ive been on here for awhile and i fugured i might as well start something on my truck. its not much but its good enough for me, for now lol.
ok so when i first bought the truck it was in pieces. mostly bought it cause it was already lifted, and for $350 i couldnt let it go by. but no driveshafts, wasnt running, needed transmission line, needed smaller bolts and not 2 inches of washers to make a bolt work (can you say fustercluck). also some new shoes. so i got it in the garage and buttoned everything up then with the help of my dad i got it running. ran good but smoked alil bit, no biggie. it was just a 305 with some work. so i found some driveshaft, got them in and suprisingly it moved. it still has the stock 79' turbo 350 and NP 205 transfer case. the only thing that i didnt need to mess with when i got it was the axles, they are just 10 bolts with 3.08 gears.
so since ive got it and really started playing with it ive put new shoes under it, 36'' super swamper TSL radials with grooves. made and put on a GOOD rear tow point that has been prooven to work lol, the front is still in the works bout half way done. and last month i dropped a new heart in it and swapped out the worn out 305 for a built 350 pushing around 450 horse.
but soon i hope ill be putting in a manual trans with a creeper gear. a doubler 203/205 transfercase. more lift. bigger axles, thinking rockwells? then getting some tractors for it. and whatever else sounds good to me to make it better.
Just a heads up on putting the old stick behind kinda sucks. I have around a 450hp/460tq bbc 427 with a stick behind it. I love sticks but would never put one behind a high horse motor in a lifted truck. Mine hates anything under 2grand so taking off sucks. Once your going its great till you have to shift. The old sticks have no syncs between gears so you have to wait and loose wheel spin. Go with a well built auto with a stall.have fun ++peace
call it
little bit
little bit of this and a little bit of that
name it THAT TRUCK ++peace dave has a good one too
Quote from: Ranger Dave on October 30, 2011, 12:10:00 PM
call it
little bit
little bit of this and a little bit of that
Quote from: Ranger Dave on October 30, 2011, 12:10:00 PM
call it
little bit
little bit of this and a little bit of that
that is a good one, ill keep that one in mind. awhile back at the last bog i was at i was told to call it smurf
hahaha put "smurf this" on the tailgate. Sounds like a cool rig, I do agree on the sm465, you can ask 73chevytruck on here about it, you loose all your wheel speed between gears and that getsya stuck. but to each their own, I drive manuals all over but agreed if i was to build an all out mud bogger it would be a automatic. or a old prestomatic design like dodge had.
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/fluidrive.html (http://www.allpar.com/mopar/fluidrive.html)
hmmm i might just stick to a well built auto then. lol smurf this does sound pretty cool on the tailgate
last night i went out and bought myself a set of 2.5 ton rockwells out of an M35a2 ++peace hoping to have them in and running under my truck before i leave for bootcamp august 1st. cant wait to get them in under my truck!
Tonite i FINALLY got the truck in the garage and got the rear axle out. Finally starting to make progress towards getting rocks under it ++peace ;D
;D Rocks chevgal
so ive been slacking lately cause of my accident with my ear so been in the docs for that and down at meps for the navy..... but! i got the old front axle out and i got the rocks laying underneath of it right now and today i went over to budd farm and did a few things and got myself a set of roller tires. dad brought home some scrap tubing from work from a job that had some left overs so i got that cut that got up and im gunna use for 8'' lift blocks so now ill have some room to flex and i wont have to shave anything hopefully now
Well everything is dropped out of it and ready to get a new bigger stronger lift! Tomorrow i go and get a few last things i forgot to get today. Then i start building instead of tearing down ;D
==suxnopics
Let's see it!! Sounds like a cool build
My pictures are too big and need to be resized so i need someone to put them up for me id be happy to send you some pictures michigan maniac to put up here for me though ;D
learn how to put em up photobucket read it up here it show u how to use it real easy 5 year old can do it
photobucket here i come!!
ok! i think i gotter figured all out. heres a link to my photobucket with pictures of what ive done so far. havent done much this weekend since ive been busy at work.
http://s1149.photobucket.com/albums/o593/84silverado2012/ (http://s1149.photobucket.com/albums/o593/84silverado2012/)
good job now u know how to link it but if u wanna just post pic just copyt n past the "img" onto the post there u go
Alrite so its been quite a fews days since i last updated but heres some pics now. I got my rear hangers all made up and on, got the rear axle in and some tires on it just cause i could. Just Went and picked up some more steel today from midland steel so i can finish up making the front mounts. Hopefully get the front on by sunday. My lil bro is in the one pic cause i sent it to my uncle cause he wanted a size reference
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Looking good keep up the good work!!
nice truck
i like r u keeping it the same color
for now yes i plan on keeping it the same color. i prolly wont think about paint till im out of the navy and go through and do body work
nice project
cool i like that color blue
Color shows even better when its been hand washed ;D
lol alwas dose
==cl truck
Tonight when i got home from work my mom says shes got something for my truck and i instantly assume the worst, but i was wrong. She tells me i needed a mascot lol
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Are you goin to brace those hangers so they dont fold over when you hit the mud? Otherwise lookin good nice start.
