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We will just have to see, as Ryan and Tony know I change my mind a lot. For now I'm going to pull my motor out of this truck and stick it in the k10. Then I'll probably swap in a corp 14 bolt or find a Dana 44/14bolt with 3.73 gears. Not much will happen to this truck till I get the cummins paid off and get it in my shop!
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Seeing how you have a lwb already, I wouldn't hesitate doing the swb. If you need the 8' bed use the K10, or pull a trailer. :lol: Most of the heavy crap I put in my truck beds should really be in a trailer any way. :lol:
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I'm use to having to pull trailers. I actually enjoy pulling them when I get the chance. If I need to haul 2x4s or sheet rock I can always put the tail gate down. I'm not opposed to pulling a trailer either. I know you have had your last short bed, but I sure haven't. I don't build houses and rarely have something that I need a longbed for that isn't so heavy that it doesn't need a trailer. yeah a long bed might tow better, but a crew cab short bed is longer then a reg cab lwb so technically it will still be better than a reg cab long bed. I use to hate these trucks as short beds. I never understood why someone would cut one down till I started driving mine. I can see how it makes it easier to drive. I know it may not make people happy that I cut it down, but then again it is my truck and I can do with it as I please. I'm just saying. Plus I'm still wanting a dually crew cab so I may just build 2!
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Like you said,
It boils down to what you want. No other opinion matters... some inspiration for you http://i805.photobucket.com/albums/y...g?t=1287584281 Posted via Mobile Device |
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Joe, that truck is bad azz!
Matt, just do it. You don't seem to be a carpenter by trade yet. I think you'll be fine. Parking a CC LWB gets old every day. This is coming from a guy that has driven one daily for years. I haven't owned anything smaller than a 1 ton CC LWB since I was like 22. I'm not saying I don't like driving them, but I can tell you, trying to park them at certain places isn't going to happen. Then a fat guy has to walk. :lol: |
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Joe that truck looks awesome! I need to have someone photoshop that white to get an idea of what mine will look like.
Ryan yeah I think it will be fine. I got other priorities first as you know but once I find a bed it's getting chopped. I think it will fit what I want. I just don't want to cut it before I have a bed so I can at least use it. Posted via Mobile Device |
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Tuesday the motor should be pulled out of this truck and dropped into my k10 hopefully. I got my k10 all torn down this weekend and ready for tr 6.2/465/205 to be dropped in.
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No new update on this truck really. I got the 6.2/sm465 shoved into my k10 and that truck is running. Doing some suspension work on it to get it to set a little higher.
Plans for this truck have finally changed again. This has been a long time that these have changed, just have not really posted about them. The truck is going to stay a long bed. But it is also gaining another two tires back. I have decided with the cummins in the truck I might as well make my truck for working. And what says a work truck more than 6 wheels. I have dibs on a dodge dana 60 for the front with 3.54 gears and so I will either find a dodge dana 70 or 80 for the rear with 3.54 gears to match the front. As for the stance I am looking to maybe go with 4 inches of lift and a 35x12 inch tire which will require spacers in the rear. Kind of like this truck. http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...b/c3a442e4.jpg I have also been looking at maybe running 19.5's with some retread tires that are 33 inches tall. I figure these tires would last longer, and they have some really nice tread on them. My dually bed is rusted out, has good fenders but the box is trash. I am thinking about building a custom flat bed for the truck. I have a plan on building it and keeping it as low to the frame as possible. In other news this truck is on hold yet again. About two months ago I got a new four wheeler. http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...b/fa6cfeb3.jpg Well been riding that a ton. Well then that comes to the real news. Me having fun on my fourwheeler got a little carried away going around a turn and slid into a tree. Resulting in the following. http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...b/dbe463ee.jpg So Ive been stuck in bed for the past three weeks and looks like it will be another two or three before I can walk on it again. So my summer has been fun... :lol: |
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Hahaha I high sided my dirt bike a few years ago after going a little too fast on the street while it was wet, and with no front brake.... Well a tendon ended up pulling a chunk of bone off a (bigger) bone in my foot. The doctor told me to stay off of it for 6-8 weeks but I had enough of that and was walking on it again after 4 1/2 and I didn't go back for my follow up appointment, I just took a **** ton of calcium. LOL Have fun with that dude!
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That sucks, can't get anything done that way.
I wrecked a streetbike a long time ago, pulled all the tendons out of my right ankle. still hurts all the time. |
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Just read threw all 11 pages, it's tough deciding on what to do. Awesome build though.
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So I have not been messing with this truck, been getting back to the ol grind after breaking my ankle. Been working on the k10 to get it where I want it for now and been cleaning out 30+ years of stuff out of the shop to make more room for my projects, have a ton of scrap to haul off so that will be nice to have the extra money.
