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RodsGreen10, is that your truck in your profile pic? Cause it's sweet!!! Where in Knoxville are you?

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I live off merchants dr btw

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Yes that is my truck!! I'm over here in Hardin Valley. Not that far away man.:metal:

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Let me know when you are 'done' with those headers. I will take them off your hands. :-)

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roger that but its gonna be awhile before I can afford some good ones. Till then im probably just gonna run some flex pipe to my old exhaust system.

we'll definitely get together some time! I wanna see that bad boy in person!!!!

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FYI

Those are the same ones i have on my engine run stand. I put stainless v bands on them. Good quality and not cheap junk.

Engine Run Stand Rev2: https://youtu.be/A1NX5eaUDuk

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got fuel injection assembled today

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And installed

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Couldnt help myself...I just had to see what it looked like with the covers and intake on lol

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Just figuring the belt out...

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that looks really clean!

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Thank you sir!!!

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Ok so my driveshaft is waaay too short to even consider an extended yoke. I'm looking at Denny's driveshaft but $300 is gonna tap me out till next payday so does anyone know of a cheaper place to get a custom driveshaft???

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find a local heavy truck repair shop. most have the capability to build the driveshaft you need. ITP(inland truck parts) is a big chain. i'm sure in your neck of the woods there is something similar.

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Give Aaron a call at skidmarkx off-road. He is out in Straw Plains. If he can't do something he will know someone who can.
865-617-2001

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Measure up the length you need and hit the local pick n pull. There might be something there you can use.

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dude, aarons my half brothers cousin.....I havent spoken to my brother in over six years....long story, anyway id rather not have any contact with his family but anyway...small world,lol. :smoke:

I think I may have found somebody.Its a company called post trailor. Theyre owned by some of my wifes extended family and when Sonnys driveline went out of business they bought all the equipment and are now making driveshafts.....its just all about price now. I have to call them tomorrow.:metal:

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I had thought about this but everytime i goto pull apart i spend hours and never find what i need. :(

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Yes it is a small world. I don't know him and never have used him for anything but a few guys at work use him. And from I have seen he does do good work. But I understand not wanting any drama!
And if post trailer bought all of Sonnys stuff then that is who I would def call them.

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so just in case I havent said it before Ill say it now....wiring is my least favorite part of working on cars!! cant stand it and just trying to get it over with!!!

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So I officially started my mini three day vacation today and have alot to do in that time to get this thing ready for its first start. Whats worse is we've got really bad storms coming through so I cant get anything done right now. :(

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Put your big boy pants on and get to working. Lmao. It's not raining outside now. Plus it's not going to rain the next 3 days. Hit me up if you need help man.

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HELP!!!!! Need wiring help!!! What do I tie the two wires that used to go from alternator to fuse box to??? Do I just straight wire to battery? On the ls, the red wire off back of alt goes straight to battery so I don't know what to do. Somebody help please I've only got a few days off and really wanna hear this thing fire up!!! If anyone can help, pm me and I'll send my phone number.

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I took some time off work to complete my swap but due to circumstances out of my control, I ended up having to drive back and forth to south carolina and north carolina all weekend and didnt get to finish. The good new is that my wifes aunt who was hospitalized after multiple heart attacks is doing much better and Im thankful for that!

I DID manage to get some stuff done on Steppin Wolf before all this happened though so I'll post it up!

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First off, I had to get a custom driveshaft made. Local shop did the driveshaft out of 3.5 inch tubing conplete with yoke and ujoints for $280 out the door! Suppossed to be good to around 600hp and I hope so cause once I get my cam swap and the nitrous installed I should be close to that on the bottle....hopefully!

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The brown trigger wire for the Alternator should go to the PCM, looks like that's already hooked up in your harness.

Otherwise the red wire from the charge post is hooked to the battery feed to the truck.

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Also got my fuel lines ran

This is for those of you who have never dealt with braided hose and are afraid of it...its not that big of a deal really

cut it off with a cutoff wheel to minimize fraying,and be sure to wrap it tight with duct tape...should come out like this
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push it into the base fitting and twist a little till it bottoms out then dont forget to put a little lubricant into the hose before screwing in the end....ALWAYS USE PROPER LUBRICANT!!! I cant stress this enough. lmfao!!

