Hey everybody. 88 K1500

[Cody302]

[ATTAy 2014. It's not the greatest looking truck but it had all the options i wanted, it was 4x4 with the 4.3 V6 and a 5speed with only 78K miles on a newer Vortec engine and a loud as hell exhaust that was split at the y pipe.
Here is a picture of the truck when i first got it. Not sure why it's sideways.

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[1988GMC]

nice congrats on the truck any plans for it?

 

[Cody302]

I picked up a roll bar with kc lights off craigslist for 75 bucks and sprayed it flat black. future plans include a bull bar and a set of 33s. Also found a set of cab marker lights on clearance for $6 the other day, still up in the air if i wanna put them on. I like the look of them but something about cab lights on a half-ton doesn't sit well.

 

[NCTyphoonKid]

nice truck

 

[Cody302]

Thanks. Its been a royal pain in the ass since i got it. I replaced the clutch in april then i started proceedings of replacing the transmission due to a cracked tail housing in may. Naturally, i ran into a lot more problems than i was expecting and even though the whole transmission swap has been done since early July, i still haven't been able to drive it since then

 

[sewlow]

Welcome! Git 'er done so you can drive the hides off of it!

 

[Cody302]

When i started pulling the transmission i had the intention of just replacing the back half of it, so i ordered a tailshaft only to find out after i had everything pulled out that i had a different transmission than the one i ordered the replacement for. I had ordered an NV3500 back half when it turns out i had the 5LM60. So after a couple days of messing with it i decided to just replace the whole transmission. So i went and picked up an NV3500 and a 241C T-Case with 80K miles. Long story short, it ended up raining all day every day for about 2 weeks straight and i unfortunately don't have access to a garage so I'm doing everything on my back outside. Got everything in in about 3 hours over a few days in the first week of July and spent pretty much the whole month with an off and on eye infection due to a forced change in the brand of contact lenses i wear.

 

[sewlow]

I'm doing everything on my back outside.

Blechhh!!! I don't do that anymore. Too damn old! Takes too long to recoup. (Ahhh...there's my painkillers! Lol!)

 

[Cody302]

The truck currently has the WT style bi-level headlights and grille but the guy i bought it from gave me a set of the newer headlights, grille and all the wiring so that'll go on when i get around to it. Thing I'm worried about is potentially finding out the harness isn't complete halfway through the swap. I wanna pick up a step bar after i get my 33's, have a bad back (due to car accident when i was 15) and a hard enough time getting into it now on some days. Considering a cheap black paint job and intentions of replacing solid rear window with a sliding one and most likely camo wrap around the instrument cluster.

 

[98_k1500]

Grille swaps are very easy, all that needs to be done wiring wise is chop off the headlight plugs and splice the ones on for the composite headlights.