How to wire your LS Swap, for free, no money, none, zero
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LS Swap Wiring C10 LS harness how to
I bet them neighbors hate you😂
That's awesome!
Don’t worry about the length of the videos! If other people are interested in doing a LS swap like I am, the harness is the most intimidating part and it’s super valuable content to have someone literally go step by step through it, to show it’s not THAT complicated. I’m interested in swapping into an E30 and I feel like the harness part of the swap gets breezed over in most write ups.
Damn. J.R just attacks the motor with the spaghetti monster all tangled and twisted and let's us watch him battle it while narrating. Bravo
Some things just can't be short
Yeah man sets realistic ecspectations some people edit videos so much they will set a wire harness on a engine and it looks like it Harry Potters it's self into place. You did it one handed there is also that.
Jr is a bad man thanks sir
Good job. Nice service to the LS community. Im not doing a swap but watched the whole thing. Ive owned a 2000 Silverado from new and have done a lot of work over the years and everything made sense. GM was nice to us, the connectors are all a little different so you cant mix and match. All of a sudden I want to go to the junk yard and buy an engine. Ten years from now Ill be at a 12 step ls meeting.
I watch the video from start to finish and I have learned something Everytime.
Right
Thank you for the info and content. You keep showing how easy it is to swap a LS. I don't mind long videos at all. I prefer them as you can explain in better detail. But with the world and its instant gratification everyone is in a big dam hurry. Thanx again brother.
I acquired a 99’ S10 for a dollar. Body and interior nearly perfect. The 4 banger didn’t run but only had 88k on it so I delved into the 2.2 and got it running pretty good. Maybe $500 in parts for essentially replacing the entire fuel system. I swore if I had to do one more thing I’d throw a 350 in it, but as I watch more of these vids like yours I realize the LS route can actually be simpler and less expensive than going with a carbed 350! So, when/ if I ever go horsepower greedy, which I probably will I absolutely certain I’ll go LS style and now that I have screwed with fuel injectors and the harness a little bit I really think it is doable. Good vid Man, thanks
Subb'ed (some time ago) and watched this whole thing- now it's saved in my LS Project folder as I prep to LS my Land Rover Discovery II...
This is really great info- so simple really- I love how you laid everything out- it is nice that all the plug shapes are pretty different- really does make it make a ton of sense and logical. Now I have to wait for a Silverado at my UPULLANDPAY that hasn't already been shredded through.
A Disco 2 is awesome! Good luck
That would be a sweet setup
Like a boss! Love your attitude... simple common sense and to the point. Yes its clear and i'm buzzed 🤣! God bless brother
That's the perfect test! Thanks! Lol
I found this very interesting. I couldn't understand why people keep buying all the expensive stuff.
They think it's easier.
It's almost the same work though lol
I love these type of videos.. right to the point.. no bs.. thanks alot!!💯💪🏾🌍🙏🏾
You make that look easy! I'll have to try it. Now to find a donor and a project.
Will watch later. Thanks for your no BS info!
I love the long videos. It gives me something to watch while I’m farming
Can you make a video on how to delete VATS for free? It would be cool to keep this free swap theme going.
he already did
did this on my 1994 k1500 LB7 duramax swap!
really only needed 3 or 4 key ons and a couple grounds from the ecm!
subscribed, sir.
thanks for the info.
Yes! It works for everything once you understand in broad strokes how harnesses work
honestly there is already a lot of resource about the LS. I would really enjoy a talk about the the rest e.g. transmission/diff etc upgrade.
The issue is most other stuff that is available is trying to sell you a Holley.
Very impressive, this upload... I will be tackling my Gen4 soon!
Liked, subscribed, bells on and I'll be watching this video atleast 20 times once my 5.3ls is ring gapped, canned and ls6 springs and other head crap is finished. Great video and this definitely cleared up a lot of confusion from other videos.
Thank you, im studying up and aquiring parts for my swap, i'll definitely come back to this
I watched it straight through because you intimidated me hahaha. And you're right I'll be watching it again. Perfect timing for this video I'm installing a 5 3 in the back of my Baja Bug to swap out that Eco turd. Thanks man
Make a video on the 5.3 bug when you're done, those are super cool especially with an LS. What transmission are you using?
