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You are depriving the trans of cooling. It is going to die now

I'll see how it goes. I'll probably move the cooler up anyhow.

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On the way home now with a new to me L33 5.3L      

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Well she's all hooked up an running. Great oil pressure compared to the old motor. Only problem is that the shift cable broke, and now I have to wait for a new one. Ugh! It's always something.    

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Better night time picture.  

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Chris Senior Enthusiast

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Might as well do a large cooler with AN fittings and Teflon lines now

Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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Might as well do a large cooler with AN fittings and Teflon lines now

I was thinking of doing that too. Not to that extent, but now that you mention it why not.
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The cost is why not. Almost 300 for the cooler itself. Then quality lines and fittings will run you at least 200

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The cost is why not. Almost 300 for the cooler itself. Then quality lines and fittings will run you at least 200

Good God! Maybe not then.

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All my lines and fittings are Eaton Aeroquip. I also had not assembled a teflon line in years, so i had it done. Teflon is not as easy to work with as Rubber.

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All my lines and fittings are Eaton Aeroquip. I also had not assembled a teflon line in years, so i had it done. Teflon is not as easy to work with as Rubber.

That's good to know. I may make it a future project.
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Looks great Daryl. I think your trans will be fine if you don't do a lot of towing and it beat on it.

 

What brand bar did ya go with?

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Looks great Daryl. I think your trans will be fine if you don't do a lot of towing and it beat on it.

 

What brand bar did ya go with?

Thanks. I went with a cheap one from Amazon. This is it:

 

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Light bar is wired up and working.

 

 

 

Relay mounted

 

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Grounds

 

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Power

 

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Routed the wires through the firewall grommet

 

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Looks awesome!

Thanks. I love it! For $46 it's bright enough for me. Haha!

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So the J-Channel weatherstripping I ordered from Ebay to fix my headliner came.

 

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Here is what the headliner looked like to start with:

 

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Here it is after I stapled it:

 

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Installed:

 

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Do want. Do need.

 

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Yea I'm glad I found it. I'm going to get one for the passenger side too. I won't have to worry about a headliner for a while now.

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