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Whan you're screwingf the ends on, you dont have to use these aluminum wrenches...I just happen to find one on sale for $5 the other day....I usually just use two regular wrenches and put a little masking tape inside to keep from scuffing the fittings. The important thing is that you dont try to over tighten them or they WILL strip.....they're just aluminum people!

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And this is what you should end up with

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And heres the finished product ran to my vette filter/regulator and then to my as of yet unmounted blazer tank.

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So my friend and neighbor just happens to be a welder for Lokar....and its a good thing cause I cant weld for crap! Anyway, he helped me modify my transmission crossmember

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He also runs a home business printing tshirts, coozies, pretty much whatever and does vinyle graphics as well so if anyone needs anything, let me know. He happens to be a huge C10 fanatic as well!!

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oh yea, and got this hooked up too. I bypassed the throttle body. I live in Tennessee so I doubt a freezing throttle body will be an issue.

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im not making much progress but my uncles truck is almost ready to roll

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check out the huge new meats

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Looking good man! Keep up the good work!
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Well if it's not one thing it's another. Apparently I got my engine out of one of those rare crossover 06 2500hds that came with the same accelerator pedal as a 97-04 corvette so the regular vortec tac harness I ordered doesn't fit the pedal. The good news is that PSIconversions has offered to exchange my harness for a corvette harness. The bad news is now I have to ship my harness back and wait on the new one to get here. Talk about rotten luck. I'm also having issues fitting the 4l80 into my transmission tunnel. It's hitting on the bolts from my ratchet shifter and won't got up high enough for me to get the crossmember/ mount combo under it.....even after my buddy cut and welded a new mounting plate almost a half inch down into the crossmember! I'm gonna by some hollow round stock tonight and try to make some one inch spacers and mount the crossmember an inch under the frame instead of on top of it.....kinda like the 4x4s are mounted and hope my pinion angles are still ok. It's either that or a full custom crossmember and I have no fab skills so I really hope this works. ��
Has anyone else ever had this clearance issue with the 4l80? Also, how the heck do I get my transmission dipstick tube in!!!!!????? I've been wrestling with it on and off for a week now!!!!

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what size are those rear tires and wheels?? looks sweet....

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i normally install the tube before i put the engine tranny in the vehicle. i've never dealt with the 4l80e, so i'm not much help there. is it just the bolts for the floor shifter that are causing the issues, or are there other areas in the tunnel?

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I forget...its my uncles truck. we both got them at the same time but went different directions obviously,lol. I think theyre like 28x17.5/15 or something like that. I know they were $380 each!

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Transmission is in! Dipstick tube is not. Ill figure something out I guess. I couldn't put it in before hand due to clearance issues since I didn't remove the whole front end and had to drop the drivetrain in at an extreme angle.

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modified transmission crossmember is finally in!
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And in the process of putting it in, a strand from a frayed ebrake lcable managed to piece my eyeball.

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yes thats a hole ripped out of the side of my eyeball!!

anyway....cut the bottom out of the stock ecu mount

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and this is where shes gonna live.

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Also been modifiying rear crossmember and fabbing up up a front mount for the blazer tank im swapping in ...

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Heres the custom front mount john and I fabbed up...still a work in progress and the brake tube bracket will be relocated above it.
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Ladys and gentlemen....Mr John Gray. If you own anything lokar thats been welded...this man had a hand in it. Really great buddy to have and a grat guy in general.

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all ready for the fill up and start up. hopefully very soon!!!
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funny story, I oredered a catch can but dont really have room to mount it so I sold it to my buddy who runs a lawn care business....he said his mower doesnt smoke anymore!!!

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Tomorrow after work I just have to drill two holes to mount the new front tank mount, put it in, then connect all the lines I made, run a jumper to the pump to pressurize the system and check for leaks. I have to work this weekend but Im hoping to finish all the little odds and ends and for a first fire-up by sometime next week.

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Damn dude what your eyes! I wear eye protection religiously since I got a piece of aluminum in my eye as a teenager. You are moving along fast! Should be driving it soon.

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Looking good man keep up the good work. Need to have a fire it up bbq sounds like real soon lol.