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Old 07-08-2020, 11:19 AM   #1051
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Yep, hook up that multimeter and you have a winner...or a looser and you re-do it.

I've not done the thinning of the PCM like you did, and I hooked it up with with all the connectors attached to the wires, but it does looks interesting. Where/how did you learn to thin the harness?
from Brandon aka the "Godfather" of LS Swap wiring - he has a *****in' website lt1swap.com that has all the detail of the pin outs and does a three part video series on You Tube on how to do it wire by wire, I watched the videos a dozen times there is a lot going on in them and he does not edit anything out, please give it a go

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Old 07-08-2020, 12:23 PM   #1052
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Aren't you the same guy who was posting temps because it was so hot?

Also, why is a tilt an old guy accessory?
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Old 07-08-2020, 01:31 PM   #1053
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Aren't you the same guy who was posting temps because it was so hot?
yes too hot to wrench not too hot to Hot Rod, ha ha

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Also, why is a tilt an old guy accessory?
AC, tilt, cruise control, power windows, power seats, not necessarily old man accessories just don't belong on a Hot Rod, those who do miss the point - less is more (and I'm right and everyone else is wrong, ha ha)
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Old 07-08-2020, 01:54 PM   #1054
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Had not seen his video. I will be watching it, thanks. I'm thinking LS for the 54. I mean what old guy needs more than one carb'd truck?
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Old 07-08-2020, 02:01 PM   #1055
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Had not seen his video. I will be watching it, thanks. I'm thinking LS for the 54. I mean what old guy needs more than one carb'd truck?
LOL, careful an LS Swap is a gateway drug to Turbo!!!
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Old 07-08-2020, 04:33 PM   #1056
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Turbo? Hmmmmm
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Old 07-08-2020, 05:58 PM   #1057
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nice wire monkeying!
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Old 07-08-2020, 06:14 PM   #1058
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nice wire monkeying!
thank you, the Struggle Is Real!
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Old 07-08-2020, 06:55 PM   #1059
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um, thank you?!

says the evil man who stood proud in my driveway couple years ago and planted the seed of LS swapping using the reverse Jedi mind trick - all I wanted was to live a simple carburated SBC life and chase endless oil leaks and tangle yet another timing light cord in my radiator fan whilst timing the arcane distributor, ha ha
Hahaha!

I'm just getting caught up here. I didn't mean for you to really do it...

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Old 07-08-2020, 06:59 PM   #1060
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As usual I overlook the obvious, I was thinking more like wife standing in doorway with hands on hips...."What Now"....😲
He hasn't mentioned her to me in a while. Maybe she's adapted to his antics. I'm a little concerned he may have swapped her for an LS.
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Old 07-08-2020, 07:06 PM   #1061
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Re: A '54 named Busty - Setting The Engine Pinion Angle
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so picked up one of these protractor gauges and checking what I guess may be called engine pinion angle, for years I relied on my eyecrometer for engine placement and my trusty butt-o-meter for driveline wobble, but trying to graduate to the next level, so any insight is appreciated, the first page i Googled said 3° on the enjin so shooting for that
Just checking. I'm not familiar with that device. Does it give you a measurement relative to the truck, or is it degrees off of level, so you need to take vehicle rake and slope of your garage slab into account?
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Old 07-08-2020, 07:56 PM   #1062
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Option A - Long and Strong nothing Wrong just some air flowing Along...
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Old 07-08-2020, 10:17 PM   #1063
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Hahaha!

I'm just getting caught up here. I didn't mean for you to really do it...

Twice...

So far...
you out of all people should know you can't leave me unsupervised for any extended period of time!!!
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Old 07-08-2020, 10:20 PM   #1064
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Just checking. I'm not familiar with that device. Does it give you a measurement relative to the truck, or is it degrees off of level, so you need to take vehicle rake and slope of your garage slab into account?
the latter and I know my garage slopes forward (as evident by a pile of sockets in the two front corners of the garage at the end of each project, ha ha) however when I set that dial gauge on my garage floor the rise over run was negligible so I called that a zero and shot for 3° of engine slope downess towards the rudder
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Old 07-08-2020, 10:24 PM   #1065
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He hasn't mentioned her to me in a while. Maybe she's adapted to his antics. I'm a little concerned he may have swapped her for an LS.
we observed a couple days of no spoken word after she gently moved my thinned out and perfectly laid out wiring harness in the middle of the wiring [ahem] living room to my office
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Old 07-09-2020, 01:32 PM   #1066
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gonna roll my own fuse block

simple design, two relays, a main power relay and one for the fuel pump
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Old 07-09-2020, 06:12 PM   #1067
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Cool. I have a similar setup for headlights, fuel pump, etc. I like it a lot.
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Old 07-09-2020, 11:00 PM   #1068
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Cool. I have a similar setup for headlights, fuel pump, etc. I like it a lot.
cool, mind sharing a pic, I would love to see the brake lights, reverse lights, turn signal break down you done did please?
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Old 07-09-2020, 11:08 PM   #1069
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cutting, taping, thinning
extending, soldering, untaping, zip tieing, doing it again
shortening, lengthening, arranging, rearanging, doing, undoing,
removing, adding, heat shrinking,
wrapping, unwrapping... doing it again!

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Old 07-10-2020, 03:47 PM   #1070
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I should be able to get you one next week. I’ve moved beyond the wiring room living phase (at least for now) and she at the body shop getting an estimate.
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Old 07-10-2020, 03:59 PM   #1071
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I should be able to get you one next week. I’ve moved beyond the wiring room living phase (at least for now) and she at the body shop getting an estimate.
oh boy, exciting times, let us know what your Go Fund Me link is?
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Old 07-10-2020, 08:44 PM   #1072
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scored a PCM tray out of a '97 S10 - I really like these as installation is a snap! ha ha literally
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Old 07-11-2020, 09:04 AM   #1073
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just waiting on more parts to finish up the fuel lines and the wiring harness, was hoping to fire her up this weekend but that may not happen now
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Old 07-11-2020, 09:22 AM   #1074
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That sucks! A perfectly good weekend and waiting on parts. I'm sure you can find something to work on, so it will still be a good weekend.
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Old 07-11-2020, 01:03 PM   #1075
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That sucks! A perfectly good weekend and waiting on parts. I'm sure you can find something to work on, so it will still be a good weekend.
Ah yup, progress not perfection
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