AK49BWL
GMT400 Forever!
Well it's been too long. Not TOO much has happened but I'm missing a few pics here so I'll throw em up.
I see I did upload the pics of the passenger side chrome door handle install, but none of the later-installed driver side and tailgate - they're done now. I also put in Caddy chrome interior handles for both sides. Anzo taillights installed as well, replacing the circuit-board taillights.
Removed the rear seat and swapped over my sound system from the Blazer for the time being, but someday will probably have a custom box built for a pair of 15s or an 18 (haven't decided). On the fence about whether to keep or sell the immaculate rear seat... I'm also now in possession of a Sundown SAE-100.4 amp for the mids and highs in addition to the Sundown SAE-2000.1D amp for the subs working on it!!! -- but the former is not installed yet, or for that matter even out of its box. For the head unit, I'm lined up for a Pioneer DEH-80PRS. The Alpine will go back in the Blazer.
The wiring is a mess in the back right now so I'm not gonna post a pic of that...
Battery wiring under the hood got redone with 4 gauge wire running from battery to fuse block with an inline 250 amp breaker, and all grounds (battery to frame, body, engine) are now 1/0 - the breaker is going to be used as a cutoff switch more than a protection device, so I don't have to pull off the battery terminals anymore when I go back to driving the Blazer. IF I go back to dailying the Blazer lol. Well I'm gonna have to if I ever get around to tearing the whole truck down like I want to..
Let's see... Tried to fix the A/C but that failed miserably. Replaced both schraeder valves and the orifice, filled it up, it worked!! 4 weeks later it was dead again. Damn leaky compressor!! Meh.. Thank God it's winter now. Gonna tear everything out and rebuild like I did the Blazer.. Get a parallel-flow condenser and Sanden compressor, all new lines, evap and dryer... We'll have her blowing cold for next year.
On the other hand, I **FINALLY** nixed my misfire issue by twisting the distributor! Did some re-tuning, so it runs literally better than ever now! So happy about that. Humidity is no longer Sierra's Kryptonite.
Interior changed a bit, now I have a later Suburban-style rear seat dome assembly which got retrofitted recently with bulb sockets from a Blazer's overhead console. All lights are now wired to the dome lights circuit as well as the map lights still retaining their individuality. The interior mirror has been changed from a GMT400 comp/temp to a GMT800 comp/temp with a blue LED and blue display filter. The overhead console DIC now has a temperature sensor hooked up to it as well, which is currently mounted at the back of the OHC to monitor interior temperature. I pulled a HomeLink insert from a Blazer, Blue LEDified it, and installed it as well. No word on if it'll ever get used as I don't currently have a garage, but we'll see. It looks good in there at least
Oh, how could I forget the Escalade 120mph cluster I cleared the idiot light filters on and installed? PRND321 is a little annoying but I don't even notice it anymore.
And lastly for now, the bed rails got an LED strip installed, along with a new fuse panel that I can custom-build into any configuration I want. Some may say "Why so complicate?" I say "CUZ I WANT TO." lol ... The box is currently "installed", but I have a friend of mine from work who said he's going to make a proper enclosure for it. Then I'm off to rewire the rearend with a few more new additions.
Future? hm... You know what, I'm not even gonna bother lol. Most of what I had in my other lists in this thread has changed even. Part of me is still hyped for a 94 interior swap, but the other part of me is thinking that it's never gonna happen. All that work on the 94 electronics? WHY? ... Cuz I could. And what the hell, maybe I can find another use for the stereo bits at least lol.
I did find fairly recently that I need to replace bushings under my frontend, so replacing those will at least go along with the thread title right? Get me some Polyurethane bushings for the A-Arms and sway bar ends. I still need to do wheel bearings as well. Posi-Lok cable needs to be adjusted, and I have to get a new button for it in the interior because the old one finally fell apart. I have a 1999 Camaro Body Control Module to install, and that WILL be done - I just need some time, and space to pull out the interior again. Not happening in this trailer in West Texas.
