If you need a swamp cooler to work on it, how come no AC to drive it?
Martin
Martin
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Bertha,picking up where Shewheeler left off.
- Thread starter FRIZZLEFRY
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xenomarine
1/2 ton status
I'd really like to see you get a garage up to 70 mph on the highway.
I was driving my Blazer through some trails the other day, surrounded by trees, in Low - Low range, wishing my AC worked.
Martin
Martin
y5mgisi
1 ton status
You guys do have the correct flywheel /spacer combo for your engine and Trans right?
Thats why I asked but I noticed he had a 5.3 so I guessed it was the dished flexplate that just needed the holes oblonged. I know the flat 6.0 flexplates need the adapter.
FRIZZLEFRY
1/2 ton status
What Xeno said
As soon as my Summit order gets here I will have the spacer
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Correct, but, with the dished flex plate and an older trans you still need the spacer. but it goes to the rear of the flex plate and is only there to support the torque converter snout.
With flat plate:
crank, spacer, flex plate.
with dished:
crank, flex plate, spacer.
With flat plate:
crank, spacer, flex plate.
with dished:
crank, flex plate, spacer.
FRIZZLEFRY
1/2 ton status
I do have the dished flex plate but the pilot on the converter didn't go in to the end of the crank. So I have a spacer coming that you tap into the back of the crank so the converter pilot has something to center on.
Nice learning more and more about the Ls swaps. I'm paying close attention to this one as I have a th350 I plan to swap over. May have missed it but what are your plans for vss? I know people can tune around that but prefer the vss.
FRIZZLEFRY
1/2 ton status
Got the crank spacer in my weekly Summit order, I cut up my ORD crossmember, and a box O goodies showed up from Ruff Stuff (via the person at the wrong address it was delivered to 
)
Wanted to tig up the crossmember but I spent 4 hours over two days trying to work out weld/welder issues with no luck. Gonna finish the other tube with the mig.
Basically took the top half of the tubes off and filled the opening in with 12ga.
And my box of Ruff Stuff stuff
)Wanted to tig up the crossmember but I spent 4 hours over two days trying to work out weld/welder issues with no luck. Gonna finish the other tube with the mig.
Basically took the top half of the tubes off and filled the opening in with 12ga.
And my box of Ruff Stuff stuff
FRIZZLEFRY
1/2 ton status
Im going to start off without one and see if I have any issues.
Hey that surgery on the ORD cross member looks pretty familiar. 
y5mgisi
1 ton status
FWIW, I ran my 5.3 without one in my burb for quite some time and never had any trouble.
I don't have a VSS in my Blazer either (6.0 LB4), the only issue I have is the occasional stall when I go from heavy load to clutch in off throttle. If I had a VSS the ECM would keep the idle up higher unless you are stopped, if you're running an auto I doubt you'd have this issue.
FRIZZLEFRY
1/2 ton status
Hey that surgery on the ORD cross member looks pretty familiar.
I did a quick search this morning and didn't see anything. Maybe I didn't word it right.
I think most people don't. I'm not unless I have issues that it will take care of.
Cool, most of the swaps I was reading about where cars and not trucks. Hope it works out.
FRIZZLEFRY
1/2 ton status
Killing the engine when putting it into gear with my auto was a possible issue I had talked about with Kevin and Jason at Pac Fab that a VSS could be the solution to.
I wanna get all the little bulls*it that Im dealing with out of the way so I can get to getting this thing running already
FRIZZLEFRY
1/2 ton status
Sh*t moves around a little when you cut it up and a little more when you heat it up boogering it back together
This doesnt look scary at all
This doesnt look scary at all
I was going to modify mine the same way to clear the pan.
chevysmithz71
1/2 ton status
Holy crap!! I don't think the, "wear safety glasses" symbol had this in mind. Ha
