My 92 6.0 Build

Hello everyone Just starting to figure out the site and have been doing tons of reading.My truck is a 92 SB that I bought new in 93 it was a Mark 3 conversion truck with a 4.3 5 speed with 250k miles .It has been setting about a year .Was going to put a 383 with vortec heads but I equired a 2002 6.0 with 20K miles for $500 bucks could not pass that up! It was just a long block . Found a Harness and reflashed ecm on ebay .Just Chevy trucks they also sold me all the other stuff I needed like intake ect.got my engine mounts trans dapt ,shonefield headers from jegs .
This got me started on the build.Got the engine and transmission out .to find out that you have to remove the lower control arms to remove the engine mounts(what was GM thinking)LOL
Well at that point I was ready to fit the engine in the frame used the stock v8 mounts from parts store found that they didnt quite line up with the holes in the frame so I slotted them about 3/4 " upward and they lined up great not to big of fan of slotted holes in the engne mounts so Iput a few short welds on them after I bolted them down . I decided if Im going to go that far its time to do some painting as well as replacing all the front end parts and brake lines.
I hate a dirty engine bay spent several weekends and evenings taking the front clip off and everything off the firewall,and cleaning getting ready to paint .(the truck is going to get some bodywork and paint when I get all the done with the mechanical .
After getting the frame cleaned up I primed it with PPG DP50 and painted it with nason single stage urathane black.
Got the firewall cleaned up and painted it with PPG DBC base clear Bahama Blue .
I am Painting The radiator support and inter fenders today Just waiting on epoxy to dry .Bout time to go put some color on them Ill be Back

Pics!! Sounds like a good build

sounds like a nice project going your way!! pics brutha pics

Ok I guess im an idiot but not sure how to post pics LOL but I have a few Help me out. We got the engine and transmission in the frame and installed the walbro 255 in the tank cut the tbi fuel lines just below the firewall used earls compression to 6 an and run to the fuel rails to the push lock fitting I got from jegs (dont use the jegs brand an hose fittings they are made in china and are a pain in the arsh to get the hose in) Been kinda chomping at the bit to hear the motor run so friday night we wired the harness up and fired it up ( needed a little motivation)Man I never heard a Ls uncapped they sound pretty good for a stock motor ( Ive been out of the game for along time used to have a super pro bracket car .Kids and self employment kinda shut that down LOL)I got the the Radiator support and inner fenders painted today .

Get a photobucket account and load your pics on there. Then, copy the [IMG] link on the picture and paste. Sounds like a fun project.

Subscribed and waiting on pix, your doing the exact swap I want to do.

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Sorry for the delay on getting some pics posted ,Guess I a dumb Ass when it comes to figuring it outLOL.

looks good man, looks to becoming right along

Looks good to me too! I wish my frame was as rust free as yours is. The only way I would have mine looking like that would be to totally remove the body and media blast it. That would have taken too long as I needed the truck for weekend trips to the mountains.

I spent several hours wirewheeling the frame rails what a suck job! I still have to do the back yet not looking forward the that it is the dirtyest part of any truck in this part of the country! I got the bed off to do the fuel pump and Im also putting a fleet side bed on it.Any one need a brand New gm tail gate for a step bed in the box I have one Gm discont.them I bought it several years ago and now not going to use it.PM me if your interested I need one for my fleet side.

We Havent been able to work on the truck for a couple days. Need to get back on the wiring and get that mess cleaned up Trying to deside where to put the the computer leaning on the drivers side interfender .also have to decide what I have to keep on the old computer (if I need anything) oil pressure gauge and everthing else except the temp (that I havent got hooked up yet)works with the old ecm unplugged. waiting on some stuff I got ordered Rad. support mounts,ect. to put it back on the truck.got a question about the temp gauge ,can the head be drilled out and tapped on the rear pass. side to put the old style temp sencer in it? its 3/8 NPT? any help woud be great Just dont know if there is anything behind it to hit? Wish I would have did it while i had the motor out but I think I can make it happen

As for the PCM, I laid mine between the master cylinder and the driver's fender. It fit rather nicely. I'll see if I can get a pic of it for you.

I left my old computer in. I thought I may have needed it but later found that it probably wasn't necessary.

The oil pressure guage: I bought an adapter from off Ebay for an M16 thread to 1/8 pipe thread to use my original oil pressure sending unit.

