1964 GMC 3/4 ton build :D

[sdwolff98]

Hey Guys,
Got the dingo mounts in today and looking at these beauties. You can slide the engine back or forwards up to 2 inches. Here are some pics of the mounts off the engine will be painting them tommorrow after I get my errand running done along with some more work to the rear brakes. I am having to wait to have the aluminum adapter blocks shipped in apparently the dallas locations has some wuality control issues with there 6061 aluminum per the company rep today.

These are going to be some sweet mounts since they adapt to the old style mounts. Thinking might be better to powder coat them rather thatn painting since I have a powdercoat shop close by ..

Sean

[sdwolff98]

Hey Guys,
Got the engine brackets painted. Got some news from painless they are working on a l92 vvt with 6l80/6l90 harness setup. They asked me to test fit and run it but since my engine isnt even in or near running I am going to have to pass on it. They are looking for someone to test fit and do a trial run on a vvt 6l80 combo atm. Will have the engine brackets placed on the engine a little later today and go from there my wifes plans for an alaskan druise have put funds on hold until may so will concentrate on other little things while I wait such as my harness installation in the cab of the truck .

Sean

[sdwolff98]

Got some more done on my modified 1967-1972 painless harness a few more wires to add soon as I get my fuel injection harness in and speedometer wiring and will be finished and ready to install.


Sean

[Captainfab]

Those are some interesting looking motor mount adapter plates. I haven't seen those before.

[sdwolff98]

Hey Captain,

Go to Dirtydingo.com he is the guy making those mounts. they run about 150 per set. I stumbled across him a couple of months ago when I started this project.

Sean

[sdwolff98]

Next month wont be getting much done other than the brakes. But April I have 3 paychecks lol first and last to the wifes determination to go on an alaskan cruise this summer. Middle check get the machinist paid up on and start gathering the transmission parts together to get the engine and trans in place in the truck.

Sean

[trevrolet65]

Cool build! Like to see more pics.

[sdwolff98]

here is what I finished working on today took me a little while to get it together but it is done just need to paint the metal bezel now .

Sean

[sdwolff98]

here are a few more pics of getting the engine compartment ready. The booster is from a 1979 gmc 3/4 ton bought it at oreillys auto. The power steering lines were made by a shop one end has sae american threads and the other end of the power line has a metric fitting for the newer steering pump. The circled holes on the firewall I am going to be working on filling in. Just gonna go simple on it wire brush clean the areas around the holds and jb weld some metal over them. The shifter boot is for the lokar shifter I am using. the 6l80e is like the 700 r4 shifter positioning has 5 positions. 5th being the manual mode which I will do a rocker switch for since speartech knows how to wire it up. Also being doing a tow haul switch as well some where in the wiring works. The center hump you are looking at it common in the earlier 60 chevy and gmc 1/2 and 3/4 tons with a 2 speed hydramatic in em. I paid 100 bucks for the entire truck I got this one out of The steering column setup is an ididt with a splined end and DD end for the newer sterring box also a salvage part from a 79 3/4 drilled out the plastic parts that cause it to collapse in a wreck and that allowed me to shorten it to fit my truck.

[sdwolff98]

Been looking at my fuel tank Idea and going to scrap it just too dammed big lol. &0 gallons for that truck yeah wonderful but the tank is going to interere with my rear view mirror setup. Here is what I am looking at now. Just a tad taller than the bed rails 45 gallon with fuel sender and line openings.

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...6745_200306745

Found a performance shop in north richland hills today texas that is a licensced GM performance parts dealer and factory mechanic gone solo to open his own shop, been open about 10 years, and has a full dyno. Prive for a custom built harness installed is 700$ for the l92 engine and 6l80e trans he said he can do the rocker switch for the manual mode and a tow haul button button as well to match up to my lokar shifter. Gonna be modifying the lokar shifter rod to work with the 6l80e since it has the same shift number as a 700r4 ie 5 position. the guy at the shop has computers in hand the E38 series and all the other goddies to make this engine run. He has a some bracket setups specifically for the 67 up trucks as well that are package deals.

here is the link to his site. He doesn't list the custom harness setups on there he told me about them on the phone today:

http://xhpsolutions.com/home.php

Sean

[trevrolet65]

That is too cool. I like it, all that computer is above my limits, but I like it. Thats gonna be one nice truck.

