bought a trailer. I looked at a tilt trailer with 5200 lb axles but it was literally 2.5 times the cost of the one I bought and I can put up with a lot of baloney for that kind of money. I looked at new ones but with sales tax and driving 400 miles round trip for a wood floor trailer that would get torn up, I decided to go visit my new friend who I got all the trucks from recently.



look at the winch on this guy.


it has at least 7k lb axles, they may be larger because it has a lunette ring for a pintle hook (you can see it under the slide in tongue). he is loading up the two half trucks I still have on his property and I will pick them up this coming week.

[mongocanfly]

A "craigslist customs" door sign..seems like everbody wants a door sign now on their truck..that's what you need joedoh..ha ha..out of around 20 ad trucks at a local show last weekend 75% of em had door signs..

[joedoh]

haha I dont normally do what everybody does, sometimes just out of spite but mostly because I like what I like. I have contemplated door art but not the hokey "graveyard customs you plug em we plant em hyuk hyuk hyuk" or the ones that reference genitalia in some wink wink nudge nudge kind of way, it would have to be something really unique.

[mongocanfly]

Funny you mentioned graveyards customs cause one of the trucks I saw had that on the door..I can't remember exactly what it said but it was along those lines..with tombstones and all.. I'm in the "not normal" category to..that's why I'm searching for something besides "boss style" wheels for mine

[joedoh]

I cant talk, all my trucks get steelies lately. this one will get artilleries. although right now the 25 year old Boyds sure fit my style.

[Advanced Design]

Ac, controls and radiator find all came together really well. I enjoyed following along on that. Nice find on the trailer too.

[joedoh]

ok bart I think I got all the missing pictures fixed up.

[av8tr33337]

Originally Posted by joedoh

ok bart I think I got all the missing pictures fixed up.

Wow You didn't have to do that. Thanks

[lower50's]

Sweet trailer looks good and strong with a great winch.

[joedoh]

my motivation has been a little less than a pulse, my neighbor was in a hurry to sell his extra car after his niece trashed it for him.


this was the mess inside, he had hacked into the harness for a radio and a bunch of kmart add ons and blew the big fuse under the hood


this is how he fixed it, just ran an unfused battery line to the fuse box and plugged it in with an earring.


its still pretty stinky but I fixed the big miss it had and it runs good enough to chase old truck parts with at 35mpg




but I did get the battery wired today.


everything works, dome lights, ignition switch, headlights, starter, HVAC fan (more in a second). check it out, 79k miles. its why I gave all the dollars for this donor. the oil pressure is pegged because the sender is broken


the hvac fan blew and everything works per the dials, but its not a strong air current. I need to see if the blend door is blocking air flow or something like that.

I am not a fan of the LED front lights. they look ok in the picture but in person it looks like two rows of spaced leds. I actually dug out the old lenses to see if I could get them over the LED but one dropped and broke. :/

[Tgubser]

I agree on the LEDs they belong on big trucks & just don't look right on our older projects