@@trashbandit2449 I'm thinking the 5.3 in stock form will be okay bolted to a Mendeola 2D. But first I have to go through all of JR's videos to learn more about the drive by wire and what I need for a 2006 harness and and Daryl's fuel system. Plus I know Peanut but I don't know the other dog's name so there's lots to do.
@@tonyholliday6492 haha
I would vote DBC unless you want cruise control, it's slightly more simple (but not much).
Too bad all the porsche transaxles, even though some are cheap, the adapter kits are stupid expensive. The transaxle you have is still pretty expensive, hopefully the torque from the 5.3 isn't too much. Mendeola s4 in the future?
Is this a long travel? If so, one of my dream builds. Can't justify building one right now because they're expensive for someone who lives nowhere near dunes or desert.
Tell us about the vats.in the computer , security thingy. God bless yall real good.
I love the long videos.
Watched the entire video, thanks for detailed instruction video , keep up the great work made it easy and a game changer when it comes down to saving money for other parts for my project..
Yeh, this was nice. Thank you!
Great video- thanks for caring about us noobs.
I just picked up a 1983 coupe devill with a blown stock engine. been sitting since 1992 in a barn with beautiful original interior! i have a running donor truck with TBI its a 1991 C1500 was going to use the 305 and transmission 700r4 into the caddy since the truck its self is a rotted frame shitbox. but good power train I paid $500 for the entire truck. not sure if i wana go with the trucks guts or go LS. its a hard call cause the truck i already have and the LS i would have to aquire with additional cost
The difference between the tbi and the LS setup will be 100hp less for the TBI than the LS stock. Also future tuning or add on parts for performance.
I'm a die hard small block guy, cheap and simple, but the LS has it's benefits, each to your own authority, but a carburetor and HEI distributor is the best setup in the world, my 81 Malibu years ago on a budget had a Edelbrock performer kit, 350 with cam and intake, and 600 carb, long tube headers, turbo 350 tranny with 2.94 gears, it ran 14.01 quarter mile at 92mph, and the best part it got 25 mpg, I gave it a total make over, but it's going back to being just a good driver again soon, stay strong God bless
I thank you very much for sharing your experience with us ya made it easy to understand and workable ya Don,t have to be a rocket scientist to do this with what ya done is all l need to do mine bought extra truck for the harness wrong got all l need by your way mine is going in 1949 dodge 3 ton water truck 6.o litre same shit different pile to haul our water for our house took out hole motor and tranny so lve got this thanks again for your help l,m on board signed up for more to come so from Canada 🇨🇦 SK later 😊l just found ya hopefully ya still around keep up the great work
Thank you sir I appreciate your videos so much you're a genius
I'm glad they help!
I think you missed the part where you change all of the things while you were at it? Surely it needs cam bearings.
Really though that is as simple as it gets.
very informative and straight to the point.
Really appreciate your videos and you sharing your knowledge, it’s help me out 10 fold
I'm glad to hear that!
Thank you,my obs 2000 Cadillac Escalade Ls swap here l come
Good luck!
Thank you for making this video sir ! I am not a mechanic but in the process of doing a swap and I’m trying to do as much as I can myself to save on shop cost and buying all these expensive aftermarket parts . I don’t make sense to buy a entire new harness whether it’s Holley or eBay when you have the original
I agree, I'm glad it helped you!
@@TheDrivewayEngineer what are your suggestions for fuel systems ? Do you think an external pump with a corvette filter will be sufficient ? I do not really want to buy a $500- 700 efi gas tank .
Thank you so much Jr make things so simple I appreciate the integrity straight business in the videos
Can’t wait to yank my 5.3 and wire it up this gave hella confidence! Question when I yank the motor and have it in my fox how can I delete vats? I saw a video on deleting vats by using someone else’s truck then disconnect battery unhook the stick ecm then hook up the one you will use turn on the car turn off for 10 minutes and do that 10 minutes the bcm relearns it or something so no key chip needed
You can do that, it works usually.
