Gary's 65.....Final Chapter
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Update........Got all the wiring except for the dash finished.......got the shift linkage and Dakota Digital Position Indicator finished.......Got the Power Steering hoses all installed........Got the Radiator and Heater hoses finished......All that's left to do is to get the Transmission cooling lines installed (Hopefully the correct fittings will show up today).......Now it's time to get inside and get the Dakota Digital dash installed.........Then off to the Exhaust shop.......The Engine compartment looks a lot better with all the wires gone........
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Got a lot done today.........Took the dash out and got the Dakota Digital gauges installed......Got the transmission cooler fittings and lines installed......(thanks Tom Munch)......Radiator is full.....Just need to get the Dakota Digital modules hooked up so we have the gauges working when we start it......Going for exhaust on Monday.....
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Looking good. The gauges will be a nice compliment to the swap. I considered the DD gauges for my car. My only real gripe with the GTO gauges was the paring of the oil, volts, temp and fuel. You would think that the oil and temp would be pared together. One of the reasons I went speed hut. OCD probably doesn't count as a real reason anyway!
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Ken and Gary, really great swap and I appreciate the formula you have worked out on the builds you do. Start with a good car that doesn't need months or years of work / fabrication before you can enjoy it. The end results you have are spectacular. Yeah, I am on year two of a 48 Suburban LS build.
By the way, did you do a thread on the suspension upgrades for this one? I think I looked through all your threads Ken and I didn't see it.
Thanks guys.
By the way, did you do a thread on the suspension upgrades for this one? I think I looked through all your threads Ken and I didn't see it.
Thanks guys.
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Well..........Gary drove the car to the Muffler shop this morning........one little problem.....We had the car off the ground while filling the trans with fluid......we ran the car thru the gears checking the fluid and setting the shift linkage........we noticed the speedometer wasn't working and I thought it was a programming issue so we didn't worry about it......The main focus was to get the exhaust system on, then tweak everything.........so.....here we go, we leave the house at 8 am with no exhaust......Pretty loud.......As I'm following Gary.....I'm wondering why he doesn't shift the trans out of low gear.....Luckily we driving on low speed limit roads and only had a couple miles to drive......So...we get into the Exhaust shop and I ask Gary why he drove in low gear..........He said the trans wouldn't shift out of low..........Hummmm!!!!!..........WTF !!!!!!........Gonna have to make some phone calls........So.......After dropping the car off, Gary gave me a ride to Frame-Up Wheelworks to pick up the Nomad..........while there I asked them if they ever heard about that issue with the GM connect and cruise system..........They said "Yep"!!!!!.........Just happened to us.......Seems that GM has two small harnesses that are made to plug into the speed sender on the back of the trans.......I plugged in the wrong one........Darn......That explains why it didn't shift and the speedometer not working.......So..........While the Car was up on the lift getting the Exhaust made......I stopped there and changed out the harness........Now when Gary pick's up the car it will shift correctly........
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Well.......................The exhaust shop did a great job on Gary's car.......and.....the trans shifts perfectly and the speedometer works (with the correct harness installed ....LOL ).......the other issues we had with the Dakota Digital system cleared up by themselves when we cleared the check engine light codes (when first started it was looking for the O2 sensors).......found out from the Dakota tech that the fault was overriding the function of the dash displays...........And.......Gary, driving the car with the new LS3 engine can't believe the torque and power the engine makes over the old big block.........LOL........and that's with a 3.08 rear end gears........a 3.73 and a posi unit are in the near future..........Another LS convert.......
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Well.......................The exhaust shop did a great job on Gary's car.......and.....the trans shifts perfectly and the speedometer works (with the correct harness installed ....LOL ).......the other issues we had with the Dakota Digital system cleared up by themselves when we cleared the check engine light codes (when first started it was looking for the O2 sensors).......found out from the Dakota tech that the fault was overriding the function of the dash displays...........And.......Gary, driving the car with the new LS3 engine can't believe the torque and power the engine makes over the old big block.........LOL........and that's with a 3.08 rear end gears........a 3.73 and a posi unit are in the near future..........Another LS convert.......