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  1. Well, i went ahead and dropped the transmission. Not an easy task with the LS installed. Turns out, using the LOJ shifter adapter, the shifter couldnt travel to the right far enough to hit 5th and R. it was being blocked by what i assumed was the cheap, no name shifter. Went ahead and bought a $100 short shifter from a vendor site and the hole in the bushing is much larger, but aside from that, its the same shifter. Still need to get it installed, but worried i am going to run into the same situation. Let me tell you how happy i was after dropping the transmission and realizing that it wasnt a transmission issue. Then realizing that there was no way to reinstall while motor was in car. Had to pull the motor, reattach, then reinstall. Just hoping that I missed something and this shifter will actually fix things
  2. So I have nearly completed my LS swap. Was having an issue where I could barely shift into each gear. Turns out my shifter linkage was tightened down a bit hard on the shifter. Loosening up the bolt a half turn free'd everything up and it now shifts easily into every gear. Decided to take the car out around the block to ensure everything was legit before towing it to the exhaust shop to build the midpipes off of my open headers. Found out that even though it smoothly shifts into every gear, Reverse was nowhere to be found. Not that I couldn't go to 5th and pull down to engage where R should be. But when in the R location on the shift pattern, the car would still want to go forward. Every gear turned the driveshaft the same way, no location would spin it the other way, signalling reverse. I do not have the wiring for the reverse lights hooked up yet, so I couldn't actually verify that it was absolutely, 100%, in R. But it certainly did feel like I was hitting the correct gear, as 4th was very smooth going into, and when I went 5th to R, it had a slightly more solid feel to the pull down than 4th did. I have done what research I could, and found some solutions involving a broken reverse detent. So I lowered the transmission a bit and pulled it out. Everything looked like it was in good working order. The only thing I do recall, is that when the transmission was purchased off of Craigslist, the owner had been in the middle of a swap, and the inspection cover on the top had been messed with, only being held on by a few screws. I did remove it completely at one point and the spring held down by it came out. I replaced the spring, but I do not recall a checkball coming out or needing to go back in. Is there a possibility that there is no check ball under that spring and that could be the cause of my reverse issues?? Really struggling to understand why my reverse is trying to drive the car forward... Thanks!
  3. So I have nearly completed my LS swap. Was having an issue where I could barely shift into each gear. Turns out my shifter linkage was tightened down a bit hard on the shifter. Loosening up the bolt a half turn free'd everything up and it now shifts easily into every gear. Decided to take the car out around the block to ensure everything was legit before towing it to the exhaust shop to build the midpipes off of my open headers. Found out that even though it smoothly shifts into every gear, Reverse was nowhere to be found. Not that I couldn't go to 5th and pull down to engage where R should be. But when in the R location on the shift pattern, the car would still want to go forward. Every gear turned the driveshaft the same way, no location would spin it the other way, signalling reverse. I do not have the wiring for the reverse lights hooked up yet, so I couldn't actually verify that it was absolutely, 100%, in R. But it certainly did feel like I was hitting the correct gear, as 4th was very smooth going into, and when I went 5th to R, it had a slightly more solid feel to the pull down than 4th did. I have done what research I could, and found some solutions involving a broken reverse detent. So I lowered the transmission a bit and pulled it out. Everything looked like it was in good working order. The only thing I do recall, is that when the transmission was purchased off of Craigslist, the owner had been in the middle of a swap, and the inspection cover on the top had been messed with, only being held on by a few screws. I did remove it completely at one point and the spring held down by it came out. I replaced the spring, but I do not recall a checkball coming out or needing to go back in. Is there a possibility that there is no check ball under that spring and that could be the cause of my reverse issues?? Really struggling to understand why my reverse is trying to drive the car forward... Thanks!
  4. Just beginning this project, but I believe I have thoroughly exhausted the internet for information on this whole swap process. I've pulled the old NA motor and Auto transmission out already. Will begin cleaning the engine bay of miscellaneous stuff no longer needed soon. I have a LM4 5.3 sitting on a stand, it is about to start its process into getting freshened up and ready. I will be mating an NA 5spd to the block via LOJ adapter. Engine mounts and transmission mounts are sitting in the garage as well. Wiring harness is en route, taking an LS1 3 wire hookup harness that fits the PCM under the glove box area like the stock Z has it. I know I am missing a few parts here and there, and trying to track them down. My biggest questions, right now, lie in the clutch pedal install and the 5spd wiring. From what I have read, installing the clutch pedal is a pain in the ass. From getting up under there, I can not for the life of me see where the difficulty lies, so I must be missing something. This is a TT pedal and i have the clutch booster and TT master. Since I have them, I will go ahead and use them rather than search for an NA setup. From what I can tell, i hook the booster up to the pedal with 4 bolts and nuts through the pedal, as well as locking the clevis pin to the pedal itself. From there, 2 bolts from the booster go through the firewall and attach to the master. Easy enough. There is a bolt hole in the top of the pedal assembly that looks like it bolts to the bottom of the dash/firewall area right where there sits a green box with an electrical connector. Is that the case? Move the green box out of the way and use that bolt hole for the top of the pedal assembly? Is there anything else im missing as far as putting the pedal in? There are also switches on the pedal assembly itself. Pushed in engagement is what im assuming is the neutral safety switch. The top 2 on Release of pedal engagement are for cruise control and what else? Is there any working links that explain wiring these up? Nothing from the Auto harness is going to be an easy plug and play into these im assuming? Then we have the actual sensors on the 5spd transmission as well. I think one is for reverse lights, any literature i might have missed on wiring these up? Thanks for the help.
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