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Managed to get the drivetrain in place today. Had to modify my engine leveler to clear all the sensors and intake. Cut a new piece of 3/8” plate 25” long to clear everything. The engine is just sitting on blocks. I may get lucky an be able to use the stock oil pan. I wanted to see the stance with the weight of the engine! So far it looks like I nailed it
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Finished the motor mounts today. Was going to use the original hydraulic mounts, but they were too bulky. Wouldn’t have enough room for my steering. So I cut down and modified my small block mounts. Cut plates and drilled holes to weld them to. Everything fits well. I’ll be able to use the stock oil pan. The front of the pan is curved and follows the contour of the rack and pinion. Looks like it was made to go in there! Now onto the firewall blister. Man I’d love to have a power hammer with a shrinking die. You make enough cuts and beat the crap out of it you can get the same results. I’ll see how it turns out?
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Here’s some pictures of how the firewall blister turned out. Left me with lots of clearance. Welded a 3/8” rod to the inside of the firewall first. That gave me approximately a 1/2”rounded corner. Lots or welding/grinding, but it came out pretty nice
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I was wondering what that piece of sheet metal was going to be. Impressive!!!!
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jeeze nice dang fab!
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Absolutely great sheet metal fabrication. I've been following your work and it's been great to see what and how you did. Thanks
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Thanks everyone for the kind words. I just utilize what I have to work with. I started the blister by bending it around a telephone pole in the yard
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I built a small compartment into the left inner fender to house the engine electronics. I was going to run everything into the cab, but real estate in theare is limited. I plan a making a door so it has a clean look. Turned out pretty good. Have all the necessary parts for the 2wd conversion ordered, so probably next week. Also have the parts to wire my fuse panel ordered to finish making the harness stand alone. I decided to go with the PWM (Pulse Width Modulated) fuel pump. So I wired that plug back into the ECU. I kept reading that I would likely have idle issues going the LS route. Rockauto has the pump assembly and the control module for a reasonable price. Just plugging away one piece at a time
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That's some slick fab work. Keep the pics coming!
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Did you order a fuel pump to match the donor vehicle?
So are you going to be the next Brendan (LT1swap) and show everyone how to do a standalone Gen V harness?
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Yes... I’m going to buy the same fuel setup as the donor in pieces from rockauto. Just cheaper that way!
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Worked on some small stuff today. Finished the cover for the electronics box after adjusting the harness to length. Then I made my gas pedal bracket. This weekend will be the transmission tunnel.
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Finished most of the transmission tunnel today. Still have to fill in the football shaped piece. I plan on pulling the engine back out to do that. I left the tunnel square because I plan an building a center counsel over it. Also received all the 2wd conversion parts. You can see it’s completed in the last picture. That was really easy. I was hoping the transmission mount was the same, but it wasn’t. Back to rockauto
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Just about finished with the stand alone harness. You can see that I’m bolting the fuse/relay panel to the inside of the access panel. Still trying to figure out which wire I need to hook up to the ignition switch. All the diagrams show the switch going to the BCM (body control module) then just a dashed communications signal (no wire identification) to the ECM (engine control module). If anybody knows what wire I am looking for I’d appreciate some advice
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Nice work...as usual!! Enjoy watching the progress!
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nice and clean work as always!
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Had to finish a little project before it gets too cold up north. The interior of my garage was still in primer. Took a whole weekend but, it’s painted!
Now onto gapping everything...boring stuff. Finished the fender/hood and the right side door/B pillar. Still have to do the fender/door on that side and the hood/cowl. Goal is to have it all in primer by the end of the month.
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Took a week off to get the truck in primer before it gets too cold up here. Finished the right hand door gap. Then I started the disassembly, cleaning metal and doing touch ups as I go. Finished the gas pedal mount and the trans blister after removing the engine.
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Here’s how the left inner fender ended up. I now have the ECM, TCM, FPCM (Fuel pump control module) and fuse panel (mounts to the door) all tucked in there. I also cut some louvers for ventilation. Should keep everything cool. More to clean tomorrow and hopefully prime on Thursday
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Still cleaning parts. Supposed to rain here tomorrow so priming on Friday now. Had to adjust the front section of frame. The core support was resting on 1” shims and the frame was also lower than the bumper. So a little pie cut and now the front of the frame is 1” higher.
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Progress... about half of what I needed primed is done. First picture is my pile of clean parts. I’ve used POR15 on the underside of the hood and backside of a all original sheet metal. It’s amazing how much time it takes to prep for primer
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Looking good. It takes time to do a proper job. A good base is essential because the base is what everything else depends on. Poor work here could mean your expensive paint job peels off later.
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Couldn’t agree more ds. If the foundation sucks the rest is likely to fail! Here’s yesterday’s progress. Filled in the inner cab corners. I removed the junk collectors
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Most... but not all is in primer! Ran out of time and primer. I decided to round the top rear corner of the doors. Been a busy week off in the garage.
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