I started my TKO swap yesterday and it's been interesting so far, but because of hang ups and problems I still have yet to even get the driveshaft off. Here is what I have for questions.
For those that have the UPR smog delete and a vortech, did you have to buy a new serpentine belt? For some reason after putting it in the belt touches itself to the right of the tensioner, when obviously it didn't before.
How the hell did you guys undo the thermactor tubing to the back of the heads! Maybe it's the long tubes that are getting in my way from the bottom, but I can see no way of getting them out from the top. I figure I can wait until I pull the tranny and do it then, but I'm curious.
Do you guys use a swivel on the driveshaft bolts? I can't get a standard socket/drive wrench on, and a combination wrench doesn't give me enough torque to break them free. I didn't have a swivel tonight otherwise I would have tried, just curious.
Those with the MM adjustable cable setup (with at least their OEM style cable and firewall adjuster), do you have any problems with the cable coming out of the adjuster? The cable is so dang tight and unflexible that it doesn't stay in all the way. It came rolled up fairly decently so I'm hoping it will relax a bit now that isn't anymore. It may help once I hook it up to the quadrant and get everything together too, just curious again.
I am hoping to stop having these little issues, and I really hope I don't have that dreaded vibration after all is said and done. It doesn't help that I've been working at night, but it's all the time I have right now until Tuesday. I'll keep updating this thread if I have more question along with progress and such.
By the way, it only took me 5 minutes to undo the nuts on my exhaust pieces, but it took dang near an hour to get the pipe out! I've never seen a pipe wedged so tightly into muffler. I had my feet pushing on the mufflers and my hands pulling on the - part of the H, and doing every other thing. Jeesh, pictures to come once things start looking pretty. Thanks guys.
For those that have the UPR smog delete and a vortech, did you have to buy a new serpentine belt? For some reason after putting it in the belt touches itself to the right of the tensioner, when obviously it didn't before.
How the hell did you guys undo the thermactor tubing to the back of the heads! Maybe it's the long tubes that are getting in my way from the bottom, but I can see no way of getting them out from the top. I figure I can wait until I pull the tranny and do it then, but I'm curious.
Do you guys use a swivel on the driveshaft bolts? I can't get a standard socket/drive wrench on, and a combination wrench doesn't give me enough torque to break them free. I didn't have a swivel tonight otherwise I would have tried, just curious.
Those with the MM adjustable cable setup (with at least their OEM style cable and firewall adjuster), do you have any problems with the cable coming out of the adjuster? The cable is so dang tight and unflexible that it doesn't stay in all the way. It came rolled up fairly decently so I'm hoping it will relax a bit now that isn't anymore. It may help once I hook it up to the quadrant and get everything together too, just curious again.
I am hoping to stop having these little issues, and I really hope I don't have that dreaded vibration after all is said and done. It doesn't help that I've been working at night, but it's all the time I have right now until Tuesday. I'll keep updating this thread if I have more question along with progress and such.
By the way, it only took me 5 minutes to undo the nuts on my exhaust pieces, but it took dang near an hour to get the pipe out! I've never seen a pipe wedged so tightly into muffler. I had my feet pushing on the mufflers and my hands pulling on the - part of the H, and doing every other thing. Jeesh, pictures to come once things start looking pretty. Thanks guys.
