Turbo 616 powered Astro Van build
Turbo 616 powered Astro Van build
subframe is welded up, ready to be refinished.
into the cabin, pleasantly, GM left some location evidence for the stick-
In sourcing the 5-speed, the guy also sent me some unobtanium stuff like the stock shift boot and some trim and sound insulation pieces, cut out the stick location-
Meanwhile ive been playing with the clutch issues. I do have a stock clutch pedal that will supposedly fit under the dash. The problem with this is that the firewall and pivot points were reinforced on the 5-speed optioned vans, and id have to reinforce the firewall on this van.
Ive learned that the firewall apparently flexes on application of the clutch if it isn't reinforced.
At the same time, I have to drill out some totally inaccessible horizontal holes and get some unobtanium bushings to fit so the stock clutch pedal will pivot.
Instead of all this, im thinking of going with a floor mount pedal similar to this-
to mount it flat, im thinking of fabrication a mount position for it like this-
some wiring stuff im looking into to now. The ECM for this van is on the passenger side kick panel area-
in the engine compartment, this whole bundle of wires at position 2 goes only to the ECM, except one which controls the door switch on the passenger door. Im going to get rid of everything apart from that one wire.
At position 1, I have the correct plug that screws in, so from there I can run my relevant wires to the diesel setup and make it look factory
Over on the drivers side, there is this control box which apparently controls only a brake proportioning valve, and the variable wipers. Im hoping that it doesn't need the ECM for any reason, and i can just give it 12 volts to continue working correctly. Ive been looking in yards for something from a similar year astro, there are no identifying numbers left on this thing