Hey all you 5.3 swappers, I'm about elbow deep into my 5.3 swap and had some questions before I get in over my head... I've done a bunch of reading on the interwebs and watched plenty of YouTube vids that all seem to gloss over certain "easy/obvious" stuff or just ignore it all together.
Here's the situation:
1) My plan is to install the engine and transmission from the Envoy into my 95 AWD Astro. I know the front diff is going to be a clearance issue that I'll just have to work around and deal with.
2) I've got a 2004 Envoy donor that ran well and everything seemed to work decently enough.
3) I've got most of the front end removed and a bunch of the harness on the engine unplugged and labeled.
Questions:
1) What is my course of action with the fuse block? Most of it runs through the firewall and can't be unplugged. Where do I go from there?
2) What controls the tranny? Does the truck have a PCM that runs it all or a separate ECM and a TCM?
3) If TCM, where?!
That's a good start... If I can figure out how to unplug this thing and get it out of the Envoy, I'll feel like I'm well on my way!
Here's the situation:
1) My plan is to install the engine and transmission from the Envoy into my 95 AWD Astro. I know the front diff is going to be a clearance issue that I'll just have to work around and deal with.
2) I've got a 2004 Envoy donor that ran well and everything seemed to work decently enough.
3) I've got most of the front end removed and a bunch of the harness on the engine unplugged and labeled.
Questions:
1) What is my course of action with the fuse block? Most of it runs through the firewall and can't be unplugged. Where do I go from there?
2) What controls the tranny? Does the truck have a PCM that runs it all or a separate ECM and a TCM?
3) If TCM, where?!
That's a good start... If I can figure out how to unplug this thing and get it out of the Envoy, I'll feel like I'm well on my way!