86 GMC Short Box Engine Swap To TBI

[Creedux]

Yeah i like it too. Thats one of the main things that caught my eye. Everything that is black on the body will be chrome again ... hmmm maybe a set of 4'' or 5'' chrome smoke stacks out of the box

 

[Jims86]

hmmm maybe a set of 4'' or 5'' chrome smoke stacks out of the box

That just screams "wannabe trucker"
Coolest exhaust I have seen on a shortbed, are the old school Trans Am dual chrome tips just barely peekng out from the bottom of the bed quarters on both sides.

 

[Creedux]

Hmmm yeah thats a good point. what about exhaust like mad max's car from the road warrior ?

Before i forget the only 4 letters i could find on the computer were AWSY

 

[Creedux]

This would look BAD ASS !

 

[89Suburban]

Yeah i like it too. Thats one of the main things that caught my eye. Everything that is black on the body will be chrome again ... hmmm maybe a set of 4'' or 5'' chrome smoke stacks out of the box

Black stacks with rickety clangity flappers.

 

[Creedux]

Haha thats what i had on my 92 chevy 1 ton ... but then again it was also painted military green with a home made flat bed box
She was a great old truck ... she had a few nicknames when i owned it Dingo, The fun ton and the BLT " Big lethal truck "

 

[Jims86]

Hmmm yeah thats a good point. what about exhaust like mad max's car from the road warrior ?

Before i forget the only 4 letters i could find on the computer were AWSY

Ok, you are going to want to get on ebay and get a chip for an auto. The one in that ECM you have now, is for a Manual trans HD truck...it wont control your 700r4.
In fact, I think 89s may have an ecm laying around with ASDU in it. Which means your wiring harness is not set up for an auto trans.
I can walk you through making a trans control harness, and pinning it to the ECM, but you will need a 7747 ECM

 

[Creedux]

what electronics would be in my 700r4 ? if i remember right its out of a 89 suburban

 

[Jims86]

what electronics would be in my 700r4 ? if i remember right its out of a 89 suburban

There are pressure switches and a lockup solenoid that are controlled by the ecm. You could also go to a trans shop and have them install a lockup kit.

 

[Creedux]

When the weather is nicer outside i'll take a look but i dont seem to recall seeing any electrical plugins on the tranny except electrical for the speedo

 

[Jims86]

When the weather is nicer outside i'll take a look but i dont seem to recall seeing any electrical plugins on the tranny except electrical for the speedo

Up and aft of the shifter linkage.

 

[Creedux]

SON OF A BITCH !!! Well guys ... my 86 GM build is put to a screeching halt. At 5:22 am this morning i was woken up to a noise that sounded like a shotgun going off. For those you guys who dont know where i live im 30 minutes west of Ottawa in Canada ( Feeling the high winds out here ... thanks hurricane sandy ). Low and behold when i went outside to see where the noise came from ... yeah ... i found the source of the noise ... i was greeted to a maple tree sitting in my shop ... yeah thats right i said IN my shop. Thanks you hurricane sandy for pulling a maple tree out of the ground by the roots and dumping it through the roof of my shop. Thank god my GM wasnt in the shop last night. So before i head outside and try to start the long and tiring clean up id like to once again say thank you hurricane sandy for destroying my one and only shop * mumbles under my breath ... you bitch *

 

[Jims86]

Ohhhhh shiiiiit!

 

[bucket]

Brings new meaning to the term "Shadetree Mechanic" I guess.

All joking aside, that sucks to hear. Do you have insurance that will cover it?

 

[Creedux]

Sadly no it wont be covered, the shop wanst attached to the house for starters and it was just a home made shop that i put up myself ... regardless my 30 x 40 shop has one hell of a skylight for the time being