My current project

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Time for my next update, I'll try and get a few pics tommorrow for my my next update. The fuel tank is back in and my 1/2" feed and 3/8" return are plumbed and my fuel cooler is hung right behind the frame support crossmember. Got my KENNEDY pump in and wired and primed it to the CP3 and found no leaks in the system. The rear end is finished up and new wheel cylinders installed. My TCM is supposed to be in MONDAY according to UPS tracking(the TCM was overnighted on FRIDAY, but UPS decided mine was important enough I guess), and hopefully my driveshaft is done as well. The majority of the wiring is done except for hooking up my relays in the PDC and wiring in my toggles and cruise switch inside the truck. I'm running into TAMPA tommorrow and hopefully my driveshaft is ready and I'll pick up some more hose and cushion clamps to finish up my plumbing.

I took it easy today after putting in several 14 hour days and nights trying to start her up this weekend. Hopefully tommorrow I can fire it off so I can verify my wiring and new injectors, but I'm not going to rush it.

[willy]

Good luck, don't rush it brother, now is when the mistakes can happen as I am sure you know

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Originally Posted by willy

Good luck, don't rush it brother, now is when the mistakes can happen as I am sure you know

I made a few tonight, but it didn't end that badly.

Tonights update.

I don't have many pics tonight, but I did make some headway with it. I got impatient today so I got the harness mostly finished up and decided to do a test fire to make sure it was all working properly. Well the first 3 attempts it just wheeled over and wouldn't fire a lick. It was building rail pressure and such, and I had disabled the theft system with EFILIVE. So after about an hour of head scratching it dawned on me, I had disconnected the FICM because I was doing some welding on the downpipe hanger on the engine. Hooked up the FICM and after about 3 seconds of cranking she came to life. After about 20 seconds of running it must have learned the new balance rates a bit and started smoothing out it's idle and sounded pretty good. SO hopefully this will give me a second wind and I can get this thing wrapped up soon and on the road.

Now for a few pics.
Heres the harness mostly together and ready for a test fire.



Heres the new location for the glow plug/intake heater fuse. It is right underneath and in front of the ABS pump and right behind where the drivers side battery will go. This also helped in the problem that the DMAX battery cables has too short of a lead to reach to my PDC for my 95, so I used the fuse block as a junction block and hooked on the 6 guage cable from the old harness on the battery side of the fuse block and this got me a good power cable to the PDC.


And heres the PDC almost finished up. I ran out of tape so I couldn't put the flex covering over it tonight. Didn't come out to bad for a spliced together mess.(And don't ask me how many solders and splices I had to make in that one little area, it's a good thing that I like electrical)


And a special treat, the audio sucks but you get the idea.
http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=HPIM0984.flv

[willy]

Sounds like a road trip coming

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I had a shorter day today as I have to go down tommorrow and get one of the new exhaust pipes expanded so it will fit onto my CORSA muffler. I got MOST all of the wiring in and done today as well as the driveshafts. Since I needed to have the pipe done I decided to take my time and make the wiring as neat as possible. After finishing up the wiring and putting the shafts in I started her up and put it in gear to see if it would go in and it dropped into forward and reverse right away. I also did 3 starts on it with no check engine light so I may be OK in the MIL department. The tachometer works fine since I am driving it off the alternator just like a 6.5 did. I still need to check my speed outputs as I decided to try and use the ECM's and bypas the VSSB(if they don't work I left the wires there so I can hook it back up).

Heres a shot of the engine with the harness's in place(ECM and TCM will be mounted last after everything is together).





Heres the PDC all finished up.


And I spent some time and made an updated insert to go in my PDC for correct fuses and relays.


My toggle switches in and my QUDZILLA guage.


The fuel cooler and you can also see the driveshaft.


And a few underside shots to show how tight the fit is.

[cterrebonne]

that sub is going to be a beast

[Stinky_Hooker]

You are an evil genius!!!


"Frankenburban"

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I guess I've been slacking on updating this one. I got to driver today and feel her out a bit and the power of the DMAX is SWEET in this SUB. It has more power with 3.42's in it than my 6.5 EVER had with the 4.10's. I have run into a few bugs that have to be ironed out though. I'm leaving on my honeymoon on WEDNESDAY, so thankfully I have a back-up vehicle for my trip.

First off the heater return pipe from the heater cores to the lower radiator hose developed a leak in it right at the weld for the retaining arm.


So I'll have to get a new tube for when I get back. Also I have 2 codes that won't go away that I can find no reason for, P0748 and P0778. Also I have very little power in 1st gear and lots of blue smoke if I giver her more than about 20% throttle. This only seems to happen in 1st as 2nd and 3rd pulled VERY strongly. Also my tow/haul mode isn't functioning properly as it gives me VERY hard shifts when engaged and holds them out ridicuously long and provides NO grade braking what so ever. I wasn't able to get her up fast enough where I was driving to test out the OD/LO function.

The A/C doesn't engage for some reason so I'll have to do some digging tommorrow with EFILIVE and see if I can figure out why the ECM isn't commanding the A/C relay(A/C works when I jumpered it).

Heres a pic showing the TCM and you can see the ECM as well tucked in by the drivers side battery tray.


I haven't finished up the airbox yet, so for now the filter is just laying in there.


Another engine bay pic.


And a pic of the front end with my projector headlights. I did have the grill and such on it, but had to take it back off to get to the bolts that hold the drivers battery tray in place.


Hopefully I can get ahold of Brayden before I leave and get his opinion on what to check for the 2 codes and also about low power in 1st as I think it is a torque management issue.