Originally posted by Nexxussian:
Saturday?? Good luck with that.
We got real close.... 98% complete ..
Anyway the P/S pump clearance issue is realtively easy to solve...
Mid-90's J cars ( Pontiac Sunbird etc...) with a 2.0 4 banger came with remote P/S resovoirs and the identical pump used on the 4.2 except the pulley size, so by exchanging the pulleys between the 4.2 pump and the 2.0 pump thats the fix for that issue.
One tidbit... with a rear sump pan it takes a long time to get the oil to the oil pump - so pre-lube the engine with an external pump then with the plugs out spin it until you get oil pressure - it takes about a minuite of cranking initally. Now that its running I get oil pressure in a few seconds.. I did get nervous with the ling prime time initally.
For my truck with the Nova front clip I was able to make the Trailblazer PS pressure line work with abiet with some mod's.
The Alt. side I'm sure a 100 amp off of a Colorado will bolt on and fix the clearance problem. No one had one in the city so I ended up massaging the inner fender a bit..
I had to get the rad re-necked to accomadate the difference in inlet/outlet sizes and to relocated them so they lined up on the same side of the engine coolant connections. Both the inlet and outlet connections on the engine needed to be shortened to get the hoses to route.
The A/C compressor delete is easy and allows the fixed idler pulley and A/C bracket to be removed which provides access for the lower rad hose. A shorter drive belt is needed.
