got the bed back on finally...
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up front- drop spindles, upper and lower control arms and bags
out back- parallel 6 link w/ bags.
out back- parallel 6 link w/ bags.
but of course, the frame is already set up to lay the rockers on the ground. i thought about making it 4wd but the frame is just too bad, i would love to have something lifted again. and i hope so about the motor, i'd really rather save the cummins i have for my rat rod.
check out the frame i'm gonna get...
http://www.gmfullsize.com/forum/showthread.php?t=143538
Nice, alot of good work into that frame, I've been keeping up with his build up as well.
Trucks coming along nicely.
hopefully if i have the money i can get it registered and insured next week. i wanna put some miles on it before i drive to Missouri in April. i could prob finish it up fabrication within the next few weeks. i just need to figure out when to put my front shocks and finish the back of the bed and she's good to go until body work and paint.
got the tubs kinda in on friday, had too much running around to do this weekend so didn't get to "work" on the truck. i did manage to cut them a little short so i'll have to patch it up a bit. i think they look way better then the ones w/ the bead rolled in em'.
well, i finally got the truck registered and insured saturday so i can cruise it around a bit before my trip. i took it hunting on sunday realized how much low pro tires suck. not 15 min after leaving my house i hit a pot hole and bent my rim. of course i left my spare tire at home. so i had to wait an hour for a tow truck to bring me a hammer and some air so i could bang the lip back and fill the tire. so our 1hr drive turned into a 2.5hr trip. But, she rode great and didn't have any wheel hop. i just picked up some plasma tips so homefully this weekend i can get my front shock mounts made and put my Rancho's in.
pheasant. i belong to a semi wild club so we can hunt on sundays. we put out 70 birds yesterday. it's the reason i don't get to work on the truck on sundays lol. i got 8 myself.
. it's the reason i don't get to work on the truck on sundays lol. i got 8 myself.
Cool man gald you got some fowl. Sucks about the Rim though. And you deffinatley standout sittin at the huntin lodge.
lol yea i had to hear about it the whole time there too. i can't even count how many times i heard the term "homes" lol. i guess i should've put my H2 wheels on to go up there.
roller coaster weekend. well i sold the hood i had for sale but took like 2 steps back in the process. i went to meet the guy but was having problems w/ the front end, i really wasn't too surprised b/c i never ballanced the wheels. so i get about 20min into Maryland and i hear a thud, then the steering goes loose. i'm like WTF, so i creep over to the side of the road. i look in the driver side wheel well and see the inner tie rod just hanging there. the bolt that holds the inner heim bracket to the center link worked it's way out (even though i had loctite on it). so i take the heim and the bracket out and trek over some bridge to a Pilot that was on the other side of the road to look for tools. well they had nothing, so i stopped at some little garage. turns out the guy had a Duramax too. so i give him 40 bucks and my license so i can borrow some tools to put it back together and limp it back to his shop. i get back there and the allen key he has isn't long enough to reach into the bracket to tighten the 14mm allen head screw. so i have to take the brackets off and take about 1/4" off the ends to make it shallower. OF course the p/s was loose too so i had to do it to that side as well. so 3 hrs later i was back on the road. oh did i mention that b/c the guy had to come meet me for the hood i gave it to him for $300 rather than $350 AND i gave the guy at the garage $100 bucks for letting me use his shit.
SO, i'm driving home and still have a strange shake. the next day i go to sears to have it aligned and the tires ballanced for $140 bucks, but i still have a the shimmy when i hit a bump. i get back to my shop and find that the bolt that holds the outter tie rod end to the spindle was loose, on both sides. i fix that, my leaky brake line, mock up some front shocks and head home at like 2am sunday. i'm on the TP and the truck starts throwing codes like crazy for Low Fuel Rail Pressure. i limp it all the way home at about 50mph and figure i'll just change the fuel filter in the morning (monday). so i get up spend $35 bucks on a fuel filter. change it out and now the truck won't start. i guess it lost suction when i took the filter out and the filter housing plunger wont build any pressure b/c i think the filter housing has a crack in it. so now i have to spend $350 bucks on a new fuel pump that will self prime the system. AND hopefully fix my problem of it not starting, then i have to spend another $100 bucks on a (used) new filter housing so i can stop the leak.
what an extended weekend. so not only did i loose a day of work but i spent all the money i made selling the hood and then some
SO, i'm driving home and still have a strange shake. the next day i go to sears to have it aligned and the tires ballanced for $140 bucks, but i still have a the shimmy when i hit a bump. i get back to my shop and find that the bolt that holds the outter tie rod end to the spindle was loose, on both sides. i fix that, my leaky brake line, mock up some front shocks and head home at like 2am sunday. i'm on the TP and the truck starts throwing codes like crazy for Low Fuel Rail Pressure. i limp it all the way home at about 50mph and figure i'll just change the fuel filter in the morning (monday). so i get up spend $35 bucks on a fuel filter. change it out and now the truck won't start. i guess it lost suction when i took the filter out and the filter housing plunger wont build any pressure b/c i think the filter housing has a crack in it. so now i have to spend $350 bucks on a new fuel pump that will self prime the system. AND hopefully fix my problem of it not starting, then i have to spend another $100 bucks on a (used) new filter housing so i can stop the leak.
what an extended weekend. so not only did i loose a day of work but i spent all the money i made selling the hood and then some
well this weekend went a little better. didn't get as much done as i wanted but i did fix one huge problem that made driving the truck very unsafe. thanks to GM's sorry excuse for a steering design the truck had an uncontrolable shake when i hit bumps or rode low and hit a bump. the center link would twist and turn and cause the toe to change 100x in seconds causing the trucks front end to shake like crazy. so rather than spend $200+ dollars on the cognito kit and wait a week to get it. i decided to whip up a bracket of my own. it's not as pretty as the Cognito kit but it does the job and does it well. now i can hit bumps w/o having to pray first. but of course i was out of plasma consumables so i had to make it all by hand... forgot how much that sucks.
the bracket is 1/4" and the support is 3/8" (i'll have better pics later)
the bracket is 1/4" and the support is 3/8" (i'll have better pics later)
well pulled an all nighter on sat (though it doesn't look like it) and got some paint on the turd. i had some blue left over from when i painted my C-10 and it was pretty close to matching my factory color. i also welded in my inner tubs and seam sealed everything. i'm going to strip the bed back down once i get back from my trip to Missouri and repaint it the actual color.
gotta tell ya kyle. looks damn nice. you do some nice work. patience has paid off. keep up the good work