The rear hangers have a plate on the inside of the frame so that its bolted to the frame and the plate is 8"long and 3.5" tall so its just as tall as the inside of the frame. The front hangers i used the stock braces from the backside of the stock hangers and i plated the inside of the frame. Well, plan on it anyways, ran outta plate. And i dont think that they will ever move but if they do then ill run something between them so they dont move around. Ill put up pictures later when i get home
heres what ive done so far to brace up the hangers in the rear end. if anything moves anytime wheelin ill brace it more but until then i think ill be alrite.
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Yesterday i went and got some pretty awesome 18.4 rice and canes from blackout, cant wait to see what they can do ;D i also got the front end suspension close to being all finished up just gotta tighten up some bolts and put the axle in place
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Holy shackles batman
nice truck!
well i got my front axle pretty much buttoned up...my back started to give on me so i called it a night. about another hour in the garage tommorow mornin' and itll be in ++peace
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Yes! I got the front all buttoned up and in and mounted now on to tearin the rear apart to lock it up and put the pinion break on. But its finally standin on its own!!!! ++peace ;D
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nice!
applaudd Lookin good!
Looks good but you need to add some gussets to the front hangers going back to the frame rails an add some structure to your shackles to keep them from twisting and folding. Other than that keep up the good work.
Those shackles are fine the way they are the wont ever move with what im going to do with it. Im not monster truckin' like everyone else. The shackles are 1/2'' think cold rolled steel stock with 5" c-channel inbetween then. All welds are triple stichted. 1/2" bolts..... The front ill NEVER think twice about moving, cause if it does i WILL need a new truck. Its bolted to the stock hanger points, frontclip, and frame, Triple stitch weld all the way around. The tubing that the hanger mounts are on now is inside of the tube mouted to the truck. Triple stiched outside and much as humanly possible inside. The hangers on front are triple stitched also. So im not going to worry about my front hanger mount, ever. And as for the shackles, if they ever bend twist or break. Ill build a hanger just like the rear.
What are you goin to do with the truck?
This truck is only going to be bogged and swamped. No cars for it.
Looks big and bad a**
Quote from: 84silverado on April 23, 2012, 11:26:40 AM
This truck is only going to be bogged and swamped. No cars for it.
oh ok well good luck on the build
nice project
"All welds are triple stichted" wtf. got any pics of them triple stichted welds.
Quote from: pos on April 24, 2012, 12:18:35 PM
"All welds are triple stichted" wtf. got any pics of them triple stichted welds.
I sure can get pics ill do it when i get of school
Quote from: pos on April 24, 2012, 12:18:35 PM
"All welds are triple stichted" wtf. got any pics of them triple stichted welds.
here they are. if dont like my work, then get off my build page
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looks good bud i do the same and no need for the name calling lets all just b cool with everyone we r all on here for the same reasons we all love the mud
got parts ive been waiting on for 2 WEEKS today, 2-3 days my ass.... but now that i have them ill be able to make some progress and i should have the rear driveline all buttoned up or close to it by late saturday....the farm is taking up alot of time but the money is worth it!!
made some progress this week. all i need to do now is finish up my steering and wire up my ignition. then i should be rooling, i have to get it rolling before friday the 25th and its starting to creep up fast! and who says you can run a married t-case in a truck like this lol gotta love having a bridgeport in the garage
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Holy caster angle! Gonna make it to jarmin's? Cant wait to see this thing run!
I plan in being out there, gunna try the swamp lol
got the ignition and everything hooked up and got it running. put'er in gear and let the shafts spin and it didnt hit anywheres. so i didnt have to shave nutten im happy about that. but all i have left to do it hook up my steering just waiting on my orbital valve...the only bad thing about today running it i found that my water pump is leaking from the weep valve on the bottom of it :'( so i gotta change that before its out. and take out all or most of my unwanted/needed wires under the dash.
Man looks like u need a new seat hell ur going to b sitting in it alot
O and u never no u may want to run over some ford cars maybe not now but later down the road never no
Lol yea i could use a seat but im not worried bout it right now, ny future plans are to racing seats with harnesses.. Yea running over cars would be fun but that wont be for awhile
Got my waterpump changed out and found out my radiator had a whole in it too so i changed that put for the spare i had so i should have no issues what so ever keeping cool this summer cause it lookin to be purdy hot outside all summer long.. But my orbital valve came in today also so i can finish up my steering and be done, then if i have time i might clean my dash up abit too
Ill post pics tomorrow but my steering is all finished except for running a hot wire to the hydrolic pump and adding fluid.... Hope late tomorrow night itll be backing out of the garage, if not tomorrow for sure thursday
Gonna be ready for this weekend?
Yea i was... Then my hydrolic steering started acting up and i looked into it... My orbtal valve took a p00 on me at the wrong time!!!! Its pressuring the left and right side at the same time so now its like i have manual steering... So long story short i was ready, but im not gunna make it with the truck. Prolly just go watch now....
Heres where my truck sat during jarmin...