The more reliable way is to follow the Tunerpro videos in the tuning playlist
@@TheDrivewayEngineer I’ll do that because I’ll most Keith be taking the motor out then deleting thanks for all the no fluff bs videos
Advice. I got the entire truck for 1k. Took the motor and tranny out with all the wires and ecm and little box above the brake booster right down to the fuse box. The truck wasn't 4wd but I traded trannys with one with 4wd and even has the transfer case to. But my harness didn't come with the back part of the harness that hooks into the transmission and transfer case. The truck its going into has 4wd but was only a 4l60e and I got the 4l80e to go in. Whats the harness part I need to fix this problem please? Sorry so long.
I have a 97 with vortec installed engine and transmission on 62 c 10
thanks getting ready to swap in my 84 monte ss
Yes you just helped me decide to go ls
Very good.
Where does that steel hook looking thing connect?
Very good
I bought a 68' chevy C-10 not running but has a 5.3 vortec with transmission from a 04 Silverado in it, the previous owner connected nothing. It has all wiring but no fuse box, what do I need to do to get it started??
I got a low mileage 6.2 and a 6 speed awd tranny but I got to many vehicles I want to put it in .
Where did you get the caster setup for your engine hoist?
How can I get it to run if my fuse box melted an my plugs are melted if I cut my wires off the bottom of fuse box which ones do i need to straight wire
All this info while holley is out there hiring all these shills and mailing them banners and t shirts 💪
I ordered two fittings from Holley like two months ago I don't think I'm ever getting 😂
And I paid full, normal price for them
@@TheDrivewayEngineer I’m sorry man. Believe it or not, holley had the best prices on the GM oem harmonic balancer bolt and a few oem gm parts. Had an order with jegs over the minimum for shipping though. Thanks 👍🏻
Terminator X users are having quality issues right now to due to high demand. Seems quality checks are being set aside to get them out the door
You still need to reprogram your PCM to remove the VATs correct? Doing a 6.0 and 4L80e swap in an 85 squarebody dually. Have the 05 silverado complete for the swap.
Absolutely
Plug and play... I like it!!!.
Did you have Pcm program on the computer before this video? To shut VATS off and to shut down for the trans reading signal for being in park?
If you want an LS engine to start in a swap you have to remove, or have the VATs removed from the PCM.
Awesome thanks for the info
I have a 98 tahoe with my own donor 03 suburban. In swapping just the 5.3 engine. Is this swa for an obs
The swap doesn't care what it goes into.
do you have a video what needs to be changed when using a Gen 4 LS like a L94?
I’m pulling my harness from a 02 avalanche and the crank sensor behind the starter goes to the other fuse block part that goes into the cab I traced up the wire and it goes into the wire loom that goes into the cab do you have any idea why or what I could do
It definitely doesn't
@@TheDrivewayEngineer you are 100% right I messed up and chased down the wrong wire loom
@@dannyreid1845 glad you got it sorted out
i pull the engine with all the wires still connected laying on top of the engine i unplug the trans
How can I remove the vats from an ecm?
I have a l31 vortec 5.7 hopefully some of this applies 😬
I bet the wires are the same colors
How do you remove vats
Great video what if I’m using American auto wire harnesses/ fuse block? How would that be tied in not using oem fuse panel?
You don't ever have to tie the engine harness to the chassis harness.
The only wire the engine needs from the chassis is the starter trigger wire
how do you shut off the anti-theft if you didn't do it before you took it out of the donor vehicle sir because it will be disconnect the body computer and then start the car and let it run for 15 minutes and shut it off it should remain anti-theft off when you switch it but if you don't how do you go into computer and shut that off that's what I'd like to know sir you have that information available to us all
I use PCMHammer and Tunerpro, there's more than just VATs to turn off, the videos are available in the tuning playlist on this channel.
good info.thanks
If a transmission is rated for 450nm of torque, how much engine hp can it take before issues occur?
Help. 🙏
Great video,but I have a question,I'm swapping a 2005 Tahoe 5.3l into a 71 Monte Carlo and the wires on my OEM harness that go down under the front of the engine and around to the starter has two white square plugs that look similar to the O2 sensor plugs on the rear of the motor,what are these plugs?
