OK. Couple of hours in the shop and we're good to go.
The harness now crosses between the upp and lower manifold perfectly.
Here's how.
This is the before picture.
This is the after picture.
I just cut it out with my airsaw. No problem.
Also, the last shop routed the harness behind the crossmember - that makes it too short to reach the crankshaft position sensor and the grounding lug.
Here's a picture. But it isn't worth much. I'm working on the ground these days.
Also brown santa showed up.
Brought me this little contraption.
If you review the other LS engine swap projects on the board you'll see that every one of them that started with a used motor spun a bearing.
This happens because you can't pre-oil the LS engine. With 350's you just spin the distributor with a drill and it primes up no problem. The gerotor pump in the LS is crank driven so you can't pre-lube the engine except by turning the crank which defeats the purpose - never mind the difficulty in actually accomplishing that.
This tank is a pre-oiler. It plumbs into the accessory oil pressure port. You charge it up with air and turn it on. Then it blows oil into the motor. If you tee in a manual oil pressure gauge it'll actually show oil pressure.
This engine only has 60k miles on it and it comes from a reputable source so I'm trying to take care of it. We'll see how that works out.