my first ls swap 1996 2 door Tahoe 4wd 385 Stroker to LQ4 cam headers **pics**

[jetmech]

Lookin good man! Can't wait to see the finished product. BTW, very nice job cleaning up and painting the engine.

[myzterray]

Lookin good man! Can't wait to see the finished product. BTW, very nice job cleaning up and painting the engine.

thanks! this is my first time doing alot of the stuff im doing on this truck. thanks again for the parts!

[myzterray]

here we go again..today i finished up the carpet. got it put in all all the holes cut. also grounded down the little tabs on the poly motor mounts. i was told those would give me problems when it comes time to drop the engine in. still have to get the attachment for my dremel to grind the holes on the flywheel. but as usual here are some pics.







tommorow ill proably finish up the back and get the seats back in.



i want to paint the interior as well but right now i want to focus on getting the engine in and running. have to set back the harness a few weeks because im going out to vegas then buffalo for thanksgiving.im probably just going to order a new one from nelson. so far i heard they are the best and after all this wrok i been putting in i would love for one part of this to be very simple. im the meanwhile just becaus eim going to try to modify the harness i have now. hey why not. i found some awesome step by step guide
http://lt1swap.com/2000harness.htm
im going to try it and see how it goes..and of course ill be taking pics and stuff.

[Minime168]

here we go again..today i finished up the carpet. got it put in all all the holes cut. also grounded down the little tabs on the poly motor mounts. i was told those would give me problems when it comes time to drop the engine in. still have to get the attachment for my dremel to grind the holes on the flywheel. but as usual here are some pics.


tommorow ill proably finish up the back and get the seats back in.



i want to paint the interior as well but right now i want to focus on getting the engine in and running. have to set back the harness a few weeks because im going out to vegas then buffalo for thanksgiving.im probably just going to order a new one from nelson. so far i heard they are the best and after all this wrok i been putting in i would love for one part of this to be very simple. im the meanwhile just becaus eim going to try to modify the harness i have now. hey why not. i found some awesome step by step guide
http://lt1swap.com/2000harness.htm
im going to try it and see how it goes..and of course ill be taking pics and stuff.

Carpets looking good man! And Id definitely go with nelson if you cant figure it out on your own. Even if you do.. for reliabilities sake id still look into nelson.

[silverado_lover]

The company I bought my harness from makes a good harness...I think he may have been one of the contributors of all the info on the lt1swap page since his email is @lt1conversion.com

[myzterray]

The company I bought my harness from makes a good harness...I think he may have been one of the contributors of all the info on the lt1swap page since his email is @lt1conversion.com

yea i read his whole site and used it as a guide to start doing my own harness. i figured why not. what i need to find is a guide on the best way to integrate my stock harness with the ls harness

[myzterray]

so i decided to take a crack at this wiring harness stuff last night. i got about 3 hours in and fell asleep. seems pretty straight foreward just very tedious. ill probably try to finish up tonite.

started taking the harness apart




here it is all laid out


started labeling the wires










not sure where these plugs go to. the website shows a harness for 99-02 so i guessing these have something to do with the TB?



and this plug? i have it labled as speed sensor because it was near the trans stuff.

[myzterray]

Carpets looking good man! And Id definitely go with nelson if you cant figure it out on your own. Even if you do.. for reliabilities sake id still look into nelson.

thanks bud! its all coming together pretty good i think. yea i got my start with this car stuff installing sound systems. im pretty good when it comes to wiring. i took a crack at it last night. pretty tedious but nothing i couldnt handle. ill probably still end up ordering one from nelson. your about ready for a test drive right?

[RedHeartbeat]

Oring looks like an oil pump pickup tube oring. The trans part is the PRNDL switch.

[PitchBlackC3]

The part from the heater hose is the cut-off valve for the heater core. Only the SUVs had it on the old body style. It uses vacuum controlled by the AC unit to shut off the flow to the heater core when the AC is in use. You can eliminate it or plumb it into your new heater lines. You would have to add the vac lines to the intake if you want to use it and there should be a solenoid that attaches to it on the vac line.
I would just ditch it, like I said before, none of the trucks had it only the SUVs. That part is prone to develop leaks too.