Project DaKiller - 1990 w/t/silverado frakenstein creation....

[daemeon2]

I work as a auto tech during the week and it's hard to find time to work on my baby. I picked this "jewel"(and I say this lightly now) up in late 2013. She looked good but rode like crap. No leaks, Reman motor and trans. Also had some body alignment issues.. was told by the previous owner that the truck needed bodywork and paint....

The day I brought her home.....

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The day I finally got to really drive her and check her out really good....

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She definitely had front end alignment issues..., something was wayy off about her...

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For some odd reason.., the bed had bedliner on most of it but one side... seems it was replaced for some unknown reason....

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Time to start taking her apart and find out just what the heck was going on with the front end... It seems my fears was right.... frame bent and it had been hit on the driver side.... just enough to warp the frame..... I decided to still keep her..... so let the work begin....

Replacing the core support....

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Found some more bad news... the drivers cab front frame mount was weirdly welded onto the frame... another thing to fix....

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The more I dug into it.., the worse this storm became..... I see paychecks flying into the voids and disappearing in front of my eyes...

The front springs were torched to lower it..., so new front springs, spring mounts, mcnaughty's drop spindles, ball joints, outer tie-rods, new swaybar links and new mount bushings, new elco ss 2.0 turn gearbox, new upper and lower control arms, new moog control arm bushings upper and lower.., the list seems to grow bigger every day....

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I bought a snap-on sandblast cabinet for the shop.., I figured I might as well put it to good use and blast the upper and lower control arms.... this is how I discovered the control arms were bent to crap...

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Discovered the reason the speedo didn't ever work... replaced cluster.., still no good..., replaced speed sensor.., still no good... took off the housing and discovered no tone ring for speed sensor.... Oh does this just keep getting better and better....

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Installing new tone ring and seals for 700r4 trans....

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While I was there.., I decided to replace the u-joints with heavy duty moogs... Found out I needed a new front slip yoke and the slip yoke tube as well....

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Repair the wiring on the speed sensor and made it sever heavy duty with loom and heat-shring and soldering the wires...

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All done on speedo, driveshaft issues except the crying over the bills....

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Back to the front-end area... those parts needing to be replaced were replaced.... all parts painted with gloss black, chrome paint, and candy torch red. It's time for assembly... The coil springs were acting like ***** and didn't want to go in.... My spring compressor wasn't doing the job. I had to call in support for help... Thank God for bro's that are also gearhead and tool junkies. I fought with these coil springs for 2 days..., My bro Tony comes over and sticks them in in 30 mins.... Awesome !!

One side done ! (well almost..)

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08/11/2015 R/F 90% Done - New bearings, new races, 2" drop spindles, New mevotech balljoints, new moog bushings, new lower control arms, everything sandblasted and painted gloss black, red, and chrome. New braided steel brake lines, new bump stops, new swaybar links and bushings.

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Energy Suspension came through and "donated" a few parts for the build !!

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08/12/2015 - Russell Performance Braided steel brake lines for front and rear.

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I got tired of the chrome broke-ass grill.... I wanted a phantom grill... no where could I find one in my year model.... So I decided to make my own..... took a 90 silverado grille, a 90 ss 454 grille, a 94 suburban grill, a 94 tahoe grille, and a phantom grill found in the back of a tahoe in salvage yard.... a plastic welder.., many pints of vodka and beer..., many late nights cussing this idea out... and wham... I made it to stage 1 of grille redo....

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Modded lights and core support mods

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New lights had to be modded as well ... stage 2 thru 4 of grille mods...

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Added new front bumper... new brackets..., new frame mount bushings(energy suspension), rebuilt headlight harness from the firewall and out, all new GM loom and new GM clips(Thanks to Ballkamp), new Sylvania 55w Ultra Star lights, new led signal and park lights,... many more, I cant remember....

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Brake work is next on the list.... got to replace all brake line clamps, all the front brake lines.., paint the calipers..., clean the wheels.., may replace all brake lines.., need to replace the ABS unit..(it leaks),
chrome it all out and call it a day....

 

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Oh in case I forgot to mention..., it did go to a body shop and got put on a frame alignment machine.... 350.00 dollars later.., I was told It was "straight"....

8/11/15 - new parts arrived... brake line clamps arrived, new bolts for clamps, some new lines
8/18/15 - calipers sandblasted, etched, primered, and painted torch red...
8/19/15 - stainless steel brake lines installed | Then discovered more issues with steel factory lines..., got to replace all the front lines... | also discovered issues with starter wiring being incorrectly routed around r/f brake line... more issues with the starter cables... must replace all cables.... | abs unit found and ready for replacement... | more to come....