Well progress has been made today, however I don’t have any photos to go along with the update unfortunately.
Motor mounts fully installed and tightened. Fought with the passenger side motor mount bolt for a bit longer but finally got it inserted. Would have been easier to either pull the AC compressor or install the body side mount then bolt it to the motor but oh well, unfortunately there isn’t a “how to” for these swaps so you just have to live and learn.
Got the flex plate to torque converter bolted together and the remaining transmission bolts and starter re-installed.
Got the harness all connected minus the battery connections and the BCM plug since I still need to finish running my OBD2 wires, and loom the wiring.
Realized I didn’t swap the transmission mount from the 06 to the Alpha so I got that swapped over (they’re the same but the Alpha mount was completely collapsed).
Ran the fuel lines just to realize they won’t work. The connections are both pointing in the same direction (motor and body side), and twisting the engine side of the fuel line to get it to connect causes kinks in the braided portion of the line so I need to figure out a solution, but will probably use a combination of the old fuel lines and the new (alpha) fuel lines with a few inches of fuel line to connect them. I’m by no means devastated by this as the lines were showing some rust and I was extremely surprised GM routed the fuel lines like they did around the exhaust. Just seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I will try to route the fuel lines high up on the floor with some heat wrap around the connectors.
Started running the transmission cooler lines (yes I should have done this while the motor was out) but realized the oil filter drain funnel thing on the front crossmember is in the way since I’m using the Alpha power steering cooler so I need to pop that off. It won’t be used anymore since the V8 filter and drain plug are both at the rear of the engine.
Tomorrow I will finish getting the transmission lines run and hopefully resolve the fuel line issue. After that it’s a matter of dropping in the rad & condenser, running coolant hoses, changing/filling fluids, finish wiring the OBD2 port, then fingers crossed it doesn’t catch on fire when sending power to everything.
Motor mounts fully installed and tightened. Fought with the passenger side motor mount bolt for a bit longer but finally got it inserted. Would have been easier to either pull the AC compressor or install the body side mount then bolt it to the motor but oh well, unfortunately there isn’t a “how to” for these swaps so you just have to live and learn.
Got the flex plate to torque converter bolted together and the remaining transmission bolts and starter re-installed.
Got the harness all connected minus the battery connections and the BCM plug since I still need to finish running my OBD2 wires, and loom the wiring.
Realized I didn’t swap the transmission mount from the 06 to the Alpha so I got that swapped over (they’re the same but the Alpha mount was completely collapsed).
Ran the fuel lines just to realize they won’t work. The connections are both pointing in the same direction (motor and body side), and twisting the engine side of the fuel line to get it to connect causes kinks in the braided portion of the line so I need to figure out a solution, but will probably use a combination of the old fuel lines and the new (alpha) fuel lines with a few inches of fuel line to connect them. I’m by no means devastated by this as the lines were showing some rust and I was extremely surprised GM routed the fuel lines like they did around the exhaust. Just seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen. I will try to route the fuel lines high up on the floor with some heat wrap around the connectors.
Started running the transmission cooler lines (yes I should have done this while the motor was out) but realized the oil filter drain funnel thing on the front crossmember is in the way since I’m using the Alpha power steering cooler so I need to pop that off. It won’t be used anymore since the V8 filter and drain plug are both at the rear of the engine.
Tomorrow I will finish getting the transmission lines run and hopefully resolve the fuel line issue. After that it’s a matter of dropping in the rad & condenser, running coolant hoses, changing/filling fluids, finish wiring the OBD2 port, then fingers crossed it doesn’t catch on fire when sending power to everything.