84 S-10 5.3L Sleeper "Vanilla"
08-07-2011, 11:47 AM
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Ok, I found an old Car Craft and in reading an article found reference to an older article which I found on their website.
Engine and Transmission Swap Gen III - Car Craft Magazine
Now that I know what I need to install the transmission, I am still not sure what I want to do.
Engine and Transmission Swap Gen III - Car Craft Magazine
Now that I know what I need to install the transmission, I am still not sure what I want to do.
If you don't have a flexplate, buy this kit: PACE Performance - PAC-1399 - Old Style A/T Transmissions Flexplate Package.
TH350/400 would be nice because of cheaper converters and cheaper to rebuild if you kill one.
08-07-2011, 12:31 PM
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That article just about covers it. If your 5.3 already has a flexplate, use this: PRW1800346-LS Engine to Old Style GM Trans Crank Spacer.
If you don't have a flexplate, buy this kit: PACE Performance - PAC-1399 - Old Style A/T Transmissions Flexplate Package.
TH350/400 would be nice because of cheaper converters and cheaper to rebuild if you kill one.
If you don't have a flexplate, buy this kit: PACE Performance - PAC-1399 - Old Style A/T Transmissions Flexplate Package.
TH350/400 would be nice because of cheaper converters and cheaper to rebuild if you kill one.
08-07-2011, 10:52 PM
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My brother sent me some pictures this morning. Looks like he found me a perfect tool box to use.
That should fit a battery nicely in the bed. Should be a hoot to watch people try to steal it as well. I can just imagine seeing someone grabbing it and trying to jerk it out of the bed.
I rode out to my friends salvage yard today to look for some parts for the blazer we are selling. I found a factory console for my neighbor to model from. I also found a set of bucket seats, and found a full set of dog dish wheels. He is going to get them off for me.
We got a little side tracked pulling my wife's anniversary present. Finally found all the factory stuff to put a cd-changer in her Towncar. All the mounting brackets, the wires, interior cover panels, new head unit, all of it. I even put it all in for her this afternoon to find out the cd-changer itself is bad. The cd-changer isn't difficult to locate, so not worried about that.
That should fit a battery nicely in the bed. Should be a hoot to watch people try to steal it as well. I can just imagine seeing someone grabbing it and trying to jerk it out of the bed.
I rode out to my friends salvage yard today to look for some parts for the blazer we are selling. I found a factory console for my neighbor to model from. I also found a set of bucket seats, and found a full set of dog dish wheels. He is going to get them off for me.
We got a little side tracked pulling my wife's anniversary present. Finally found all the factory stuff to put a cd-changer in her Towncar. All the mounting brackets, the wires, interior cover panels, new head unit, all of it. I even put it all in for her this afternoon to find out the cd-changer itself is bad. The cd-changer isn't difficult to locate, so not worried about that.
08-08-2011, 10:30 AM
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Given that my truck is an 84, he can't make me a plug and play harness. He can only make me a stand alone harness. Given that the truck only has about 10 wires under the hood, is shouldn't be a big deal to get everything worked out.
08-08-2011, 07:29 PM
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Put a little something on my truck tonight, LOL.
Pardon all the leaves on it.
I called my buddy to get all my stuff pulled that I found yesterday. I am hoping to get it all picked up tomorrow night.
I still haven't gotten the old TBI 350 I have sold. It is raining, and with the engine under the carport I can't get anything done on the truck. The lack of progress is driving me nuts.
Pardon all the leaves on it.
I called my buddy to get all my stuff pulled that I found yesterday. I am hoping to get it all picked up tomorrow night.
I still haven't gotten the old TBI 350 I have sold. It is raining, and with the engine under the carport I can't get anything done on the truck. The lack of progress is driving me nuts.
08-11-2011, 06:24 PM
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Picked up some spaghetti
some random pieces
a box of gears
and a block of iron
all the pieces came from the same 99 model truck, despite all being dismantled.
On a side note, Dad's little truck wasn't real happy about tuggin that much weight. Going to have to figure out what is wrong with it.
some random pieces
a box of gears
and a block of iron
all the pieces came from the same 99 model truck, despite all being dismantled.
On a side note, Dad's little truck wasn't real happy about tuggin that much weight. Going to have to figure out what is wrong with it.
08-14-2011, 09:20 PM
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Finally got around to removing the goofy poor fitting vent visors off the truck this afternoon.
I pulled the front seat out, and cleaned up the interior.
Then we started looking at how we wanted to build the console. We noticed that if we built the console to the shape of the dash, we could sneak wiring into the console from the ash tray. So we popped the ash tray out of the dash and looked at what we had. We are starting to rough in the basic shape. Not real clear on how it is going to look when we get done. We are shooting for something that looks like an old man would have built it in his garage in the 80's. It will have a padded arm rest and the super secret hidden gauge panel. Planning on a 5 inch tach, and the data port for the ECM to be mounted inside the hidden panel. If finances allow, I will get an aero force gauge to put in there as well.
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Open, where the gauges will be mounted
I pulled the front seat out, and cleaned up the interior.
Then we started looking at how we wanted to build the console. We noticed that if we built the console to the shape of the dash, we could sneak wiring into the console from the ash tray. So we popped the ash tray out of the dash and looked at what we had. We are starting to rough in the basic shape. Not real clear on how it is going to look when we get done. We are shooting for something that looks like an old man would have built it in his garage in the 80's. It will have a padded arm rest and the super secret hidden gauge panel. Planning on a 5 inch tach, and the data port for the ECM to be mounted inside the hidden panel. If finances allow, I will get an aero force gauge to put in there as well.
Closed
Open, where the gauges will be mounted
