Gen IV LS swap in a G20 Chevy van. Ep 2. Pulling the turd 350 out and stuffing the LS into the hole.

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2 жыл бұрын

Well in this round I wrapped up the removal of the old greaseball 350. After that I did a pretty extensive degrease of the engine bay. Then a quick rattle can refinish of the engine bay (off camera).
Lastly I sort out some incompatibility issues and cram that LS into the van.......
Please stay tuned for the next round and please like ,share ,comment and subscribe if you haven't already......I would appreciate it very much.
I appreciate you all.

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@yodawunn6700 10 ай бұрын

I know it's a year late but always set these G vans on ramps on the front. Makes removal much easier because it raises the firewall opening relative to the engine hoist mast. The arm then easily clears the opening as you lift it up.

@BrokenWrenches 9 ай бұрын

well ive got plans for another swap so i will probably do just that !! thanks for commenting!!

@kasems1536 24 күн бұрын

Thumbs up,,,,

@BrokenWrenches 7 күн бұрын

thanks

@sitrucjr Жыл бұрын

I had the same issue with clearance by the alternator. I bought ict 551777 and it gave me a lot of clearance.

@svenjohanson6090 Жыл бұрын

Owns a Chevy Van G20 myself. 10 years ago I unfortunately had a crank bearing failure. I lifted the engine out through thel right door............it's much easier. Of course, so you must remove the dashboard and the console that sits at the front of the engine where the AC compressor, servo and generator are mounted.

@BrokenWrenches Жыл бұрын

I love them.

@jaktheapprentice1023 Ай бұрын

Did you put the new engine in through the right door?

@svenjohanson6090 Ай бұрын

Yes......my mistake for writing left...........but it should be right. On the left side is the steering wheel.....not so easy to lift around.

@jaktheapprentice1023 21 күн бұрын

@@svenjohanson6090 when the time comes I might just have to do it this way 🤙🏽

@stewartarmstrong3215 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome work so far. The van will fly. Can't wait for the next episode.

@BrokenWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, i will be thrilled just to be getting better than 5mpg and getting more than 500 miles on a set of plugs !!

@dieselmechanic9824 2 жыл бұрын

Hell ya. Cant wait to swap my G20

@BrokenWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

I waited a few years myself

@dieselmechanic9824 2 жыл бұрын

@@BrokenWrenches it's looking good.

@CondeNastCruiser 2 жыл бұрын

26:02 Fillet (fish) is actually a French word that the English adopted, along with its spelling. Da javou, is a also a French word that we use ;)

@DependableAutoTruck 11 ай бұрын

that same holley plate with just a little mods will bolt to the plate under the intake and works great

@JorgeRodriguez-xv9vo 6 ай бұрын

010 block 4 bolts main 350 👍🏼

@BrokenWrenches 6 ай бұрын

cool. she’s still sitting on the engine stand. i will find a vehicle for it sometime.

@murrayd7259 Жыл бұрын

I saw one guy remove the front body mount bolts, jack up the front of the van, block the body up and lower the frame to give several more inches of clearance above the motor.

@BrokenWrenches Жыл бұрын

Hmmm. I considered that. At some point i will drop the frame section to rebuild the suspension

@darrencatenacci2737 2 жыл бұрын

That looks like it went well. Looks a lot nicer with the paint touched up. Surprised they don’t have a drain hole in that frame rail there I’d not noticed that before. You’ve got it planned out pretty well so should be an interesting watch have a good night

@BrokenWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

I drilled a hole in both pieces. Scary part is the steel brake lines are down in there. Almost done with the heavy mechanical stuff.

@sinistersilverado965 Жыл бұрын

I plan on doing the same thing, I have a 1992 Chevy G20 with a blown 4.3, I want to swap with a 5.3 and a 4L60E

@BrokenWrenches Жыл бұрын

Sweet. I may or may not have got this beast fired up today .!!!! Stay tuned.

@davidoswald2155 2 жыл бұрын

Lot of work done 👍, very intriguing, definitely wanna see how you stuff some headers or manifolds in there cause it looks really really tight. Also looking forward to seeing how all the hoses and wires get done too. Overall looks bad ass so far! 👍

@BrokenWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

Yea, the headers probably wont fit, i do have 3 or 4 sets of factory LS manifolds and im sure at least 1 set will work. I will be providing a complete list of every major component used at the end of the series to make it easy for people to do the same swap.