Thanks
Probably the other O2 plugs, should be 4 total
I LS swapped a s10 I have a 01 4.8 and pcm and a 03 4l60e it doesn't shift in D but it shifts manually but with a delay and seems to not have power you can get the motor high and RPM and takes off slow any suggestions?
Can you use factory ecm with the factory harness in the swap
Yes
JR is it possible to bring a "Cut" Harness back from the Dead? unfortunately, mine was all cut to rat shit plus I had no fuse box, just wanted to see your take on that? it is 2004 6.0L LQ4 I still got the factory ECU still, My assumption would be no point in trying to Sauder wires back together but I don't know just always looking for budget suggestions
You can use any 99-02 fuse box, or 03-07 fuse box to match your harness.
You can certainly go through where it was cut and reconnect the wires with those low temp solder joints fairly easily
@@TheDrivewayEngineer alrighty just wanted to hear your take on that and thanks for the suggestion!
I rework chopped harnesses and help people fix theirs remotely. If JR don't mind i will share my contact info to help this channel
Why? Start with good that would b foolish move sir
@@jackperry9369 well ya of course that is the obvious choice but I was speaking from a point of view if someone couldnt afford to buy another Harness I know my question sounded stupid but hey when you got no money do what you got to do sometimes
So I need to keep the ecu AND pcm to hook back up from the donor corvette I’m pulling my LS out of?
They're the same thing
@@TheDrivewayEngineer ohhhhh, my mistake! I was meaning the question about the BCM not pcm. I am wondering if I can discard the BCM?
That dog looks like a koala bear hahaha
So if I want to do a smog legal swap all I have to do is pretty much just connect everything back the way it was along with the fuse block? but how would I connect the cab wires to the new fuse block
Out of your ignition switch, 12v switched to the 12v switched location, that's it
Great video!
What 2 wires in the harness do you have to tie into were they the orange and the pink stated in the video or is there two more
there are 2 orange that get 12v constant, all pinks get 12v switched
Also do u have any videos on tranny wiring speedo and tac I have a drive by cable
Also thank you for all the info video is very good and well explained I was just a little confused I apologize
I watched 1 minute and commented
Great video but we need more dog iu🐶 cute lil guys
What do you want for the motor and harness complete
This video was like 2 years ago lol
Is Lt1 harness compatible with any Ls swap ? Thanks in advance
Not really
What about the computer do you need to send it off or program it at all
There's a bunch of videos about the computer on the channel, this isn't one of them
Who are the ones that did a thumbs down on this video???
What people fail to realize is the FACTORY PARTS RAN BEFORE THE SWAP.
Probably Holley dealers 😂
@@TheDrivewayEngineer you know you’re probably right. Put out unnecessary information to people that don’t know what to do with money.
TY Big time.
Free VAT removal ? Free reduce to one o2 sensor ?
You do that in wiring?
No, that's done in software.
Also for free.
How do you make the car start ain't nobody telling how to start it how to wire it to start in any car
Depends on the car.
But somewhere in it is a starter trigger wire, and that goes to the little post on the starter.
I member... im craving some member berries rn.
Do you think that a gen 4 e38 2008 van harness is reusable?
Yes.
You could do the same thing, generally, with any engine in the world, BMW, Dodge, VW Scirocco...
Take the whole harness, feed it 12v, it'll run.
What is vats?
Anti-theft
What if your dumb? Jk man. Great video. Appreciate the knowledge.
What two wires
Glad I took the time to thoughtfully reply to your other comment that you clearly didn't bother to read
It wasn’t that I didn’t see my comment and thought there was a glitch so I posted again to see sorry about that
👍💪
It's weird to see the corner with no shop on it !!
It's still on Google Earth with a trailer on it 😂
I have been to LT 1 .. don’t understand it. Sorry I watched your entire vid .. did not help me at all . I have 02 5.3 just sitting . I looking for step by step vid .. if you know of 1 please let me know ..
If between my videos and LT1 swaps website you don't have the information you need, you're going to need to pay someone
easer way buy a motor thats sitting in the vehicle and use all that wiring and pcm
When I get the harness out of my donor vehicle should I try to get the obd port if I wanna tune the receiver vehicle?
