2000NavyZ

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starting my cam, intake, timing chain, and oil pump swap tonight. Does anyone have any pointers or any advice for me? besides be patient which is next to imposible for me...haha. well i'll post some pics and a video when its finished hopefully sometime late tomorrow afternoon im damn excited

lastcall190

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www.ls1howto.com is your friend, along with this forum, and a second set of hands. What spring tool do you have? Be patience, if something is being a **** head, take a break, come back to it. Double and even triple check EVERYTHING when you are ready to fire it up initially. Careful with the oil pan bolts, they don't like a lot of torque, and don't destroy the oil pump o-ring.

-J

Randy WS6

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have a (in.lbs.) torque wrench + ft.lbs. , make shore you clean the head bolt holes if there is any kind of dabre like water or lock tite in there it will cause a hydra-lock and crack your block ,dearing torque down.

McCs WS6

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i used ls1howto.com.. awesome directions.. a 5 year old could follow em.. definetly use it

THEE PEWTER Z™

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Ls1 how-to for sure.. also make damn sure YOU DONT DROP THE PICK UO TUBE BOLT.Its a real bitch..if you have some questions feel free to pm me and ill try to help you out via phone

lastcall190

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I used locking needle nose pliers for the pickup tube bolt. Then I got it started with a gear wrench and i was good to go.

-J

jed.only

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be easy on the oring install, setup your oil pump right, and be easy sliding the cam out nad new one in.

2000NavyZ

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i'm having a bitch of a time getting the ls1 intake out, i cant seem to get it forward enough to get my hand in the back to disconnect whatever it is thats back there. Ive been doing this alone so far and am not a mechanic by any means. I got the intake unbolted all the injectors out, water pump is out, coolant lines discon. (obviously) I think with an extra set of hands ill be able to get the intake out a few inches and be able to reach the back of it. thanks for the tips guys!

Apollo0526

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Its an electrical connection and a vacuum hose

Cole Train

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yeah the main hose goes to the brake Booster. The other is a small line that should just pop off. The connector is the MAP sensor. it pops out of the intake. also the mistake i made was not to double check the stupid O-ring on the oil pickup tube had to tear out the steering rack and all the front stuff to redo it over pain in the *** but it needed to be done~cole~

ABQ99TA

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LS1HOWTO.com take your time if something is kicking your *** walk away and come back later. The intake can be a bitch but make sure you have the back 4 bolts up and out of the block. Use tape or zip ties to keep them up then dont be scared, pull up and little forward on the intake. Be carfull, you will most likely break the oil sending unit. Don't let it kill your drive, you can get one at Napa for $40 if you break it. PATIENCE TAKE YOUR TIME YOUR CAR WILL THANK YOU FOR IT. Get a strong magnet to help with the keepers on the springs, take your time and your car will be a killer!

Travis99LS1

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the only thing i can say is dont use pen magnets to hold the lifters up

2000NavyZ

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if im not supposed to use pen magnets what the hell should i use?

lastcall190

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I oiled up a wooden dowel so as not to get any splinters in the motor, and sanded one edge down to a point so it went in easier. Cost me $.89.

-J

Randy WS6

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The reason the intake wont come forward is because the brake booster vac. hose is hung on the oil pressure sender, This is were a lot of people has problems and brake off the sender. And the intake bolts drop down a hang in the runners

lastcall190

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+1...^^^ Going on what he said, a trick I used for my intake bolts was to use some clothes pins. Cheap, and real easy to use in a confined space.

-J