Chris's toy (Sandtrap1986)

crash2 · Nov 26, 2012

My original plan was to go hardline all the way to the rad/cooler but after some thought I came up with "thats a bad idea" due to movement of the body to the frame. So I ended up going hardline to rubber at the rad.

Cooler mount I made and all mounted up. The hardline dives up with a short section of hose. From the cooler to the radiator is all hardline (tough piece to make) and wraps around the other side of the rad.

p/s cooler also mounted and body notched for the hose to pass thru.

Sandtrap1986 · Nov 26, 2012

Will be up tomorrow to drop off a few things ...hopefully... Got the dip stick, tail light plugs, steering box piece... Anything else you need?

crash2 · Nov 26, 2012

So the trans cooler setup is all done and the rad is in for good--time for some cooling stuff. I found an upper rad hose that seems to fit quite nice and its funny because its a toyota hose. Its an upper hose off a carbed motor with a 20/22r motor since they have a slight dive (unlike an EFI version that has a little U in it for the air inlet hose to clear).

For the heater hoses that was pretty simple. Since the toy stuff is basically 5/8" for the 4.3 all you need to do is swap the fitting on the intake since its for a 3/4 hose and the other water fitting on the pump is 5/8". In the past I have used the hose with a pre-formed 90 bend near the end and they come in a few different lengths (gates makes them). As you can see with the pre-formed 90 it really makes them fit nice.

So I just gotta figure out the lower radiator hose and the cooling sysytem will be done.

crash2 · Nov 26, 2012

Sandtrap1986 said:
Will be up tomorrow to drop off a few things ...hopefully... Got the dip stick, tail light plugs, steering box piece... Anything else you need?

Nothing I can think of and just got word my machinist buddy is finally getting to the steering shaft so that will be done and ready shortly.

Sandtrap1986 · Nov 27, 2012

Okay sounds good

ain'tstuckjustresting · Nov 27, 2012

crash said:
So I just gotta figure out the lower radiator hose and the cooling sysytem will be done.

I tried a stock hose from a '96 Blazer. I had to trim a few inches off one end but other than that it was perfecto.

crash2 · Nov 27, 2012

ain'tstuckjustresting said:
I tried a stock hose from a '96 Blazer. I had to trim a few inches off one end but other than that it was perfecto.

Once nice thing about the parts store I use I get the "go ahead in back and look",lol. But ya I am thinking a gm lower hose be it a v8 or 4.3 will work--just gotta dig thru them.

ain'tstuckjustresting · Nov 27, 2012

Yeah I just walk in the back and start grabbing **** off the walls too. They don't even blink anymore.

WA-Wheeler · Nov 27, 2012

crash said:
Once nice thing about the parts store I use I get the "go ahead in back and look",lol. But ya I am thinking a gm lower hose be it a v8 or 4.3 will work--just gotta dig thru them.

Where do you go crash??

crash2 · Nov 27, 2012

WA-Wheeler said:
Where do you go crash??

Highway auto on the right as you head outa town.

WA-Wheeler · Nov 27, 2012

crash said:
Highway auto on the right as you head outa town.

That's what I thought, good guys there (broke up a head gasket kit for a Jetta for me cause I destroyed one gasket) Duane who works there lives a few houses away from me... :awesomework:

crash2 · Dec 2, 2012

Finally found a lower radiator hose and fitment was pretty good..

Next will be getting the steering done up since thats the last piece before it can go get exhaust...

crash2 · Dec 11, 2012

Ok so I am back from vacation and jumped right back into it. I spent the day just doing odds/ends on the rig once I got my poor shop all cleaned and re-organized.

The stock toy fitting for the return on the steering box is straight vertical and I wanted a better fitment. Chris is supposed to be bringing me a new fitting but I had one laying around so I went ahead and built a new one.

Once that was done I could now finish the return portion of the steering.

I still need to get a steering hose and once I get the needed fittings from Chris I can get it done but I still need to get a good hose. This is a used one that I had marked for the application as its perfect for how I mod them to go from the gm pump to the toy steering box.

crash2 · Dec 11, 2012

So I filled the cooling system up and damn if I didn't have a pinhole at the neck. So I pulled it off, fixed it and got it back together--no more leaks there.

For those who know me and one of my signature things I do--here is the coolant res tank,lol..

Also got the grill put back in. For those pesky clips that like to break--here is my fix for that..

So while I was gone a long awaited box showed up--his shifter..

So next I will go ahead and get shifter stuff figured out but I gotta do some reading. I have heard about guys not running a kickdown cable and this trans has a plug in its place--so I gotta get that figured out.

MORT1 · Dec 11, 2012

I like that shifter, more info on it?

crash2 · Dec 11, 2012

MORT said:
I like that shifter, more info on it?

I'll dig that up for ya...:awesomework:

stealthrunner1 · Dec 11, 2012

MORT said:
I like that shifter, more info on it?

Here ya go Mort!! i have one of these in my buggy to!!!

http://www.wideopendesign.com/Product/97/Art-Carr-Winters-Shifter.aspx

:awesomework::beer:

Sandtrap1986 · Dec 11, 2012

Coming up Wednesday to drop some stuff off mike .....:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: glad the shifter finally came any new needs? Got the hose part thing

crash2 · Dec 11, 2012

Grab a th350 pan gasket/filter. I gotta pull the pan to fix the dipstick tube and I would grab it but I have cleaned out my petty $$ I have.

So just a toy p/s hose and the return fitting on the steering box and anything else I had on the list previous.