I did some swapping of tires I had laying around to see what I wanted to do with this truck. Looks like I will be running 2 inches of lift in the front (Rear sets 4 inches higher right now) and will be running 285/75r16's. I have a line on 4 used ones for right now which will all go on the back. I have some 33's on some 16.5 wheels that I will run for now till I get a D60 to throw under the front and I will find some more 285/75r16s for the front then. Truck as it has sat for the past couple months. http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...CF134B4225.jpg As you can see I have my 33's bolted to the front right now just to see what kind of clearances I would need. 2 inches should give me the correct lift needed to run the tires I want, and will still keep my truck low enough so I can pull a gooseneck and be able to load stuff into the bed of the truck. Hopefully it will find its way back into the shop soon. |
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Looking good man! I really like the look of a wide front SRW wheel on a DRW truck with a SRW hub. Keep at it man!
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I'm actually starting to dig that look as well. The only thing is they don't make a wheel that is srw that looks like the drw. I like matching wheels. Plus those wheels on the front are a 16.5x12 wheel and 16.5 tires are expensive if you find them. But it does look mean with the extra wide tire on the front. I'm keeping at it, I've had a ton of motivation lately, but you know what my hold up is :lol:
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Use eagle alloy aluminum round 8 hole wheels in the front and their drw aluminum round 8 hole wheel in the rear and they will be really close to matching that way.
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So I was browsing craigslist the just the other day and came across a guy selling a 4 inch lift kit with shocks and all for $250. I was just going to go with a 2 inch lift for the truck but with the price of the 4 inch lift kit I could not pass it up.
Brand new kit, never opened http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...4891867092.jpg So I got to work and in about 30 mins I was able to get the springs installed. http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...489C9977A5.jpg Front sits about 6 inches higher than it did before, the rear needs to come up but I am not going to worry about that till I get the drivetrain in to see how it sets and then adjust the rear from there. I really like how high the truck sets, i just hope the 33's im going to run dont look to small. |
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Well maybe mine is a 4"
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What was it suppose to be?
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It was supposed to be a 4" but everyone said it kinda looks like a 6" (including me).
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1985-GMc: what diud you use to paint the axles?
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Rustoleum red primer then scuffed and sprayed Rustoleum gloss black. You reduce it with acetone and add an enamel hardener for a much nicer/ tougher finish.
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Both your guys's springs look like 6" lift springs to me. Usually 4" springs don't have that much arch to them. My Longhorn has 4" rough country springs on it and they aren't arched nearly as much as your guys's. (Even with no engine in the truck)
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So I picked up some 285/75r16s for cheap and started mounting them.
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...4824D3A70A.jpg http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...482BFF020B.jpg Need 1.25" or 1.5" spacers for the rear. Was taking one tire off the rim and found out it had a tube in it. Started looking at the valve stem and found a wallowed out hole. http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...4832D4A3BF.jpg So I welded it up and will drill a new one for it soon. http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...4847EE4740.jpg So that's all I have for updates. Gotta figure out how much the front is going to drop with the weight of the motor, transmission and transfercase so that I can figure out how much the rear needs to come up. Posted via Mobile Device Posted via Mobile Device |
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Looks good man! Keep it up!
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Thanks man, I will keep it up. Im ready for this thing to be running, Ive had a lot of motivation for some reason recently but there is nothing wrong with that!
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Nice work on the wheel repair.
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Thanks bud.
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Those tires look pretty beefy back there! I hope you plan on getting steel spacers for it, I would get 2" so you have room to grow...
BTW that wasn't a wallowed out hole, the older budd wheels have the oval hole like that. All of mine were like that and it was fun finding 6 new valve stems like that while in town one day. Good job on closing it up though, I came real close to doing that to mine. http://www.blackjacktirerepair.com/i...Vs-501-Ovx.jpg |
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As for the wallowed out hole I am 100% sure that it was wallowed out. For some reason that wheel has a good amount of rust around that area. You can tell something had rubbed on the edges because they where not flat, they tapered to kind of a point on the inside. All my other wheels have a standard size truck valve stem that uses a 5/8 hole on the wheel. Posted via Mobile Device |
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That wheel was rusted real bad because of water setting in between it and the tube for (who knows how many years) and they put a tube in it because they couldn't find any of those style valve stems. Ask me how I know...
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Well fine mr. Smarty pants :lol: just playing man. It makes sense but all my other wheels have the standard 5/8s valve stem so idk, maybe that wheel is older or something, I know that the truck sat with that tube in it for 10 years or so. Need to find me some 16.5s! Posted via Mobile Device |
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This is what it is looking like with 285/75/r16s on the rear and 33x12.5s on the front. I have decided that I am going to box the front part of the frame to the back of the cab. I am doing this because at some point I plan on having more hp and tq so by doing so it will cause less tear on the frame and I have also noticed that the frame does flex quite a bit the way it is. I am not off roading with this truck so limiting the frame movement will not really hurt the truck in any sort of way. |
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Good idea, it's looking good!
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Well I have a somewhat small update. Oh wait, I mean a big update. Met up with Ryan (DieselWrencher) and finally picked up my motor and trasnfercase. I also got a cracked NV4500 from him that he is letting me borrow it so I can get the mounts made and then I will go get the good transmission from him later.
CUMMINS! http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...3533301088.jpg NV4500 and NP205 http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...3539AC0CAF.jpg Still have to find a bell housing for the transmission. I did get an adapter plate from ryan also but we are not 100% sure if it will work or not. |
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