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Hi I'm Gavin and I have an OBSession
I dunno but it pissed me off lol.
The transmission in this thing is still garbage, I wish I could find a NV4500 around here. I'd rather deal with the SM465 before I put a Turbo 400 in it because the manual makes this truck for me. It was the single reason I bought it!
But I did get the new radiator in, the truck runs about 10 degrees warmer with it though. The headliner also sagged super bad, so as a temporary fix I used that expensive 3M trim adhesive stuff and it's working out well enough for the meantime.
I used the truck to pick up some of the stuff that flew out of my 93 when it got totaled, but I didn't use this truck for any of the recovery work. That was a Dodge job with the winch!
I took the clutch pedal covers off the 93 and put them on this truck yesterday since they were in better shape, I also need to salvage a high beam headlight from that truck to replace the dead one on this. I would reuse the steering wheel too if it wasn't bent up. The speakers on the dash don't work, so I'll take two from that truck as well. Center console is thrashed so this truck still doesn't have one, although I can grab one out of a K5 that is on the property.
What I really need to work on with this thing is get started on the Solid Axle Swap. I really wish winter wasn't around the corner. The truck for some reason now pulls super hard to the right and I don't recall doing anything to jack it up, but the front end has been trash ever since I bought it. Drivers side CV seems like it's going to grenade soon too.
Here are the axles I'm going to use. A 8 lug Corporate 10 bolt front from a 90 K20 Suburban, and a 14b full float that was out of my 94 6.5 truck. Both are 4.10s, I have a passenger side drop NP241 with the 32 spline input from a TH400 so that will bolt right up to my SM465 (I hope). I'll need to gather things for the front spring hangers, crossover steering, and the rear shackle flip. But this probably won't happen for a little bit longer. I'd love to start on it now if I had everything but I don't. And I need a good welder and torches which I also don't have.
The transmission in this thing is still garbage, I wish I could find a NV4500 around here. I'd rather deal with the SM465 before I put a Turbo 400 in it because the manual makes this truck for me. It was the single reason I bought it!
But I did get the new radiator in, the truck runs about 10 degrees warmer with it though. The headliner also sagged super bad, so as a temporary fix I used that expensive 3M trim adhesive stuff and it's working out well enough for the meantime.
I used the truck to pick up some of the stuff that flew out of my 93 when it got totaled, but I didn't use this truck for any of the recovery work. That was a Dodge job with the winch!
I took the clutch pedal covers off the 93 and put them on this truck yesterday since they were in better shape, I also need to salvage a high beam headlight from that truck to replace the dead one on this. I would reuse the steering wheel too if it wasn't bent up. The speakers on the dash don't work, so I'll take two from that truck as well. Center console is thrashed so this truck still doesn't have one, although I can grab one out of a K5 that is on the property.
What I really need to work on with this thing is get started on the Solid Axle Swap. I really wish winter wasn't around the corner. The truck for some reason now pulls super hard to the right and I don't recall doing anything to jack it up, but the front end has been trash ever since I bought it. Drivers side CV seems like it's going to grenade soon too.
Here are the axles I'm going to use. A 8 lug Corporate 10 bolt front from a 90 K20 Suburban, and a 14b full float that was out of my 94 6.5 truck. Both are 4.10s, I have a passenger side drop NP241 with the 32 spline input from a TH400 so that will bolt right up to my SM465 (I hope). I'll need to gather things for the front spring hangers, crossover steering, and the rear shackle flip. But this probably won't happen for a little bit longer. I'd love to start on it now if I had everything but I don't. And I need a good welder and torches which I also don't have.
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