This is not a farwell post ,however the van is going back to my brother's place, it's his van,it was at my place for over a year,I put alot work into it,he lives 1/2 hour away,I had more time to work on it.He is busy with his shop http://www.alansupholstery.com I still have the 2000 Safari ,we hope ...

I want to thank everybody who takes the time to add information to the forum,and for the response to my PMs. We had the van on the road ,2005 astro (with GMC grill),4" overland lift,5.7 vortec,2002 Express tune on a 1220411 pcm for BlackBear Performance,265-75-16 tires with 3.73 gears. We still...

We got it running,first try,sounds good with magnaflow mufflers !

I looked at car-part.com they only list 2000 motors for the 2000s,I don't know what the differences are ,the egr may have a different reference voltage,I wonder if the crank sensor may be different.

I looked at the wiring diagrams for the express transmission, it appears that the iss sensor was for the 4l80e not the 4l60e. Justin at Black Bear Performance confirmed it. I have ordered the 411 PCM,now it is time to put the worms back into the can.I may need a bigger can.

I am going to use a 2002 Express tune for the V8 Astro but the wiring diagrams show AT ISS sensor ,we don't have one ,can I put one on ,can it be deleted from pcm program. Does it get the signal from the teeth on fly wheel?

I was talking to Justin at Black Bear Performance ,he does not know if the gauges will work with the 411 programed for a 2002 Express,I think on the astro the gauges use serial data link,looking on the wire diagrams for the 2002 express ,the fuel sensor,pnp switch ,temp sensor wire to the pcm and to...

Thank you ,I was thinking of that site ,I wonder if there is a problem shipping to Canada,I am going to email him.

we have a 5.7 vortec from a 97 gmc truck into a 2005 awd astro ,http://astrosafarivans.org/bb2/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=5754. I was thinking of using a service #1626494 from a 2000 4wd s10 to run things,I talked to techs at GM they say that they use vin number to program computer. I do have access t...

we have have made more progress

here's pic of my messy garage,this is my progress.

Welcome to the site Gerald,enjoyed our phone conversation yesterday, I looked at how I can lower the front differential ,I think I can go an 1" lower. This is a pic of my van,I am doing the mods on my brothers van./www.astrosafarivans.com/bb2/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=5754&sid=2e7a85d2ebb07e...

We are planning and slowly doing ,I still got to order kit from overlandvans,

We have just added a 5.7 vortec to the mix,in the process of removing stuff from 1997 gmc 1500,

The beach you were on is Crescent Beach ,I live near Bridgewater ,I take my van and trailer on the beach and get Irish moss for my garden and I watched a guy kite karting on it. I am amazed that weare still allowed to drive on it.