Here's a pic of it. Mort i had to unbolt the block off plate and to drill and tap it with the lines attached to it. I held the block off plate in one hand and drilled it while the lines were still attached. Just make sure to wash out the metal shavings. I used a can of WD40 to flush it out.

 

TurboRegency03 - Thanks for the offer. I am going to take another shot at it now I am rested a little.

chris99gmc - Chris I agree with you on the oil return especially. The least they could do is make a better quality oil cap that will not leak. Billet Aluminum maybe would look good and should be able to design it so it will not leak. The oil supply is a real bugger if you have the oil cooler lines so you cannot get the block off plate out and the 4X4 making it really hard to get at in place.

SuperSporttruck - Thanks for the offer PM sent.

trtturbo - Thanks I will take you up on that if I cannot figure it out.

JERRY2500 - How in the heck did you get a drill up in there? Maybe part of the problem is that I am lying flat on my back on a creeper on the floor.

Thanks to everyone for their replies.

For my next attempt I am going to remove the front drive shaft to get some more room and see how I make out drilling and tapping in place. This one operation may take me as long as the rest of the install. LOL I already have all the oil cooler lines unattached and the fender liner out that I am going to have to reattach as well. liv-n-lrn

 

good luck and let us know how she goes

 

Like i said you have to unbolt it and hold it in your hand to drill it. Not realy safe but thats how i did it. Plus you need to remove it anyway so you can clean the shavings out.

 

Well it worked. I covered over the holes in the block with racers tape and bolted the oil cooler plate back to the engine. I drilled the hole with the 21/64 bit instead of starting with an 1/8 bit and working my way up as I usually do when drilling steel. The 21/64 bit was just long enough to get in there and get the hole drilled. I tapped it out and took the plate out and cleaned it out with a vacuum and then flushed it with WD40.

Thanks Jerry for the bit of encouragement I needed to get the job done.

I must admit I was feeling a little bit FUBAR for a while.

BTW when I attached the braided line and flushed it out I got a nice steady flow of oil at idle but not a lot of pressure. Does that sound similar to your experience?

 

good job man!

The Rusty Turbo Project is a success!

 

Thanks Grippy.

With any luck at all I will have it fired up in the morning.

I won't be able to do much of a test though. I live on an island and the water is higher than it's been since 1973 and the road is flooded and I can't get the truck off to go for a real drive. LOL Always something.

 

Glad it all worked out for you. It's a shame you can't go test it.