Recent content by gtrainor21

Really excited for the next half of the project now that the LS swap is done though. I’ve got a move happening in the near future so this may go on hold for a bit since I can drive it on and off a trailer now. But the next step is for it to go into hovercraft mode. Then axles will get put...

Well… it runs now! Before I went back to Glamis last week I finished up the wiring and gauges to get it fired up. The only issue I had on the first start was it kept blowing the fuel pump fuse. My guess is the newer fuel pump has a higher amp draw than the original TBI pump? The original fuse...

And this is where I’m at as of yesterday. Just got the 05 Silverado radiator and electric fans mounted. I started off by mocking everything in place and piecing together a lower mount for the assembly. Once it was set in place I made up the upper mount. Again, not the cleanest fab work out...

Now for all the post KOH work. I started with getting the air box and coolant recovery bottle mounted in the truck. This is where I wish I had more tools for making stuff like this. But with patience anything is possible, same outcome just not as clean as if I had a plasma table and a brake...

There were a couple other boring things that got knocked out before I left for hammers that I won’t bore you too much with. Of that was getting the core support, grille, and bumper back on. Before the bumper went on I got it cut for the fair lead mount since it’ll have a winch behind the bumper

UPDATE… So I took like a month off from this project. Literally wasn’t home for over three weeks between KOH, Glamis, and hanging out in Havasu. It was great, but the party is over and I’m back to work on this thing. First off before I left I had completed the majority of the wiring under the...

I'll go add your Insta. I'd love to partake in a clean up there, I'm looking for any excuse to get out there... i've been looking to relocate to Havasu for quite some time now as it is just waiting for the timing to work out

So bummed I missed this, just couldn't make two weekends in a row happen living 7 hours away. I'll have a group back out there the weekend of march 16th if anyone is up for round two. I'll have my k5 out there, a buddy is bringing a jeep. guess thats the Redbull Sand Scramble weekend too

always wanted to check that place out

Try to get up to date on this K5 from the past weeks worth of work! I really need to be better about taking pics but I’ll share what I have so far. So for starters the firewall got repainted to eliminate what was left of the fire damage under the hood. Then I got the passenger drop NP241...

I'll be bringing out what I need to make the fish tacos themselves. Fish, batter, tortillas, veggies, what not. I'm also thinking about bring out our old "super grill" which is a homemade charcoal/wood unit about 4 ft in diameter. can fire that guy up a couple nights and slap some meat on it...

buddy of mine finally committed to coming so I just got my tickets. Got an extra body this year so I’ll be bringing the toy hauler and the K5 out from AZ. Not sure on dates yet but I was planning on crashing the BLGT turkey claw camp with you guys @dwphoto still waiting on all the cool parts...

It’s been a busy few days, I forgot to get pics of the progress before I tarped the truck up tonight but I figured I’d share the winch mount that I installed. Super trick piece from Engineered Vintage. Might have to get one for my Jimmy!

I’ve got a winch mount kit from Engineered Vintage that will really stiffen up the frame horns and the front half of the steering box. I’ve also got an ORD steering box brace that will grab the back half of the steering box to stiffen it up. The frame on this one is still solid around the box...

Update! quite a bit has happened this past week in the interior and that part is pretty much done as far as I can go until the engine is in and I can start wiring everything up. I laid down a layer of Kilmat in the floor and bed sides, installed new carpet, a Tuffy console, put the side panels...