I'm about to have two full weeks off for the holidays, so we'll see what I can manage in that time. Thanks for watching and I'll see you next time lol. Maybe I'll try to keep this thread updated instead of piling everything in the "What Did You Do" thread all the time
I see I did upload the pics of the passenger side chrome door handle install, but none of the later-installed driver side and tailgate - they're done now. I also put in Caddy chrome interior handles for both sides. Anzo taillights installed as well, replacing the circuit-board taillights.
Removed the rear seat and swapped over my sound system from the Blazer for the time being, but someday will probably have a custom box built for a pair of 15s or an 18 (haven't decided). On the fence about whether to keep or sell the immaculate rear seat... I'm also now in possession of a Sundown SAE-100.4 amp for the mids and highs in addition to the Sundown SAE-2000.1D amp for the subs working on it!!! -- but the former is not installed yet, or for that matter even out of its box. For the head unit, I'm lined up for a Pioneer DEH-80PRS. The Alpine will go back in the Blazer.
The wiring is a mess in the back right now so I'm not gonna post a pic of that...
Battery wiring under the hood got redone with 4 gauge wire running from battery to fuse block with an inline 250 amp breaker, and all grounds (battery to frame, body, engine) are now 1/0 - the breaker is going to be used as a cutoff switch more than a protection device, so I don't have to pull off the battery terminals anymore when I go back to driving the Blazer. IF I go back to dailying the Blazer lol. Well I'm gonna have to if I ever get around to tearing the whole truck down like I want to..
Let's see... Tried to fix the A/C but that failed miserably. Replaced both schraeder valves and the orifice, filled it up, it worked!! 4 weeks later it was dead again. Damn leaky compressor!! Meh.. Thank God it's winter now. Gonna tear everything out and rebuild like I did the Blazer.. Get a parallel-flow condenser and Sanden compressor, all new lines, evap and dryer... We'll have her blowing cold for next year.
On the other hand, I **FINALLY** nixed my misfire issue by twisting the distributor! Did some re-tuning, so it runs literally better than ever now! So happy about that. Humidity is no longer Sierra's Kryptonite.
Interior changed a bit, now I have a later Suburban-style rear seat dome assembly which got retrofitted recently with bulb sockets from a Blazer's overhead console. All lights are now wired to the dome lights circuit as well as the map lights still retaining their individuality. The interior mirror has been changed from a GMT400 comp/temp to a GMT800 comp/temp with a blue LED and blue display filter. The overhead console DIC now has a temperature sensor hooked up to it as well, which is currently mounted at the back of the OHC to monitor interior temperature. I pulled a HomeLink insert from a Blazer, Blue LEDified it, and installed it as well. No word on if it'll ever get used as I don't currently have a garage, but we'll see. It looks good in there at least
Oh, how could I forget the Escalade 120mph cluster I cleared the idiot light filters on and installed? PRND321 is a little annoying but I don't even notice it anymore.
And lastly for now, the bed rails got an LED strip installed, along with a new fuse panel that I can custom-build into any configuration I want. Some may say "Why so complicate?" I say "CUZ I WANT TO." lol ... The box is currently "installed", but I have a friend of mine from work who said he's going to make a proper enclosure for it. Then I'm off to rewire the rearend with a few more new additions.
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Future? hm... You know what, I'm not even gonna bother lol. Most of what I had in my other lists in this thread has changed even. Part of me is still hyped for a 94 interior swap, but the other part of me is thinking that it's never gonna happen. All that work on the 94 electronics? WHY? ... Cuz I could. And what the hell, maybe I can find another use for the stereo bits at least lol.
I did find fairly recently that I need to replace bushings under my frontend, so replacing those will at least go along with the thread title right? Get me some Polyurethane bushings for the A-Arms and sway bar ends. I still need to do wheel bearings as well. Posi-Lok cable needs to be adjusted, and I have to get a new button for it in the interior because the old one finally fell apart. I have a 1999 Camaro Body Control Module to install, and that WILL be done - I just need some time, and space to pull out the interior again. Not happening in this trailer in West Texas.
I'm about to have two full weeks off for the holidays, so we'll see what I can manage in that time. Thanks for watching and I'll see you next time lol. Maybe I'll try to keep this thread updated instead of piling everything in the "What Did You Do" thread all the time
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