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Sometimes they can be stubborn and getting more room for a better angle definitely helps! Glad you got it

Pueden ser muy tercos, intenta conseguir el ángulo más recto posible al golpearlo y no seas tímido, un golpe fuerte y fuerte es la clave.

Nice!

I believe you will need a different crossmember, otherwise yes

@ I was told the OBS has extra holes to move stock crossmember back

could be, I don't know for sure

can get them cheap on marketplace, or harbor freight, or wal mart

No problem! Glad it helped!

Thanks brother!

You're welcome!

It's not necessary, but it usually doesn't hurt either, you'll need to remove the front cover to change the oil pump though.

Most mechanics can give you an educated guess as to whether or not a vehicle will make a long drive. But there's never any guarantee, I've seen vehicles that I didn't think would make it another 40 miles go for another 100,000. I've also seen vehicles that I thought would run forever blow up within an hour. You never know for sure.

@MohawkMotors thank u that is true

Easier yes, but what if you're by yourself and trying to actually drive the truck....... I'm not comfortable shifting a truck into gear while I'm laying under it with nobody in the driver seat, parking brake is not 100% guaranteed to hold the vehicle still.

​@MohawkMotors Yes. Don't ever do that or try to start across the starter or relay. I know of a few ppl who got hurt pretty bad doing those. Especially when it comes to a piece of equipment like a dozer, tractor, etc. If u had help, and the help was not a idiot or drunk, you could chock the wheels, hold the brakes, etc and shift trans in gear at transmission. I bought a late 70s thunderbird in Utah when I was a young man. Guy said he lost the cap to rad, NP and the shifter broke in colum so he had a hole in trans hump with vice grips hooked to the plastic piece that goes on shifting arm. I was dumb and bought car. Tired of walking everywhere, and got cap. Car overheated. There was a gasket issue that's why no cap was on it. Ran fine without cap. Not hood with. Sold it and got a dodge omni 4 speed with the big black button on shifter you had to depress and shift to Reverse. Gr8 car.

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Thanks Colin! You're right about the blazer, it would be a rough ride, that short wheelbase with heavy enough springs to support the diesel would probably beat up the kidneys. I've seen a few 12 valve swaps into gmt800 trucks, I don't dislike it, but I don't love it. Finding a good gmt800 to put the duramax drivetrain into seems to be getting votes so far.

Thanks for watching! I'm kind of thinking the same thing for the duramax.

They're coming!

I have to double check in the morning, I believe it's 20ft of deck, including the tilted down part at the back, and 10,000lb gvw. Would absolutely buy it again, it works great for everything I've done with it and I haven't had any issues at all.

@@MohawkMotors Awesome 😎

I have aftermarket wheels. The valve core wasn't all the way tight and was leaking

Nice.

I'll be honest with you, everybody on the internet says "just buy a V8 car, it's not worth converting" and part of why I did this was to see if that's true, and now that I've done it, I can tell you, I'll just buy V8 cars from now on. If you have an entire donor vehicle to pull the engine, brackets, wiring, and everything else you need out of, it might be worth doing, but otherwise it'll nickel and dime you wayyyyy over what it would have cost to just buy a V8 car to begin with.

Thanks! And will do!

Doesn't have to be an escalade. You just need a harness with all the right connectors and layout, a 2006 silverado or sierra with an LM7, L33, or LQ4 engine would be perfect. Could also use harness from a 2006 tahoe, yukon, suburban, or escalade with an LM7, LQ4, or LQ9 engine. Or an engine from an 07 silverado classic or sierra classic with an LM7, L33, or LQ4.

@@MohawkMotorsthank you so much for the reply i will note that

Yeah, lots of people have ls swapped BMW's

@@MohawkMotors thank you so much!!!

yeah, the 03 v8 fuel lines and 06 v6 fuel lines are different. You could just get replacement fuel lines for an 06 silverado with a V8 and replace them.

Yup!

OY I really hope not, but you're right, this is some HOA style nonsense.

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@@MohawkMotors how did you tie it in to the factory wiring? Did you just cut the wires on the harness to ground?

I just followed the instructions and used the holley handheld screen for a dash

@@MohawkMotors did you tie into the factory wiring for the fans? And the fuel pump?

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For emissions testing, sure, but if that's for a safety inspection, that's a perfect example of why I avoid NJ.

@@MohawkMotors hehehehe. I get what you're saying.. I'm just saying what the guy told me lol. Does PA inspect cars before 1996? (NJ does not they just exempt it because. OBD1)

PA's inspection are based on how the vehicle is registered, they have a few types of registration that don't require annual safety inspection but almost everything that is going to be driven on a regular basis requires annual safety inspection. Some counties in PA require a separate emissions inspection also.

I know. It's dumb.

@@MohawkMotors No kidding. Saftey knows no color.

Thanks 👍

Thanks brother!

Agreed

In a state that has as much rust as VT that's absolutely insane. Time to move

This is why you CANNOT elect Kamala! Anything emissions/stupid related is Democrat. Trump 2024 🇺🇸

Agree, a lot of it I agree with, good brakes, lights working, engine running correctly, good tires, etc, all that makes sense, but paint color, absurd.

Yup

This is why you CANNOT elect Kamala! Anything emisisons/stupid is Democrat related. Trump 2024 🇺🇸

This is why you CANNOT elect Kamala! Anything emissions/stupid related is Democrat. Trump 2024 🇺🇸

No problem

Interesting, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info!

Plenty out there! Good luck!

Get a flywheel and clutch for whatever year truck yours is that originally had a 4.8 and a manual transmission. If it's a 2004 for example, get a flywheel and clutch for a 2004 1500 that had a 4.8 and manual transmission.

OK so the BW4485 uses a planetary gearset to divide power but is actuated through the abs system. When the computer sees one or multiple wheels spinning faster than the others outside of it's programmed tolerance, it applies the brake on that wheel or wheels to direct more power to the other wheels. It is dependent on the computer and braking system, without them it is basically just an open center differential. The NV149 uses a viscous coupling to divide power 60/40 between the rear and front axles. It does not require an brake application or electronic assistance it is purely operated through mechanical and hydraulic principles. I'm about 95% sure your 02 cadillac would have come with and NV149 from the factory. You could put a BW448 in it, but without the computer and abs system having the programming and logic to apply the brakes correctly, you would likely encounter operational problems in low traction situations. Without the computer and abs programming to apply the brakes, the BW4485 would likely send all available power to the wheel or wheels with the least traction, basically achieving the opposite of AWD.

Thank you for your time and explanation, it is now clearer to me what I should do. 👍

Heck yeah man, glad you're finding my content helpful! That was the goal!

Yes

I haven't yet, I have 2 trucks I need to do it on, just hasn't been a priority. Will happen soon as we get into winter, less time for shows and driving the trucks, more time to work on them.

@@MohawkMotors heck yeah man looking forward to it. Thanks for getting back I appreciate it

Sorry to keep bugging you I got my swap going up and running and everything I have two code I have a battery code and a clean code on both banks can figure it out any suggestions

Remind me what your swap is? Truck year? Engine, harness, and pcm year? What are the code numbers?

@@MohawkMotors my truck is an 03 the harness is an 05 and the PCM is 05

Thank you very much! I will!

You have to pull the steering wheel off and remove the lock ring

It would be useful, thanks for watching!

It's not ideal, but we don't all have skid steers available to us.

Lol! Thanks, I've got plenty of my own that need rebuilding.

Speedometer could be a loose connection if it's twitchy. Tachometer can be adjusted in the pcm, sometimes the calibration in pcm's is not the same.

Thanks brother!