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i still cant send you PM's. it says that youve chosen to not recieve them. heres the message i was tryin to send.
hey sorry i just got your message from the weekend. my girlfriend checked my messages cuz she had my phone and forgot to tell me about all of my messages until today:bash:im guessing you already figured everything out by now?
hm thats wierd about my PM's.. the reason I called is because I was just wondering if you had taken the valve covers/front timing cover off for a reason. It was just odd that they were lossely on their, and that I needed to put gaskets on those.
Also, what year intake manifold did you give me? It seems to only have one fuel line, and I have two coming off of my truck.
Ducky I have an intake manifold off of a 04 6.0 which has two fuel line connection comming off of the drived side fuel rail...i believe this would make it a fuel return system....you can have it if you want it...it will need a through cleaning since it came off of a flood vehicle.....if this will help you out let me know
heck, its been so long im not even sure why i had the front cover off. if memmory serves right thats the cover that i took off of the Ls1 so i could use my newer cover becaues i was 100% that my gasket was fine...im 95% sure that the gasket on that cover is fine too. i wouldnt wory about it. i didnt even realize that it was a returnless fuel rail on the intake. sounds like gator has the hookup though:cool:
Ducky, make sure you put your crank pulley on before you tighten the front cover.
Yeah there actually wasnt a gasket at all on the front, but its no worries I replaced those and the valve covers anywayQuote:
Originally Posted by TXsilverado
Yeah the crank pulley was on, I actually meant the back cover was off of the engine.Quote:
Originally Posted by foggy
The intake I have is brand new, I wonder if I could like switch it out at the dealership for another one. I doubt they will let me do that. But that 04 intake you have, how bad of a shape is it in? Also my engine is an 01, so wouldnt I need to take the throttle body off the 01 and put it on the 04?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gator
Ducky man i don't know, it looks good but who knows? It would probably cost you $20 to $25 to get it there...u might be able to find one in a junk yard localy for the same price.....Quote:
Originally Posted by duckysbht
I'm probably gonna end up going and finding one at a junkyard. I would really like to wrap this up by the end of the weekend, but who knows.
You know the rear cover has to be centered on the crank or the rear flange will burn through the seal and spew oil into your bellhousing.
We tightened it like the book said. But I mean isnt it only going to sit one way since there is like 10 or so bolts that basically will center it up to the rear of the engine?
I just put the cover on with the seal installed and the seal will center up the cover. I bolt the oil pan on without a gasket installed to align the front and rear covers and tighten the two bolts that hold the covers to the pan first and then the ones going to the block. I've never had a seal failure. Then again I've never had an LS1 engine last 50,000 miles either. :laugh: Wouldn't that be the day.:cool:
I installed mine that way and when it was pulled off it had a bad wear spot in it....Quote:
Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat
Thing is, that's pretty much the way GM tells you do to it with an alignment tool only you're using the oil pan as the alignment tool. Unless you have the tool that aligns it side to side then there is really no better way that I've seen or read about. How have you been installing them?
If my memory serves me right the seal lip faces inward so when you push it on it has a tendency to pop outward. I used a piece of string to walk around the flange and pop it back out then I installed all the cover bolts finger tight with the oil pan on with the gasket, the oil pan was already TQ'ed down to spec then I aligned the two bottom bolts and eye-balled the gasket to make sure it wasnt off bad then tightened everything down. I wish I had that kent moore tool set, one day I will have it.
I just want to get the damn engine in and fired up.
The rear seal comes with an installation tool from GM. That's what that white thing is in the middle. Leave it in the middle and just push the seal onto the crankshaft.
The only thing that I replaced on that rear cover was the gasket when I went to take the broken bolt out of it..