04' Colorado LS1 swap (Amy's Truck)

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Another picture of the ground strap, and I also got the starter permanently hooked up with wiring. Underside pictures of all the heat barrier under the truck, and wireloom wrapped in it as well. I ruined an LT1 harness from burned through wires, so I don't want to make that mistake twice.

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Picture of the fuel line running up the frame rail, the previous owner had run this engine on Mobil one the whole 100,000+ miles and the internals looked great so I decided to keep running it on Mobil One. I am using 5w-30 for the break in of the cam swap stuff, and then after that I am going to run Mobil One 10w-30. I set my engine cover on the motor just to see what it will look like, and I love how it hides the mess of wires on the top of the engine. Here are the part #'s for the transmission cooler line fittings.

4l60e fittings-925137
AN -06 hose end single sum-220690b (2 quantity)
AN -06 flare union (2 quantity)
AN -06 45 degree swivel (2 quantity)

Until next time, I'll be wiring away!!!

[Gus]

where are you located in Ohio?

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Medina, Ohio

Well not going to be working on the truck this week probably, 12 hours shifts at work to get more money for my swap!!

[Gus]

oh thats cool, your only a hour or so from me Have to meet up at truck fest or something like that

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In progress pictures of the header for the drivers side, basically we are cutting several inches out of two of the primaries and rewelding them back in place to make them fit. Its better than beating the hell out of them to where they don't flow right, got the other transmission cooler line done. Until next update!!

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First pic is of the drivers side floor pan where it joins the firewall, had to ding it in for header clearance.

Second pic is of the PNP switch, I bought a 04' Colorado PNP bare connector from the dealer for $4.90, and I used the metripak 280 series terminals to pin in the LS1 wires into the according positions.

Third pic of the fuse box is the temporary setup with fuse taps just to get power, once we get the engine running then I will go back and permanently wire them in. I got those fuse taps off ebay, 50 for $9.99 and they work really well.

Fourth pic is of the 3/8" hole I drilled in the firewall to run a bunch of wires inside the cab, basically wires for my aftermarket gauge pod I'm going to buy and serial data wire and cruise control wires.

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Some of the wires I am not using were for VATS, and EVAP system. I did not remove them from the harness, I prefer to leave the harness in tact.

Got the steering column back together today, the worst part was getting the multi function lever and circuit board back into place. That was horrible!!

I still have to buy a flexible dipstick for the transmission, as the oem one will not work with the headers and it would have to be bent so much it would probably kink it. And I still have to buy the trasnsmission fluid, which I am sticking with the Dexron 3.

I only have the wires inside the cab to deal with, which is maybe 8 at the most. I also have to make up two 24" extensions for the 02 sensors, so they can reach the headers. Until then.............