94 1500 Progress

[RedHeartbeat]

http://www.ls1truck.com/forums/gathe...01-09-a-2.html

There are a lot of videos in there.

Me getting beat by the trailer queen.
http://www.allensrodeophotos.com/Ste...9/DSC_0189.m4v

There are three others of my truck in there, bergundy 93 with chrome front and black rear wheel with slicks sticking out of the fenderwells.

[keniff]

well had to call summitracing this morning! the guy who helped me said the 800-154 would work, well it didnt. it's a freaking 5/16 tube i should have paid more attention. well it's fixed i have the 800-155 on the way and my SS fittings too.
im in the process of pulling the motor. i have everything out the way and the AC on the side (not upside down) i have to take the hood off and pull it. then onto cleaning, painting, and getting the harness out the truck and ready for the new one. then i have to take the throttle cable out and get the 98 like redheartbeat mentioned. i also need to figure out how to keep my cruise control (is that ran off the stock computer?) if so can i just leave it hooked up and tuck the wires behind the dash neatly?

[RedHeartbeat]

04 drive by wire harness/PCM compbinations cruise is controlled by the PCM, no external cruise module, just hook the control wires to the PCM. You'll need a diagram to see what wire goes where.

[GasGuzzler]

Signal wires from cruise switch go to Throttle Actuator Control (TAC) module mounted on firewall with the 2004 DBW system. TAC send UART message to PCM for cruise operation, PCM sends Class2 message to stock IPC (you don't have) to turn on the cruise light.

Here is where the wires go TAC-wise...

[keniff]

thanks gasguzzler for the diagram!
thanks redheartbeat :thumbsup: you have helped me most with my swap. also i was wondering, if i replaced my carrier bearing do i need to have the driveshaft rebalanced? it looks like i have to press i off and the new one on.

[RedHeartbeat]

No rebalance on a carrier bearing swapout unless you did something to bend the shaft. If you're building for racing then have the shaft balanced anywhere from 6000 to 5500 RPM, if you can find someone in your area to do that.

[keniff]

ill have to do that! its got 224k on it so its getting new u joints and carrier bearing

[keniff]

i wish i didnt have to take the damn coil spring out! whats the easiest way of doing this? coil spring compressor? i dont want to drop the truck bc its a DD an i have to drive through mud so i need all the height i can get

[r6z4o6]

Drop the coil spring on a 94?
Put the frame up on jackstands, remove the shock, put jack under lower control arm, jack it up a litttle biiiit to take up the slack, remove balljoint nut, hit spindle with hammer, lower the spindle out of the way. VIOLA!!

[keniff]

Drop the coil spring on a 94?
Put the frame up on jackstands, remove the shock, put jack under lower control arm, jack it up a litttle biiiit to take up the slack, remove balljoint nut, hit spindle with hammer, lower the spindle out of the way. VIOLA!!

true but i gotta hold back up on the motor mount bolts so i was thinking of cutting a hole an bringing the truck to work and just cover the hole back up with our mig (cut it where the oil pan would be) if i cant find a coil spring compressor