My current project

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Trans is done now. Got it all back together and everything measured out within speck except my C1's were a little tight(I have .082" and MIKE reccomended .090-.105, the next plate thinner would have given me .125 though). Still waiting on my connectors for the trans lines though, the GM parts book lists the wrong ones for an 01 so I hope he got me the right ones comin now. I'm hoping tommorrow I can get it close to going back in the BURB.

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Got some more done today.

Here's the trans all finished up with my yurple converter in it.



And the two mated back together just about ready to go in the BURB.



I got the new firewall sound pad installed today and hopefully tommorrow I can get a little welding done and slide her in for the final time.

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Well today was a productive day. Got the engine and tranny back in the BURB, installed the front diff, transfer case, and the front driveshaft. Got em all in and tightened down and most of the accesories on it as well and filled the front diff, engine, transfer case, and tranny up with fluids. My next BIG project will be wiring followed by installing my intercooler, then installing a 1/2" feed line from the tank up to where ever I mount the lift pump at, and then swapping out the rear gears to 3.42's. I also called up ALLIGATOR PERFORMANCE and ordered a CORSA muffler, DIAMOND EYE 4" SUBURBAN exhaust, and an AFE stage 1 intake. My EFILIVE came in last FRIDAY as well as a new 1410 series yoke for my 14 bolt. Hopefully my TCM gets back from Brayden here soon as I will need it once the wiring is finished up.

And now for some pictures.

The engine bay with the new sound pad installed.


And later on in the day it all came together.



It's a TIGHT fit, but you can just get to the fill plug to fill her up with fluid. I did have to grind alot of the ribs off of the extension housing though to get clearance on the torsion bar crossmember.


And the 01 front driveshaft dropped right in and fit perfectly. You can see in the pic though that the shift lever for the transfer case is just barely missing the tranny, so I will have to grind part of the transmission mounting boss off to clear it.

[cterrebonne]

awesome job man.

[nymack66]

I promise I will NEVER referred to my outboard work as a "Project" again after reading this post.
You are doing one heck of a job here , not in my wildest dreams will ever manage a project like this.
Good Luck and keep us posted

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Originally Posted by nymack66

I promise I will NEVER referred to my outboard work as a "Project" again after reading this post.
You are doing one heck of a job here , not in my wildest dreams will ever manage a project like this.
Good Luck and keep us posted

There all projects, I sort of turned this one into an adventure though.

Today's update.

Well I started the day by removing the fuel lines from the donor and putting them in the shop to put on tommorrow. Then I decided to tackle the wiring and get started there. Managed to get most all of the old engine wiring out and most of it laid out as to how to put the new back in. I also pulled the cluster out and redid the glow plug circuit as my 95 powered it but the DMAX grounds it.

The cluster is out and wiring getting sorted out.


The cluster before.


And after. You can see the jumper I installed to the power that would have been for the DRL(my 95 doesn't have daytime running lights) to where it used to be grounded. Picking the copper off the plastic is alot more work than you would think to boot.


Midway through cutting out the engine and uneeded connectors.


End of the day. Got almost all of it out and can start taping it back up tommorrow after I fix some of GM's SH!TTY splices. No wonder these trucks have developed so many grounding issues, GM did some HORRIBLE splices inside of the wiring harness's.



I always end up with a few extra pieces after a project like this.

[willy]

Ferm I think you have forgotten more than most of us will ever even know.
Hope it goes smooth from here for ya