LOGANSTANFORTH
WORKIN' MAN'S DOLLAR
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I'll not mention the shop (from south Florida) that has its sticker in the back window of the truck or the fact their employee that did the install loves butt connectors and electrical tape..
I'll list the known issues...
1. Wiring to interface eveything from the gas truck to the 12 valve/47RE is completely hacked. It looks like something Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles wired. THIS IS WHERE THE MOST HELP IS NEEDED!!! Most of the gauges dont work in the dash but the sending units work fine (pulled the gas sending unit last night to verify operation). Anybody got a diagram or anything to help me fix this mess, they still have stuff wired into the ECM mounted on the passenger side firewall. The fuse box on the driverside inner fender is just as bad with random wires just plugged in places for power.....
2. Fuel system is hacked, no pickup in the tank, just a tube running down to the bottom, they used cheap rubber line that I can assure you is collapsing under suction, they spliced multiple sections of line together in the engine bay and most of it is leaking, they used crappy hose clamps, all of that will be fixed with blue push-loc hose and proper fittings. The fuel system should be hosed like this if I remember correctly, tank, fuel line, lift pump, then what appears to be a fuel heater or something next to the pump, then to the filter, then to the fitting at the AFC end of the injection pump, then the return line coming from the timing cover end of the injection pump returning to the tank. There is also a line coming off the AFC housing that just dumps into mid air. Luckily I've got a 100% factory p-pump truck that I own I can atleast go to for some help...
3. Battery cables, or lack there of, I wouldn't of used that size of cable to wire the battery on a riding lawn mower, so we have to go down to the battery shop for all new cable and terminals. Should there be ground cable/straps from the block to the frame and body to the engine as well? Personally you can never be too grounded in a vehicle. All of the ground cables are probably a foot or better to long.
4. Probably going to have to have a new rear driveshaft built cause the two piece one in there is scary at best, you can see the bed floor is mashed upwards from the bottom where it appears they slung a driveshaft out of it at some point.
I'll list the known issues...
1. Wiring to interface eveything from the gas truck to the 12 valve/47RE is completely hacked. It looks like something Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles wired. THIS IS WHERE THE MOST HELP IS NEEDED!!! Most of the gauges dont work in the dash but the sending units work fine (pulled the gas sending unit last night to verify operation). Anybody got a diagram or anything to help me fix this mess, they still have stuff wired into the ECM mounted on the passenger side firewall. The fuse box on the driverside inner fender is just as bad with random wires just plugged in places for power.....
2. Fuel system is hacked, no pickup in the tank, just a tube running down to the bottom, they used cheap rubber line that I can assure you is collapsing under suction, they spliced multiple sections of line together in the engine bay and most of it is leaking, they used crappy hose clamps, all of that will be fixed with blue push-loc hose and proper fittings. The fuel system should be hosed like this if I remember correctly, tank, fuel line, lift pump, then what appears to be a fuel heater or something next to the pump, then to the filter, then to the fitting at the AFC end of the injection pump, then the return line coming from the timing cover end of the injection pump returning to the tank. There is also a line coming off the AFC housing that just dumps into mid air. Luckily I've got a 100% factory p-pump truck that I own I can atleast go to for some help...
3. Battery cables, or lack there of, I wouldn't of used that size of cable to wire the battery on a riding lawn mower, so we have to go down to the battery shop for all new cable and terminals. Should there be ground cable/straps from the block to the frame and body to the engine as well? Personally you can never be too grounded in a vehicle. All of the ground cables are probably a foot or better to long.
4. Probably going to have to have a new rear driveshaft built cause the two piece one in there is scary at best, you can see the bed floor is mashed upwards from the bottom where it appears they slung a driveshaft out of it at some point.
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