Take a look:
http://oldsdieseltrooper.blogspot.com/

Looking good. What did you end up doing for motor mounts?

Wow Solomon your making alot of progress. Looks like the water neck will be one of your hardest task to overcome. By what I see from the photo of the firewall there must not be much room. Are you going to have problems with what I think is the heater core lines coming out of the firewall? Keep us updated.

Damon from Texas

Hello Solomon. Your conversion looks great......good work.........

Did you have any oil pan or clutch issues to address?

crossbones

So far I have not worked out the motor mounts, that is next. The engine is setting in there so I can get a feel for where the mounts will go.
The clutch is not an issue, it is the facotry Trooper clutch on the original trans. I am also using the factory Trooper flywheel. Fits just like the factory intended.
The water neck is a bigger issue. I am going to have to make a t-stat housing that moves the t-stat up and out a little.
The vacuum pump is another issue. It was down on the drivers side at the bottom, it will be relocated to the top of the drivers side.
While it is a tight fit and there are some issues, this has been by far easier than I expected. There are more things that just fit than I thought would. It helps going from one GM engine to another.
Its too bad there are not a lot more 4.3L diesels out there to be had, I could create a kit for doing the swap.
I am looking forward to getting this thing done and driving it.

I forgot, the oil pan was an issue also. I removed it, made some cuts and reshaped it. I will be adding metal back to close up the hole, but right now it still needs to be rewelded. I needed to put the engine in the hole to make sure the mods I made were right. So far it looks good.

Anymore progress? Cant wait to see the end result and hear the seat of pants report.

Looks like it's up for sale...

Up for sale? What makes you say this?
Brian Rodgers

Check the classifieds on this site.