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Baby Blue - The 97 4.3 to 89 5.7 Conversion
Well just about zero progress has been made due to my painter being busy getting ready for winter. I hit a road block with bolts for reassembly as well as I didn't want to continue buying new bolts and I didn't want to put the existing old rusty bolts in, so I made a compromise and bought myself...- kaylejwm
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Fender Molding help...
rubber band over the stripped head works about 30% of the time.- kaylejwm
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Rcsb actual weight
I remember weighing my little green gmc and it was 1850kg give or take with me standing beside the scale. Not sure why I weighed it or why I remember the weight. had a v6 and standard.- kaylejwm
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Baby Blue - The 97 4.3 to 89 5.7 Conversion
Well I won't have the doors done this week. The insides are blasted but there is a bunch of bodywork on the skins that needs to be done. The bottom folds have a little rot (1"-2"), so that will have to be sectioned out. Anyways hopefully they will be ready to mount early next week. The rad...- kaylejwm
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Baby Blue - The 97 4.3 to 89 5.7 Conversion
I can't post in the classified section yet, so if anyone reading these knows of someone that has a blue dome light trim piece (the part that covers the entire span of the cab between the side trim on both sides) for a standard cab I would appreciate you or them getting in touch with me. Going...- kaylejwm
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Baby Blue - The 97 4.3 to 89 5.7 Conversion
Blast and paint done on the inside of the fenders. The doors and tailgate are getting done now and I will have the rad support done this week as well. I am a little hesitant about all the blue inside the engine bay, i'm thinking that I should have done everything black but I'm sure it will turn...- kaylejwm
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Baby Blue - The 97 4.3 to 89 5.7 Conversion
Since i'm not doing anything else today, I figured I would snap some pictures of the two donor trucks. They also became scrap steel/wood bins over the last year and a half. Anyways the red truck is donating the engine, transmission, steering column, and various screws. Its most important job...- kaylejwm
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Baby Blue - The 97 4.3 to 89 5.7 Conversion
I just tidied up the interior tools and what not. Threw in the seats I am using. I was going to continue with trim and all the rest but the base model cab is missing a ton of hole of those little snap-in retainers. I will have to pick up a body saw and do some hacking. So the rest is on hold for...- kaylejwm
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Baby Blue - The 97 4.3 to 89 5.7 Conversion
I then decided to give the interior a go. I ran all the wiring and installed the dash, hvac, etc. I really should have been cleaning everything as I go but winter is coming and I would like to have room in my shop for the engine donor truck. I am putting everything original in for now and will...- kaylejwm
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Baby Blue - The 97 4.3 to 89 5.7 Conversion
I was also able to the steering system done. I didn't want to cut the notch in the firewall to put the old style steering column through, so I disassembled the steering column and reassembled it in place. I then took the steering box from the 97 (it had the least play between the three I had to...- kaylejwm
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Baby Blue - The 97 4.3 to 89 5.7 Conversion
So I was able to hammer out about 8 hours of work on the truck today. Doing the interior conversion presents a ton of "square peg round hole" challenges. Like the hole for the passenger's side wire harness. I actually cut the hole from the old firewall and made it big enough to cover a couple...- kaylejwm
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1989 Stainless Bolt Kit
I tried totally stainless but they don't have an entire kit put together yet. If anyone come across something i'd love to hear from you.- kaylejwm
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1989 Stainless Bolt Kit
Not sure where this post belongs. But has anyone come across a complete restoration bolt kit for the GMT 400s? I'm talking body mount bolts, bumper brackets, steering box, etc. I have seen them for lots of earlier models. Or even if someone had a bolt list and I could compile my own that would...- kaylejwm
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Question on rear drum brake backing plate replacement
Pulling the axle is super easy, just a couple c clips inside the differential. I can't answer if there are two piece parts available, but I wouldn't be scared to buy the proper ones. I could outline the steps if you were interested.- kaylejwm
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Baby Blue - The 97 4.3 to 89 5.7 Conversion
There are obviously a bunch of pictures missing between these steps and once I find everything I will do a step by step, but in the mean time this is where we are at. The body work is done on the box and it is currently sitting ready for prime. The cab is ready to be primed and already has the...- kaylejwm
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Baby Blue - The 97 4.3 to 89 5.7 Conversion
I went and bought some goodies, basically anything that really wears out and began reassembling the chassis. It has a drop of some description and also went and picked up a 3.73 posi rear end which I rebuilt. Everything that isn't frame or cast steel is new (except leafs which are off my 2012...- kaylejwm
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Baby Blue - The 97 4.3 to 89 5.7 Conversion
I then had the frame blasted, primed and painted. The cab was also lightly blasted (except for the roof and a few other parts).- kaylejwm
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Baby Blue - The 97 4.3 to 89 5.7 Conversion
I spent a couple months tearing down the truck. I actually started this whole project in March, 2014 I lost a pile of pictures along the way.- kaylejwm
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Baby Blue - The 97 4.3 to 89 5.7 Conversion
Here is the original 97 GMC Short Box. I had just gotten it home and washed it up. The body was in excellent condition aside from paint. The interior was already pretty scabby and it was still only a base model - small engine, manual everything.- kaylejwm
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Baby Blue - The 97 4.3 to 89 5.7 Conversion
So, the story goes, once upon a time I owned a nice little 97 GMC short box regular cab with a 4.3 and standard transmission. I primarily used the truck for slow rolling down the gravel while enjoying all that sunday boozing had to offer. I ended up downshifting (like I would with an Eaton 18...- kaylejwm
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