90 chevy 4wheel steer/4wheel drive/4wheel independant suspension

[lapeer20m]

she didn't do well yesterday...suffered multi-system failure.  I'm thinking that i suck as a mechanic!

Forgot to weld a sprocket onto a keyed shaft when i went into the bog so i ended up with just front wheell drive.  Not to mention my timing seems to be way off, so she's running bad to start with.  Dozer was nice and let me use his welder, got the rear drive fixed, some other nice guy helped me set the timing, then the front steering gearbox broke.  This is the 2nd time the gearbox has given out...it's not physically broken, but shooting ps fluid out of a seal.  I had only rear steer, and no power steering when i blew out a U-joint for the rear drive. 

UGGGG! 

anybody wanna buy a chevy?  well, it used to be a chevy. 

i'm not really selling her, i'll try and get her fixed by this weekend for the bog in imlay city.  Hopefully with full hydro steering. 

[390JOE]

hey anything new on this project or is the milliatry's going on this

[lapeer20m]

i've had too many irons in the fire to work on the truck.  I think this winter I might try to smoothe out a few of the wrinkles. 

[SteveP612]

Its differents but looks like it will be well worth all the work.  Good luck

[dr. death68]

that's pretty sweet!!! 

[lapeer20m]

she's been sitting since dozer's bog in the spring.   I bought a timing light, played around with that a bit and decided the timing is not my problem.  I think my problem (is that i suck as a mechanic)  is that there are 2 sets of intake manifold gaskets between the block and the manifold.   Didn't seem like a big deal at the time, but in retrospect i think that is what is causing my brand new sbc to run like crap!  This is the first engine i've ever worked on except for motorcycles/lawn mowers. 

Tomorrow i plan to take off the intake, scrape off the old, and replace with new gaskets.  Hopefully that'll fix the engine problem. 

the next order of business is finding a suitable Front IFS donor so i can install a driveshaft for the rear drive instead of my hoaky chain setup. 

Needs to have 3.56 gears......and and a chevy 8 lug bolt patern.  The tires are on 16.5" rims or else i could have gotten away with a 1/2 ton 6 lug. 

and i need a new ps gearbox, but that should be realatively easy to come across

wish me luck

[Mikey]

good luck cant wait to see it

[Bigdaddy]

x2 buckeroo

good luck cant wait to see it

[CrazyMudJeep]

AEESOME! looks cool

[chevyman350]

nice man thats alota hard work but in the end its all worth it looks like you put yer own style in her

[lapeer20m]

I've been busy working on a different project (jacuzzi bus IV),





It's finished now.  Next project is to get my the 4wheel steer truck up and running. 



i bought a new rear axle (front gm ifs) with the proper gear ratio.  I still need to do some fabrication to get that thing into place and connect a drive shaft instead of that stupid chain drive setup i was using. 

i'll keep everyone posted and hopefully have her out at the mounds in a week or three

[Eroq]

glad to see yer still alive!

[lapeer20m]

today i removed the intake and the 2 sets of gaskets, scraped, cleaned, installed new felpro gaskets.  Then reassembled and changed spark plugs just for fun, set the timing and even with year old fuel in the tank she fired right up.  Seems to run great! 

in case you're ever feeling too lazy to remove the old gaskets, don't just put a new set overtop and assemble the motor! 

did i mention i'm not an engine mechanic?  Besides lawn mowers and motorcycles this is the first engine i've done any work too.  It was a nekkid block when i got it and i moved everything over from a different engine and swapped this one into the truck. 

[TOMAC]

SWEET!!

[Econo-box from Hell]

today i removed the intake and the 2 sets of gaskets, scraped, cleaned, installed new felpro gaskets.  Then reassembled and changed spark plugs just for fun, set the timing and even with year old fuel in the tank she fired right up.  Seems to run great! 

in case you're ever feeling too lazy to remove the old gaskets, don't just put a new set overtop and assemble the motor! 

did i mention i'm not an engine mechanic?  Besides lawn mowers and motorcycles this is the first engine i've done any work too.  It was a nekkid block when i got it and i moved everything over from a different engine and swapped this one into the truck. 

We've all been there at one time (except me, I've known everything about engines since I was born).  My fabrication skills are nothing to write home about but I am getting better all the time.  You will improve also.  I but you will NEVER make the double gasket mistake again.

[aj20032003]

this thing is wicked

[lapeer20m]

What is this part that i circled?  Looks like it might be allowing air to enter the intake leaning things out....



The truck has been sitting for at least a year now, been busy with other things in life.  The engine won't keep running.  It's definitely a fuel problem.  She runs pretty good when you dump a bit of fuel down the carb (throttle body.)  The motor has about 10 hours on it.  It ran purrrrfect when i first put it in the truck, but got progressively worse until it will not even idle for more than a few seconds. 

Some moron (me) did not include a fuel filter when he first built the project.  My best guess is that some dirt found it's way into the TBI system.  So today, even though it's pooring rain, i removed the tbi and totally dissassembled it.  Way more simple than a carb!  I think i found the problem. There was literally at least a heaping tablespoon of dirt/rust/gunk inside there.   I cleaned and reassembled.  Now just waiting for the rain to quit so i can get back at it.....

I would like to get the truck on the trail in the next couple weeks. 

[mudslayer2008]

looks like a fitting for either oil presure or temp guage kinda hard to tell in the picture where it's exactly located plug it off if you not useing it. I t could also be a vacuum pod usally used for the brake booster.

[lapeer20m]

i found the hose that is supposed to connect that little gizmo, so that's taken care of.

I put her back together, charged the overly dead battery, and she started!  whoo hoo!  She runs awesome except she won't run at idle once she gets warmed up.  My lack of technical knowledge about chevy 350 tb injectd engines is frustrating!  GRRR!

we're making progress!

[J.C.]

that thing is sweet. hope to bog with you sometime this year