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Low84 · 12-18-2013, 07:29 PM

Ok so I might have rushed into this one. The engine is an lq4 off an 05 H2. I picked up a throttle body off an ls1 camaro. I thought this was a bolt on affair. Does that tube pivot or am I going to snap it if I try rotating it?

ls1nova71 · 12-18-2013, 09:17 PM

The easiest way to fix this is to get a throttle body off a van from '03-'07 or so, since they use that intake and are DBC. If that's not an option, you can take the fitting out of the throttle body and plug it, you only need one fitting and the one in the intake is harder to plug. I tapped the hole and put a plug in mine.

Matt Cramer · 12-19-2013, 09:04 AM

I ended up breaking the manifold fitting while trying to remove it with a pliers, so I simply stuck some RTV on a bolt and threaded it in to plug the manifold hole.

Blackpony · 12-19-2013, 10:51 AM

the tube on the throttle body should be able to pivot around.

Wasted Income · 12-19-2013, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Blackpony

the tube on the throttle body should be able to pivot around.

Yea. It's a steel tube pressed into an aluminum casting. It will rotate. I'd stick a phillips screwdriver in it, and give it a twist. I've done it successfully in the past.

ls1nova71 · 12-19-2013, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Blackpony

the tube on the throttle body should be able to pivot around.

Yes, it will pivot around with a little effort, but you're still going to have to plug it, and it looks dumb with two fittings there. That's why I took mine out and plugged the hole.

12-18-2013, 07:29 PM	#1
Low84 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Roma,TX Posts: 774	DBW to Cable Ok so I might have rushed into this one. The engine is an lq4 off an 05 H2. I picked up a throttle body off an ls1 camaro. I thought this was a bolt on affair. Does that tube pivot or am I going to snap it if I try rotating it? __________________ 1978 stepside C10 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=468265

12-18-2013, 09:17 PM	#2
ls1nova71 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Independence Mo Posts: 4,119	Re: DBW to Cable The easiest way to fix this is to get a throttle body off a van from '03-'07 or so, since they use that intake and are DBC. If that's not an option, you can take the fitting out of the throttle body and plug it, you only need one fitting and the one in the intake is harder to plug. I tapped the hole and put a plug in mine. __________________ My '72 short bed build. http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/conver...6-0-4l80e.html 5.3 swap into my RUSTY '71 C10 http://ls1tech.com/forums/conversion...71-c-10-a.html

12-19-2013, 09:04 AM	#3
Matt Cramer Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Covington, GA Posts: 386	Re: DBW to Cable I ended up breaking the manifold fitting while trying to remove it with a pliers, so I simply stuck some RTV on a bolt and threaded it in to plug the manifold hole. __________________ Matt Cramer 1972 Chevy C10 - 4.8 swap, long bed, and maybe one dent free body panel somewhere - SOLD 4.8 LS build thread

12-19-2013, 10:51 AM	#4
Blackpony Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Aubrey, TX Posts: 308	Re: DBW to Cable the tube on the throttle body should be able to pivot around.



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