Andy's 66 Caprice LS Conversion

[jy211]

Originally Posted by Zoomin

Apparently Ken won't work on anything that has dust!

[kwhizz]

Well.......Dave and Greg came over today and helped out putting the engine in the car......Took all of about 5 minutes.....Now the fun starts......Andy cut off the trans mounts from the frame......got the cross member installed and tack welded the mounts back in.......Brent will do the final welding tomorrow....(he's a real welder....LOL).......On with the assembly.....

[kwhizz]

More.................

[kwhizz]

The leg is now getting back to normal and things are starting to move again.......Didn't say anything yesterday, but if you look at the picture below, you will see the front Chinese header bolt is missing......I was using a air ratchet to draw them in and the bolt as it was running down just snapped off.........Talk about getting pissed........That was a signal to go take a Nap.......It was in an accessible position, but getting the drill started in the center of the bolt to drill it out in an area that wasn't the best to see what you were doing.........went to the shop today and thought it thru....Made a bushing to go into the header flange with the metric tap drill size in it.......put it in and it centered the drill perfectly.....drilled thru the bolt and retapped the hole.......problem solved......







Now that my Blood Pressure was down to normal, I went on and finished getting the Front Drive set-up installed........Headers installed on both sides and got the frame trans cross member mounts all welded in.......Time for a nap again (a good one this time)

[waynieZ]

Nice looking install, you guys do good work.

[kwhizz]

Went and picked up a yoke for the transmission and got all the dimensions for the Driveshaft that is being made at Don's Automotive in Kenosha.......Also got the fuel line and Filter installed and completed.......then I installed the column shift linkage........moving along......Driveshaft should be finished today

[SSLance]

Very nicely done...as always. It' almost like you've done this before once or twice.

[kwhizz]

Looks like Photobucket is back to normal.........So.....Here are some update pic's....Picked up the drive shaft today and got it installed....







Made a mount for the GM fuse panel and got it mounted....



Got the mounting plate for the ECM and TCM..........Then installed the unit in the car.....

[kwhizz]

Got the front drive belt installed.........With this set-up a 99.5" belt fits perfectly.......



Got all the A/C hoses made and installed.......





Wiring is starting to be put in place



Radiator is in temporarily.......Need to modify the mounting holes........Keith's bolted right in.......Hummm.....



Mocking up the air intake system...........Getting closer



Starting to look like a completed project.........





Going for the exhaust system next Thursday........Don't know if I will have it wired and running by then, but, if not it will be flatbedded............

[kwhizz]

Just about finished under the car.......By moving the trans cross member back a couple inches, it now made the E-Brake cable way too long.........had to cut it to suit and make a new stop feature for locking the cable........worked out perfectly.....






The transmission cooler lines are in and installed......Just needs trans fluid......





Also got the heater valve and lines finished up also......