yello620 Posted August 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Progress. :D L motor and trans is out, engine bay is cleaned. Truck came in the garage about 12:50. Here it is at about 3:10. And again a few minutes later. Forgot to bring my sawsall to get the exhaust all the way out. Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 how much for the exhaust Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted August 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 how much for the exhaust Needs a new muffler welded in, inlet seam on the muffler is cracked, but the piping is great(unless i find a problem when i get it out of the truck). How about $25 Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 deal mine fell off in the fred meyers parking lot mon nite...that stupid ditch they dug for the new stupid ass gas station Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted August 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Wife asked me today, "Is this motor going to make your truck faster". I said, "maybe a little". 1 Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Maybe a little......... You should have told her it would spank your BMW. haaaaaaaahahahahahahaha That engine is looking good!!! Quote Link to comment
motavated Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 I would be cool with just the motor mounts. i don't want to be lifting and adjusting and welding and cutting JUST FOR SOME MOTOR MOUNTS. As long as the engine is in. Everything else will snap in place. :) Quote Link to comment
motavated Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 EXEDY HAS A SALE ON ITS VG30 CLUTCHES.... mISSED OUT! Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted August 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Spent thirteen hours straight on this today, slow going at that. Installed transmission, then installed motor. They will not go in together without cutting the core support. Jester came to help for a few hours, swapped out my dash harness to a 79 harness. I had a couple melted wires on the 76 harness and i wanted the flash-to-pass feature that was available in 79. So also changed out the turn signal switch to get that feature in the switch. Installed the driveline too. Temporarily installed the radiator, need to figure out how i am mounting my electric fan. Should be working on wiring tomorrow. Ohh, and that's for the help Jester. Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted August 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 A lot more progress today. Thanks AGain Jester. Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Wish I was a little closer to your place so I could help some more. Had a great time. Saturday we got the engine harness in, fuel pump mounted, and got started on the temporary exhaust. It was nice having two of us for that. Jason did the cutting while I stayed under the truck for trial fitting. Would have been a bitch for one guy. In the morning? Slacker!! You know the pic whores need pics. 1 Quote Link to comment
fastdadd Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 if you need a hand today i am not doing anything special Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 That looks right at home in there. Very nice work :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
jon521 Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 sweet! looks like a good fit! glad your making progess on it :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted August 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Getting my ass kicked by it today. Bending up new 5/16 hardline for the fuel lines. That stuff is miserable to work with and get to my satisfaction. Making progress though. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Now's when a 2 post lift would come in handy. I'll keep dreaming about getting one :lol: Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 It's looking really good in there, I bet you can't wait to drive it, but I also beleave your going to do it right, I just can't see you taking shortcuts now, it's been a long process for you, but in the end I don't beleave your going to have any major issues either, it's been to thought out to have missed anything major. It's going to be a thing of beauty when it is finished. Quote Link to comment
DISLEXICDIME Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 time to change your sig jason Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted August 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 time to change your sig jason Idea's?? Truck does not run. YET!!! After getting my ass kick by oversized fuel line the better part of the day, i did the last step of hooking the supply line to the tank and powering the pump. Only to find that i screwed up somewhere and my fuel supply is coming out what is supposed to be the return line in the engine bay. F. So now i have fuel in the lines and need to re-do the front three feet of line where the worst bends were. about a $5 mistake. Not too bad, could be a lot worse. But was hoping to only deal with an open fuel smell once. :( Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted August 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Yesterday: Finished up the fuel lines. Pressurized the fuel system, pump seems to be working good. Also did a bit of temporary wiring, just to see things working. Wiring needs some major cleanup, and routed properly still. Today: Did a little more wiring troubleshooting, found a faulty ignition switch(cause of the hard start with the L20b, most likely). Switch was losing ignition power in the start position. So now that i had power to the ECU when cranking, it allowed the injectors to start firing and start getting the air out of the fuel system. I also made a super ghetto intake tube, just to hear it run. It will also help me route hoses for the idle motor. And i spent less than $5 on it. Super ghetto abs pipe. But it made the truck run and also helped to remotivated the project by hearing it run. After a fair bit of cranking, it fired up and sounds really pissed. Only has about 12" of exhaust pipe off of each manifold, pipes dump just below the torsion bars right now. Still need to wire up the idle control motor so the idle will come down a bit. But i found radiator hoses that fit reasonably well, so the system is now full of water, and i have ran the motor for around 45 minutes. Engine has come up to running temperature and cycled the cooling fan several times. So happy to be loosing the L motor airplane sound. Quote Link to comment
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Jester Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 OH HELL YA!!!!! I am DEFINITELY coming over on Saturday. Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted August 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Jes, if all goes well, the truck might be at the exhaust shop over the weekend. I will find out tomorrow. Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Oh great!! Just me and the boy this Saturday and now your going to make me wait SOME MORE!?!?!?!?!?!?! Asshole! You need a ride back from dropping it off? Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted August 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Asshole! You need a ride back from dropping it off? Ya, i will need a ride. Quote Link to comment
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