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got the new orbital valve in the other day, got it in the truck and steers with just my pinkey finger lol...took it out to the woods and the pasture and it treated it like nothing was nothing there, even tried to get it stuck but wouldn't do it :P but i found even my 350 timed retarded can still spin the tires, gotta time it then see what she'll do then :)
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Looks good!!! I can't wait to get rockwells under my blazer !!
I think u should paint the rims white it would go with the name lol
looks good!
Quote from: mud gremlin on June 04, 2012, 03:54:18 PM
I think u should paint the rims white it would go with the name lol
thats the plan, and paint axles, springs, hangers, driveshafts all white...then i dont when yet, redo the body, paint it all the lighter blue of the truck now but paint the top of the cab white. but thats not gunna be for a few years
Do a hat on the top that would b sweet
took the truck up to marion yesterday for hammars hog bash, didnt get stuck at all, but i did get to pull the firetuck out that was for recovery ;D truck ran good, but gotta do just alil more fine tuning of the carb so it likes to stay running in hotter temps. didnt break but i find i do need to have traction bars on the front....oh and that i need to look into a gooseneck trailer loll
thought about it throughout the day, decided i want took squeeze alil more out of my mouse motor. so i orderd meself a bigger cam, roller rockers, and the offroad jets for my carb. let see whats shes got held back ;D
gunna be cutting it close before saturday have alot to do in soooo little time between work and family coming in!!! got my cam and lifters, roller rocker too, now just waiting on my new heads and arp bolts but they will both be here by thursday ;D i can sense a long night coming on!!
were are u going saturday?
Jarmin bog... Friend i work with invited me
is it invite only?
i believe it is?
truck looks good
Thanks to all that responded. love to find new bogs close to home. a=f
Quote from: 84silverado on June 27, 2012, 02:58:18 AM
gunna be cutting it close before saturday have alot to do in soooo little time between work and family coming in!!! got my cam and lifters, roller rocker too, now just waiting on my new heads and arp bolts but they will both be here by thursday ;D i can sense a long night coming on!!
what did you get for heads?
i ended up getting these, i just put my cam in and heads on tonight...tomorrow evening it should be running again
http://www.ebay.com/itm/350546611958?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/350546611958?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649)
Quote from: 84silverado on June 29, 2012, 03:50:53 AM
i ended up getting these, i just put my cam in and heads on tonight...tomorrow evening it should be running again
http://www.ebay.com/itm/350546611958?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/350546611958?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649)
nice! that should make it run good!
Stayed up till 4 last night got it all together... Woke up started it, timed it, lashed the valves, modified my valve covers and put a few other things on and was on the trailer at noon to jarmin.. As i was leaving i got a call and i only had enough time to play about an hour an a half... Figured out a few minor issues but other than that i cant complain about anything new ive put in it... Ill upload some videos later and some pictures
here are some videos... my mom was talking to her friend betty and her daughter pauline the whole damn time though, but hey, what can ya do ==dunno
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looks good!
started it the other day and found it to be running like p00. thought my carb needed a rebuild, so i rebuilt it. still runs like p00...come to find that im sucking air between my heads and intake. ordered everything to fix so tomorrow night itll be good again... but today i finally put in a grill in that my dad said i could have if i could use it, and an electric fan he had for a spare for his jeep too ;D i love the guy hes the best...... who says you cant use a grill from a 1977 k10 in an 1984 k10 loll
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Been awhile so i figured id share what i did to fix my air problem. I bought a dart intake with 215 cc intake runners so it would fit over my heads 210 runners with ease. Runs like a champ now that it isnt starving fuel or sucking air from the wrong places. Havent had a chance to run it yet but i need to cause i leave the 31st for bootcamp!!!
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its only been almost 3 months but i made it through bootcamp and the first thing i did when i got out was order parts lol so after i get out school here in january and take a few leave days before i get shipped somehwere the new parts will be on. ordered a few goodies for itll run cooler and some hi-po stuff too ;D
Nice truck bud congrats on finishing boot camp too
going big block!! bought a 454 today from millser. big thanks to my dad for picking it up for me and getting it home on the stand while im here on base.
can I ask which branch, army, navy airforce, marines?
navy
Good man! spent 3 plus yrs on the Eisenhower. you go to great lakes? school?
im in great lakes right now going to BECC and then ill start my MM strand when im done. i just got my orders yesterday im going to the kidd, DDG-100, when im done here.
Destroyer! Docked in San Diego Ca. I believe, Gonna try out your ''sea legs'' those things are bad ass but will do a bit of rock and rollin in heavy seas. You going to like it though. Time of your life because there's a big world out there to see. Boot camp treat you ok?
yup its in san diego. itll be fun thoough ive never seen that side of the country or world either. bootcamp was a cake walk to be honest, i honestly expected it to be harder
Looks sweet.
Got a call Saturday from dad saying he got me 2 more R-2's at bader bros auction..Now I got a complete set after I pay him for them lol
well i know its been awhile but its hard to post while away from the good ol' US.....but ive ended up buying stuff all year for the truck and dad has had to do the dreaded job of the "test and tune" loll i found this video of the truck out and about at a local bog instead of just the swamp in the back of the cow pasture with a few family friends, hope y'all enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvETI0H6YMM