[sdwolff98]

12 year sin the painful decisions and building bu t I agree but then this is my baby. able to tow rice burners down the highway without hitting the gas pedal

sean

[sdwolff98]

well got the interior wiring harness layout finished today and quite happy with it. The new fuel injection wiring will be able to plug directly into the factory harness to provide power tach and speedo now .

Seam

[sdwolff98]

ok some more pictures of the interior where the harness is going got the harness in and tenatively routed atm. now just got to take another few hours to get the center section of wiring the right length for the neutral safety and eletric seat wiring the right length now then I get to strip everything back out for august when it runs up the road to the painter in whiteright texas. I am going to take the cab to him first so he can work on it while I finish the littler details on the frame. Looking at ways of lifting the cab off by myself with my engine crane just got to figure the right angles and chain lengths to lift it levelly then set it on a rolling frame work I happen to have the whels and the 2x6's for .

Sean

[Corts60]

That is all looking sweet man. great work!

[sdwolff98]

yeah once the cab is in the body shop and going to concentrate on the frame finishings. I have a set of 67-72 dual master cylinder brake lines to put into place from a long bed series and get them straightened away plus an adjustable prop valve and do the lines on the rear axle for the new disc brakes .

Sean

[sdwolff98]

well being short of cash decided to start working on other areas of the truck that will need attention here very soon from the welders and bodyshops guys . I found that I am issing the inner wheel well brace on the driverside so am going to have to salvage one off another truck unless yall know where I can find a repop by any chance? My brother has a coouple of shortwide beds in his yard I may drop over and see what I can grab for mine. It is definistely going to need the outer well patched in several areas from the damage I found will check out one of the metal shops here in dallas and see what he can come up with to fix her side up again. Got my oak wood stained and ready to go in the carboard shipping boxes you see in one of the pictures. Got em stained cherry with a furniture restoration place in wylie . then nag rhino line of denton for a clear rhino lined bed coating to show off the pretty wood and chrome while protecting my investments.

Sean

[trevrolet65]

I might have one if my 65 is close enough to work. I'm not going to use that bed (wrecked passenger side), besides he likes the long stepper. If you want to pull it yourself, you can have it. Be going to Decater meet this weekend, but call 8172049235. Hell if you want the whole bed, take it, it'll get me closer to getting his truck done. Now thats a deal. By the way, yours is still cool!

[LiLDrumKing3]

Looking Good, any updates?

[sdwolff98]

not just yet will have some more coming up this weekend doing more work on the harness as we speak getting all the links into it for the auto trans and fuel injection. will be shooting some pics this friday for sure when i get the bedside home.

Sean

[sdwolff98]

Ok been doing a little more work on wiring in mean time while working for more money lol. Will be picking up the bed side tommorrow afternoon in venus tx from a board member . Got some pics of the gauge wiring and the engine harness is just about finished waiting on some wiring terminals to finish the fuel injection wiring section I am working into the harness for the speed shop in euless to mesh into and make it look as factory as possible .

Sean
this first set of pictures is the gauge harness wiring I am working on looking at using a turn signal connector to allow for quick disconnects from the main harness.

[sdwolff98]

This next set of pictures is the engine harness that I am nearing completion on I have to add 4 more wires into the feul injection section of this harness and it will be completed and ready for the euless speed shop. I talked to Arvil at XHP Solutions there in euless he can build a harness for my engine for about 750$ with tap shift included and a tow haul button as well .

Sean

[sdwolff98]

Well just got bad news the paint guy I was talking to was diagnosed with parkinsons so he is closing his shop so back to the foot grinfing to find a decent good and reasonably priced pint and body shop!!!! Hope he follows his docs orders and he stays reasonably healthy. Any suggestions from the north texas dallas area members for paint and body work????


Thanks
Sean

[sdwolff98]

Welp got the gauge wiring completed and the new connector in place now. Going to take a day or two and look at some other things to tear into. Will be working on the bed some more on friday evening getting the old rotted plywood out of the floor area and getting it ready to lift off the truck
I included some pics of the gauge harness connector. I left the speedo programming wire and ground seperate out of the harness since they will be quick disconnects in line on them . I used a gm tunr signal connector the 4 1/4 inch one and works great so far will tell more when the harness is in place and powered up
Sean

[trevrolet65]

That looks good. Got some work on mine 2-day too, cleaned out the bed. There's a couple of friends in Alvarado that do body work. Hope you're guy does what the doc. say's. sorry to hear 'bout that.