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#101 |
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Re: 2wd 1977 Blazer LS swap, mild drop….escalating
When I went on pause, I was replacing the KWIK ac mounting bracket, shown a few posts ago, with the Holley mounting bracket. The Holley look fits in better with the look of the factory accessory drive on the other side of the engine.
There was an issue with the GM tensioner not fitting as it is too thick / deep between the mounting bosses. The tensioner contacts the mounting bracket at this location before seating and tightening down. A tensioner from another source worked fine. And the Holley instructions had the ac compressor mislabeled as an SD5 rather than an SD7 as shown on the label on the compressor. Anyway, using the Holley mounting hardware Holley had labeled as SD5 worked for mounting the SD7 compressor. While I didn’t like the look of the KWIK bracket, I’m not sure it was worth the work and expense to switch over to the Holley bracket. Having the new shop stool, which is an early birthday present from wife and our two daughters, helped increase the comfort working on the brackets.
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#102 |
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Re: 2wd 1977 Blazer LS swap, mild drop….escalating
The Holley provided procedure to measure for belt length worked really well. Secured the correct belt on the second try working with O’Reilleys.
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Re: 2wd 1977 Blazer LS swap, mild drop….escalating
Installing the new parking brake cables and refurbished supporting hardware was made easier with the disassembly pictures. Phone camera tech has come a long way, making zooming into detail easy.
It appears the parking brake cable will be in the way of the exhaust. Need to give that more inspection and thought…you know, when you sit there and stare at it for awhile? Doing cad cam modeling in your head working on a solution. |
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Re: 2wd 1977 Blazer LS swap, mild drop….escalating
Wife and I finished the firewall.
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Re: 2wd 1977 Blazer LS swap, mild drop….escalating
Grandson, wife and I put the body back on the frame. Though we were tired, we did have fun!
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Re: 2wd 1977 Blazer LS swap, mild drop….escalating
Looks good...Jim
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Re: 2wd 1977 Blazer LS swap, mild drop….escalating
Always motivating when you can set the body back on the chassis. It all looks really good.
Marc
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