Yes
A lot of this is "familurizing" ones self as to the lay of the land so to speak. Each sensor, its name, its location etc. slowly eliminating the apprehension of all the wiring. Knowledge eliminates all fear. Thanks JR, a novice cant see enough of this, rinse, repeat.
so after hooking up the wire harness and the motor didnt fire up only spin what is something that could cause that
There's nothing like visual tutorials. Thanks, JR! I can't imagine what hiring a mechanic to do this work would cost.
I have worked as heavy equipment mechanic for many years as it was easy to go to some logging camp and go to work fixing on anything from the crew buses to machines that pull logs out of the woods. Out in this situation most equipment is old and I fit right in but now this stuff here that you just worked on is ten to twenty five years and that old again. In other words, If I was still able to work as I got crippled up fifteen years ago and youtube and a bed is my life. I can use crutches now but who hires a guy who can't carry his own tools. I am also 72 years of age... I built hot rods and fast cars and trucks, rode my harley till just a few years ago but using a crutch to hold the bike up was just getting too hard. I had a trike as well but I couldn't carry my tools ... I was a big strong guy who did just about anything I wanted to and then life turns a one eighty on me. Guy fell from his roof and would die so I reach out and caught the three hundred pound fellow and it tore his tee shirt pocket. I woke up in a hospital with a broken neck, and lumbar was "fubar" or from L2 through L5 were broken and more than just once. Doctors know a good thing and operate on me several times before they find the one link that would of fixed me but because of all the surgeries, no can do. NOW... as a mechanic if you break something of someones rig, you fix it if you are a decent person but doctors go ...oops. I turned on closed captions so I could poss the video and read it and start to understand this stuff and it makes perfect sense. I loved working and working on old trucks or cars were my jam. I just never got to this part and when I look under the hood, it looks too scary to proceed any further... that is till now. Its actually easier than say older stuff that your trying to get rolling. No plugged up carb cause it sat too long or other .... thank you for making it so damn simple. I have tons to say but your not going to read someone whine about his dicked up life.
Technically you wired that LS with 1 hand, I like the longer videos also.
After I spent so much time tearing my harnes apart then doing all the stuff the intnernet said. It’s was like only removing 3 wires from the harnes. It could have been left alone. All the computer stuff could be dealt with. And any extra wires can just stay there. Honestly the factory loom is better than my jank tape job
This is really helpful. I have been anti LS because I thought it was too complicated. Now I see it's kind of simple. Thanks !
Also, how nice to live where you can leave an engine in your front yard for 3 months! Thats freedom! America!!!!
That's not my yard lol, it's just an empty lot
People think it's so complicated because it's computerized and EFI but it's really not much harder than an old SBC. Oh and makes 100 more HP straight out the junkyard.
@@BDauto86 it's hard to argue with 100 horsepower!
@@TheDrivewayEngineer it’s even better
This is the road I went down with my VW Vanagon Subaru swap. It took some time to weed out the unnecessary wires, but it was virtually free and I didn’t have to pay some guru in Canada to do it.
I have whole trucks. But want to eliminate anything that isn't necessary. O2 sensors haven't worked on anything in years so they are an obvious wipe out.
Once you know where the harness lays on the engine (which the attachment brackets show you) it is literally Plug-n-Play. You may have to hunt for the sensor to plug into, but it is somewhere in the area the wire is dangling. Great video!
Hey what’s up. I watched entire video. You have no ads. Thank you. I’m asking about the fuel pump wiring from the fuse box. Is there anyway to rewire from the fuse box for a external fuel pump using the same fuse and relay. Is the fuel gauge also wired in the same fuse for the pump?? Thanks man. You guys make it look so easy. I look at it and see a hairbrain mess lol.
Stay safe driveway!!!
You can use the stock truck relay in the box to run whatever pump you want, I actually use it to run two pumps.
The gauge will be completely separate from this harness
@@TheDrivewayEngineer. Ok hey thanks for the info. I’ve watched other videos for wiring a external pump and they rig up all new wiring for the pump but put a relay from the stock wiring from stock intank pump that’s switched to activate the external pump. Not a bad idea. Thanks again for replying I’ll look at the fuse box and see what it takes.
You do good work sir. Keep it up, you will succeed with all you future ambitions 🇺🇸 Thank you for all the great insights on these projects!