I've been working this past week to finish up the chassis in hopes of dropping the body on it next Friday. Today was a full day of working through the checklist. Headers are installed and torqued down, as is the water pump, water neck, and power steering pump bracket. Transmission is bolted to the engine with all the bolts, and torqued, and the exhaust is all properly hung and tightened up, save for the band clamps. All the exhaust hangers were treated to a vinegar bath to remove the rust, hit with metal prep, then painted with high temp paint.
I've been trying to mate the truck fuel injectors to the LS1 intake. I picked up some o-rings and found they were too big. Turns out my orings were fine, but the cap on the injector was bottoming out on the fuel injector boss. A few turns of a 1/2 drill bit by hand in each boss, and they were opened up sufficient for the injectors to properly mount. Now I just need to get some AN-8 nipples welded to the fuel line to remake the crossover, and need to make some brackets to bolt the fuel rails to the manifold. The intake also needs to be bolted down and torqued after I get fresh intake gaskets.
About the biggest mandatory item is to get the transmission cooler lines run. Nice to do would be to mount up the power steering high pressure lines and the power steering cooler. Five more days to go. I might even get a chance to clean up the garage a little before the homecoming.
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