87 SAS build up- new rig

[87hillbillyoter]

just crank and nothing

[87hillbillyoter]

BOOM

http://www.youtube.com/v/fiOmuNztgkM

kinda hard to tell but it sputters quite badly when you hit the gas

[87hillbillyoter]

and the engine is a lot quieter in person

[hansi530]

yea dood now lets goo wheeling

[Zs Confederate Toy]

Niiice

[wakkjobb]

......oooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo..........  

Lookin good; do you need a metal fan shroud and that engine-trans bracket? I may know exactly where to get one in my pile-o-parts...  

>>Dan

[87hillbillyoter]

thanks guys. wakkjob, i could use that bracket for sure, if you got an extra one layin around! thanks man!

[87hillbillyoter]

oh and my charge and brake light come on at higher rpms, but then go away at idle. and she sputters a bit. hopefully i can get these issues worked out

[Zs Confederate Toy]

Check your alternator. I had that same problem in mine

[LilChief87]

besides sputtering and those problems sounds pretty good wish i could hear mine run already lol

[87hillbillyoter]

yea figured the sputtering out. lights are still on though. cleaned up all the grounds, and im gonna unplug the battery tomorrow to see if the alternator can run the engine

[Sparkplug]

yea figured the sputtering out. lights are still on though. cleaned up all the grounds, and im gonna unplug the battery tomorrow to see if the alternator can run the engine

NO, this is horrible, it can fry the ecu, old school way of checking if the alt works, Just plug a meter into it

[wakkjobb]

I found some clean engine-trans braces; do you want both sides? PM me and we'll sort it out.

>>Dan

[87hillbillyoter]

took her to reno tonight to go see Jason Aldean which was SICK!! i was only about 5 ft away from him the whole time. however, my throttle sticks. it sticks and then comes unstuck. its really weird. any ideas? time to search

[87hillbillyoter]

well she made it to chico. the throttle sticking was a little rubber boot that got cross eyed and wouldnt let the cable go back. 95% sure the alternator is fine, basically ran it to chico on it. it charges the battery, but the battery only holds enough charge to start for a couple hours. im gonna go get the battery checked sometime this week.

still cant find a good place to ground the one ground wire by the intake manifold. also there are 2 ground wires near the drivers feet fusebox, and if both are grounded, they blow the big 40A fuse under the hood. this is exactly why i hate electrical  

[87hillbillyoter]

heres a pic of the ground wires. one is white (you can see the actual grounding part in the circle) and the other is the red wire in the circle.

[wakkjobb]

I still can't find a good place to ground the one ground wire by the intake manifold. There are 2 ground wires near the driver's fusebox; if both are grounded they blow the big 40A fuse under the hood. This is exactly why I hate electrical. 

Extend the intake wire and run it to the firewall?

If that other ground wire blows a fuse, maybe it's not a ground wire or whatever it leads to has a short? My pile had a burned wire running from the fuse box straight to a ground point. Why, I have no idea... it was just another thing to fix from the previous owner. Do you have a real wiring diagram? I may have the factory service manual for an 87; I'll check this weekend... and send that engine brace out too.

>>Dan

[zebracrawler]

making some progress looks good  how much longer tell its all together

[Sparkplug]

the cirlce one bolts right to the kick panel, driver side, right after fuse panel, you should see threaded hole. The red one, clips into its female counterpart, looks just like it. I forget where runs, I canc ehck tomorrow.

I wouldnt be driving it around with the harness not sitting on its spots on back of dash, I dunno, im just scared of vibe, and 1 hole in that thing, and could be a fire nightmare truck killer. If they break off, just zip tie it to em

[JANDO11]

get it done buddy my buil shoud be coming soon so ya gotta check it out

[87hillbillyoter]

i must not have said it was all back together. the dash is together, wires are all electrical taped to those plastic things. ill check out those ground wires again.

Extend the intake wire and run it to the firewall?

If that other ground wire blows a fuse, maybe it's not a ground wire or whatever it leads to has a short? My pile had a burned wire running from the fuse box straight to a ground point. Why, I have no idea... it was just another thing to fix from the previous owner. Do you have a real wiring diagram? I may have the factory service manual for an 87; I'll check this weekend... and send that engine brace out too.

>>Dan

i do have the diagram im pretty sure, ill check that out as well. thanks guys

[87hillbillyoter]

so im still having problems with this thing.

i got a new battery, mostly under warranty so it was only 15 bucks. it started up after like a day and a half, but now it has to be jumped if its been sitting for a while, again. maybe the alternator isnt charging the battery completely? if the truck has been sitting for a while and i start the truck, the charge and brake light do NOT come on. after a bit of driving they come on again. i havent seen them with the new battery yet though. what the hell

also, the fuel and temp gauge used to always work, now they work every once in a while. i dont get it

[superyota]

so im still having problems with this thing.

i got a new battery, mostly under warranty so it was only 15 bucks. it started up after like a day and a half, but now it has to be jumped if its been sitting for a while, again. maybe the alternator isnt charging the battery completely? if the truck has been sitting for a while and i start the truck, the charge and brake light do NOT come on. after a bit of driving they come on again. i havent seen them with the new battery yet though. what the hell

also, the fuel and temp gauge used to always work, now they work every once in a while. i dont get it

i'm not sure on the charging issue, but as far as the guages go, did you use the efi guage cluster or are you reusing the carbed cluster?  Mine didn't work when I swapped from carb to efi.  as soon as i put in the efi cluster, they were working again. 

[fordh8r]

What's the battery voltage when it doesn't start? Have you checked?

[87hillbillyoter]

i'm not sure on the charging issue, but as far as the guages go, did you use the efi guage cluster or are you reusing the carbed cluster?  Mine didn't work when I swapped from carb to efi.  as soon as i put in the efi cluster, they were working again. 

no, carbed cluster. but they work on and off with the carbed cluster?

What's the battery voltage when it doesn't start? Have you checked?

havent checked, but it is completely dead. i dont even get a flicker of the brake or charge light that come on when you turn the key. just blackness haha

[fordh8r]

So if you jump start it things start working again? Assuming you don't have a failed connection. If so, then something is draining the battery and meaning that it is not necessarily the alt not working.

[87hillbillyoter]

yep, everything works. minus the heater and the clock. those havent worked yet, i still have to figure that out.

[fordh8r]

Sounds like you need to start disconnecting stuff while you've got a test light hooked between the battery cable and post to see what's draining your battery.

[87hillbillyoter]

ill see if i can get my hands on a test light. thanks man

[fordh8r]

No problem. Hope you find the bug that killin your battery.