Well the engine is in. I got a chip #16198069 for the computer and used the original wiring harness and all. I have to lengthen the plug for the oil pressure gauge switch (which I broke so I have to buy a new one- $26) and I need to buy a new O2 sensor because someone stepped on it while it was out of the truck and broke it in half. (another $50). And I broke the the fuel return line trying to bend it to fit. So I gotta get a connector to fix that.
The motor mounts didn't line up and I had a hell of a time with those. Ended up mounting them to the engine, dropping the engine in place, then welding the motor mounts in place. I wasn't going to try removing the engine again just to drill new holes for the mounts. That tranny was a royal bitch to line up and get connected to the engine. I ended up getting it real close and just using the bolts to pull it the rest of the way together. Not going to do that again.
The exhaust did not line up. The pipes going to the exhaust manifolds were too short. I tried using the Y pipe from the Caprice, but the clutch slave cylinder is in the way. So I have to weld the two together to make something work.
And the idiot who I paid to put a replacement 4.3 in it (he put a junkyard engine in that was DOA.) didn't put the clutch hose out of the way and it burned a hole in it. So I have to either find a coupler or buy a new hose. Since those things are around $100 I will do my best to find a coupler that works.
And there are plugs that I don't know what they go to now. I can't find anything to plug them into. There is one that went to the EGR valve, but the one in the 5.7 doesn't have anything electrical coming out of it. So I don't know what to do with that. And there are a couple more that have me flummoxed. But I figure if I can get to run, however badly. I can take it a qualified mechanic who can hook everything up the way it needs to be.
So I got everything hooked up as best as I could, poured some gas into the throttle body, put the chip in, plugged it all up, put a battery in, and tried to start it. FIRST CRANK it went VROOOOOMM!!!!! it ran fine until the gas was gone. I have never done a project this major before. I can't believe it actually started.
It's supposed to rain all day tomorrrow so I can't get under there and do anything else for at least a day. When the weather allows I will finish the rest of the stuff. Hopefully I will be able to post that it is on the road in a few days. It's looking good so far.
Anyone got any links to a site that might have a diagram of where all those plugs go to and what I can and cannot leave unhooked?