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I decided I was going to struggle more installing the wiring after the fuel lines than I would doing it vice-versa, so I tackled that next. It wasn’t too bad figuring out how it was supposed to be run. I have it all hooked up as much as I can right now with the exception of the 4wd part of it -...

Lookin’ good!!

This is better.

Yup, that’s it.

I’m pretty sure I got it from The Stop Shop, but I’m not seeing it listed on its own. I bought it a couple years ago. https://www.thestopshop.com/search?q=stainless+armor

I just looked at this again and realized the proportioning valve is higher than the reservoir. I’m going to have to lower that.

Got a few things done this weekend. First I gathered up all the metal bits for the front clip besides the inner fenders (because those have already been blasted and painted) and wire wheeled all of the rust and loose paint off. Then they got degreased and left to dry overnight. The next day...

Yup, DM-V2s.

I’ve been looking for some different 20” wheels to use in the winter that would clear the larger brakes. I wasn’t finding any clear information on what would definitely fit that I was willing to spend money on…..and I wasn’t really willing to guinea pig a bunch of wheels either. I got lucky...

Lots of cleaning, painting and installing parts this weekend. Dad sandblasted the exhaust manifolds, but unfortunately uncovered a large crack in the driver side one, so he purchased a new Dorman manifold for that side. I painted both of them with Design Engineering silicone exhaust paint. The...

A couple small things done since the last post. I got the lower intake installed and was going to install the new distributor, but then remembered we were going to prime the oil system so I changed gears….err rather ground gears. I ground the teeth off of the distributor gear on the old...

Got the engine, trans and transfer case installed today. My dad and brother came over so the 3 of us could do it together, since the 3 of us together had taken the engine and trans out of his truck earlier this year. We decided to get ambitious and preassemble and install the engine, trans and...

Oil pump and oil pan got installed this week. I got the valve covers stripped yesterday and today painted them and the long block. I cleaned the upper intake as well as I could and I still wasn’t happy, so I threw some aluminum paint on it. I also got the lower intake ready for installation...

I got the valvetrain all cleaned and installed today.

The power steering/hydroboost hoses have started leaking, so I replaced those today. The front has some looseness, too, so I decided to take a look at that…. I found that the rag joint was adding a lot of slop, so I replaced it with the 137,000 mile one out of the red truck - a good improvement...

A couple more pics that wouldn’t fit in the last post. The studs have plenty of thread on them even with the 15mm spacer. And I have 4mm of clearance between the wheel and the caliper.

Time for new front brakes. I had gotten all the good out of the drilled and slotted ones that were on it when I bought it. I had been seeing other guys in a 3rd Gen Escalade Facebook group installing the 2021+ Tahoe PPV brakes on and that it was pretty much a bolt-on. Kind of pricy, but seemed...

I bought it direct from Super Steer back in 2020. That’s too bad it’s discontinued. I was afraid they were going to discontinue it when it went on sale a year or so ago.

Transmission is all done, except for the front cooler line fitting - I ordered the wrong one. Besides converting to 4wd, I also inspected everything to make sure it was good. I found the direct drum had some wear and so did the outer sprag race, so I ordered good used parts from Global...

I hoped to have the trans all done today, but I was only able to get through the drivetrain. The front endplay was too large so I had to take a few things back apart to get it within spec. I wish I had checked the endplay before I took it apart, just for funsies…..I don’t think I changed...