@davidoswald2155 2 жыл бұрын

@@BrokenWrenches that's good 👍, I just picked my van today and got it home. Going to start inspecting it more thoroughly and start documentation on it than tear it down and rebuild. The current 5.7l engine is really in decent shape which I was happy about so I do plan on just working with that motor for the meantime until I find and afford a suitable swap out. But I will be watching your build vigorously. 👍

@Marc-xr7lt Жыл бұрын

3 of us got it old and new in 24 hours

@glenmiller-re9zb Жыл бұрын

Nice work if I had to go to a chevy Rap

@glenmiller-re9zb Жыл бұрын

Where about are you located I I am trying to buy a 1988 Dodge put Van and I wanna put a helicopter in it. What do you think and I wanna put 4 by 4 quickly under it. But i'm Driving A 1997 Plymouth grand voyager s e van doing lots of work to it

@DependableAutoTruck 11 ай бұрын

im just starting the series they make a adapter for the torque converter to make it line up on crankshaft you probably know by now

@Stephen-ou4sy 2 жыл бұрын

Well that went far better than I thought it would... 350 GM and 351 Ford engines are selling for ridiculous sums of money here in Aus. Good luck with the rest of the swap

@BrokenWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

Both of those engines are a dime a dozen here. Its going well. Last big obstacle is fabricating air compressor brackets.

@BrokenWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

Both of those engines are a dime a dozen here. Its going well. Last big obstacle is fabricating air compressor brackets.

@alanshepard1561 2 жыл бұрын

@@BrokenWrenches cant find a decent one in my area give or take 6 hour drive, for under 1000. People are selling some ugly stuff or just a dirty uncleaned block darn near looking rusted for no less then 350 lol

@1bmwrider Ай бұрын

I am using the same ict swap plates as you and I measured the hole to hole distance for the mounts, The engine is 16 5/8"" The mounts in the 88 g10 van have a hole to hole of 18 1/8" Do you have any idea of what I have done wrong. I took out the 4.3 mount towers and am using 350 mount towers Thanks for your help

@vincevansanten Жыл бұрын

My dad loves these vans, he’s been using these as work van’s, unfortunately engines and transmission don’t last him that long

@BrokenWrenches Жыл бұрын

Yep, they make great work vans, until they dont move anymore. Then they make good storage.

@rickyroof806 3 ай бұрын

Removing The motor mounts , makes the engine a little easier to get out, after you drop it down some. Still a bitch!

@BrokenWrenches 3 ай бұрын

agreed !!!!! not easy.

@jamesofallthings3684 10 ай бұрын

Filet is pronounced "fill it" in all English speaking countries except ours. I suspect they heard the French pronounce it back in the 1800s and thought it sounded fancy so it stuck.

@BrokenWrenches 10 ай бұрын

lol, the english language is full of stuff that don’t make sense. it’s no wonder people that move here struggle with learning english.

@johneric3886 Жыл бұрын

You made a good comment when you said the English language is something else. I believe we have 48 sounds or perhaps it's 46 or 44 I forget. ____ sound being expressed by 26 letters. It's no wonder so many people have trouble spelling. That wasn't insightful of you, that you brought that up. _____I use a lot of tricks to help me with spelling for example a word like guarantee, I will lock it in with united airlines! I am a van man too. In fact I used to own 2 of them. My next car most likely will be a minivan. ______I just stumbled a # your channel tonight. Interesting build. I normally watch a lot of automotive electrical diagnostics, so I assume that's why your channel came through my news feed. Good video footage and good communication skills I learned a few things.

@johneric3886 Жыл бұрын

I meant to say that was insightful of you.