The temp guage: I purchased a new sender from NAPA and bought an M16 die off Ebay. I rethreaded the sender, removed the block plug right above the starter, and installed the sender there. It worked well. It may read a tad cold since it's taking it's readings from the block instead of the head, which is where all the heat is generated.
I have heard of guys drilling and tapping the head as well as buying adapters to fit the old sender to the head.

I used the 99 ls1 temp sensor in the front drivers side had.It has three wires 2 go to your new pcm and one goes to your gauge.Some people say it doesn't read correctly on there gauge but mine works perfect in my 1992 pickup.Where are you located? I am interested in the tailgate.
Hre is the one i used http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/pr...onversion.html
I didnt like having the adapter and temp sensor in rear passenger side head because it made putting the plug in #8 cylinder a real pain in the a$$
Joe

You dont sound like you are qualified to work on that truck. You got any good help?

Just some dumbass ford mechanic!LoL Welcome to the site ,Learning anything ?

He is Also Pretty Hard on I beer stash! Igot that Long board from jeff you ready to mud up that Jeep!

PM Me on the Tailgate I live in Missouri

Not trying to hijack this thread but here's some pics of my conversion. Hopefully these will help others with a similar swap.
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The coolant tank came from a Suburban diesel along with the driver's side battery box.

The auxiliary power block came from a similar donor truck. The relay box came from a Japanese vehicle.

The new fuse block was an Ebay item.

The guage package also came from a similar junkyard truck.

Looks like you did a good job ,you should do a build thread on the project.

Why the presurize coolant tank?

First off, thank you for the kind words. In hindsight, it probably would have been better to start a different thread.

As for the offer, it's always there. If your current dash doesn't work out for you, just PM me.

I installed a new radiator made for a 99 Silverado with the LS engine. The one from the donor truck was beat and my original one wasn't nearly as large as the LS style. Plus, the LS style radiator had the proper fittings for the throttle body steam line, oil cooler and trans cooler. Also,the LS style doesn't have a radiator cap, so a pressurized coolant tank is necessary to maintain coolant pressure. I got the one out of the donor truck, but due to differences in body styles, there really wasn't any way to mount it effectively. When I saw the one in the junkyard from the OBS diesel Suburban, and the fact it was a bolt in replacement to the original recovery tank, it was a no brainer.

Well hope to get back on the truck this weekend ,Going to a swap meet tomorrow needing to find a few things I bought a aluminum radiator off ebay but my rubber pads from my 4.3 radiator wont fit .this radiator has a 3 1/4 " tank and is a 34" core.Also needing some electric fans ,radiator support mounts, and looking for a nice tailgate for my fleetside bed. planning on painting the upper ,lower control arms,tie rods spindles and steering box so I can get this thing out of wheel barrel mode wanting to lower the front end about 3 inches anyone know how much to cut off the springs with stock spindles or is ths a bad idea. The truck has leveling shackels on the rear but thinking about a axle flip and go back to stock on the shackels.anyone using caltraks on these trucks?Just wandering if they work or not.

I would like to see more pic's of your AC bracket, it look's like the original 95 passenger side serp. bracket, if it is how did you do it?

The bracket is the original bracket from the 350 small block.

Well it took awhile to find the link on the article, but here it is.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=510656

The only problem I had was that the tensioner was in the way of the noise baffle on the intake tube. I removed it and siliconed a plug in the hole. I also had a small issue with belt alignment but remedied that with some minor tweaking.

Awesome, thank you for that link!

Glad to help out!!!

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I used the 99 ls1 temp sensor in the front drivers side had.It has three wires 2 go to your new pcm and one goes to your gauge.Some people say it doesn't read correctly on there gauge but mine works perfect in my 1992 pickup.Where are you located? I am interested in the tailgate.
Hre is the one i used http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/pr...onversion.html
I didnt like having the adapter and temp sensor in rear passenger side head because it made putting the plug in #8 cylinder a real pain in the a$$
Joe

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I looked at link and called them they couldnt tell me what wires go to the ecm and what one goes to the gauge??????????????How did you wire yours?Dont want to order it if I dont how to wire it.

http://www.ls1truck.com/forums/lsx-t...or-wiring.html Here is the wiring in this thread and i am pretty sure the diagram comes with the sensor.