Steve, my 1995 K1500 Cowboy Cadillac.

[MIHELA]

With all the coolant hoses fit and attached, It was time to fill the radiator. 5.75 gallons later, I found my first coolant leak. Turns out I forgot teflon tape on the fitting for the throttle body heater. Note the modification I did to the fitting to make it clear the EGR, which I then didn't use. The block-off plate came from my 350. At some point I may run the digital EGR on this engine but right now I use that input for my wideband.

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[MIHELA]

Now for the fun part, the exhaust. I modified the original y-pipe to fit. Eventually I want to get a set of headers and make a new exhaust. Very, very temporary and I have a persistent leak on one side. I don't trust the hardware either. But anyway here's the first full mock up.

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[MIHELA]

Tidied up spark plug wires. I ended up re using the Caddy separators. I figured they would be brittle but they are quite flexible.

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[MIHELA]

As I buttoned more stuff up in anticipation of the break in, I realized that I couldn't find the dipstick for the trans. I bought it with the trans and it vanished at some point. My buddy gave me his and I filled it up with sweet sweet Dexron VI.

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[MIHELA]

Washed the accumulated grime off.

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[MIHELA]

Prototype exhaust pipe. The cat was completely empty of it's own doing. The drivers side has the PCM narrowband oxygen sensor, and the passenger side has the wideband.

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Test fitting the pipe and spink, the hardware breaks off on the driver manifold. I knew I should have replaced them, wishful thinking I guess. It goes into a blind hole too.
On the plus side I proved that you can remove the manifolds in-car.

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[Jesse_Wenting]

On the plus side I proved that you can remove the manifolds in-car

I've done this before. Much easier if anti-seize was applied during installation, especially regarding the EGR line

 

[MIHELA]

I've done this before. Much easier if anti-seize was applied during installation, especially regarding the EGR line

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[Jesse_Wenting]

I'm going to assume you haven't read any of the rest of this thread.

ngl I mostly look at the pictures lol