@BrokenWrenches Жыл бұрын

@@johneric3886 ha, no worries. I dont take myself to seriously, life is to short. Everytime i hear some guy make a comment along the lines of “if your gonna live here learn english” i think about how challenging that must actually be……I’ve been trying to pick it up my entire life, 38 years now. Some languages do seem much simpler. I appreciate you watching. I was a commercial electrician for almost 10 years, i guess i still am in the automotive world now. Its one area that 97% of people don’t understand and that rarely deters them from working on an automotive electrical system. I like watching the @Watch Wes Work channel, he’s pretty good with the electrons.

@jaktheapprentice1023 Ай бұрын

When you overlayed the flex plates, how is a sharpie marking accurate enough?

@BrokenWrenches 29 күн бұрын

both parts are super rigid, you can spin the the torque converter up against the flexplate and it will usually make little scuff marks to help center the drilled holes. you drill the holes a little oversized just like the factory holes and when your putting it together permanently you just gradually snug each bolt a little at a time while rotating the engine and wiggling the converter a little… as long as the bolts draw down equally and your drill holes are reasonably close your good to go.

@kevindoidge9586 Жыл бұрын

I always use a chain to pull gives more room. Those engine puller plates are kinda lame.Good job though.Love the work.

@jaktheapprentice1023 Ай бұрын

Please explain

@kevindoidge9586 Ай бұрын

@@jaktheapprentice1023 I take intake off if needed and bolt a chain across boom pick it up

@barryhebert5839 10 ай бұрын

Looks like it would be easier to drop that front cross member an drop the engine an all out the bottom if you have access to a lift

@BrokenWrenches 10 ай бұрын

i did consider that… only reason i didn’t was because my shop is also my full time business and i would have had a big heavy van high and dry in my shop and wouldn’t have been able to get customers jobs in and out. it took probably 2 weeks from start to finish pulling and swapping engines over due to very limited time. i appreciate you watching

@edmckenna4080 Жыл бұрын

As much as you disassembled.(gas, wiring, etc) would it be relatively easier to lift the body off?

@BrokenWrenches Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. These van dont have a removable frame. They do have big frame rails and crossmembers that run front to back but its all fully welded together, much like a modern car. You can remove the center crossmember under the engine, the lower control arms and engine mounts to it, its about 18” long by 36” wide or close to that. It really wouldn’t help much as far as wiring and all the systems are concerned.

@DependableAutoTruck 11 ай бұрын

i dont understand why people don't use a Toyota Prius A/C compressor they are electric could mount anywhere

@BrokenWrenches 11 ай бұрын

most people haven’t heard of that swap.

@jaktheapprentice1023 Ай бұрын

Interesting

@Indy3pct.r Жыл бұрын

Bro you cant hear or what? I was yellin’ thinkin you was gonna rip the dip stick off but you just kept goin

@BrokenWrenches Жыл бұрын

Good catch. My hearing actually is pretty bad. I actually used a short 90’s chevy pickup dipstick tube, this long van one wouldn’t work.

@ludvigsensworkshop4908 2 жыл бұрын

Do you know where I can find the chassis number on a chevy G20 1995?

@jimmywarledo4930 Жыл бұрын

Have you ran the VIN?

@ludvigsensworkshop4908 Жыл бұрын

@@jimmywarledo4930 hi, dont seem to bee a chassi number only vin, and motor number?

@robertironside3166 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking [a dangerous habit I don't usually endorse]. Anyway, a lot of modern GM service vans in junkyards have floors and doghouses that fit these LS motors... with a sawzall and a small bag of tools... you could get that doghouse and section of flooring [possibly a 4L80E transmission with overdrive as well... not to mention another LS for another project] pretty affordably :-)) Like I said though... I try not to think but was looking ahead to that larger looking motor and that old tranny that may work better on a classic car along with the small block [facebook market place those two to finance the motor tranny from the junkyard... or from facebook marketplace in a swap?... no doubt you have a plan that blows this idea out of the water so ... anyway... most folks ask for comments lol Thought I'd share my bad idea [it does sound like work and not all work is an adventure unless friends want to help... [ maybe bribe them with a case of beer? Works here in Canada] lol

@BrokenWrenches 2 жыл бұрын

Im always open to ideas. Ive never really looked inside the newer ones real close. I like a good challenge!!!

@jaktheapprentice1023 Ай бұрын

So you are saying cut the entire section around the doghouse of newer LS van and put it in a g20?