Hansoloo
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Passenger side 100% in, ran out of consumables for making some of the goofy sized patches for areas I was too cheap to buy a complete patch for.
78 K10 with a 6.0L twist
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Also new to me OG steelie hub caps cut out and put on. Don’t tell anyone, the steelies are actually early 70s f250 wheels
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Got the other side completely in and ran out of paint
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Getting a start on sound deadening, waiting on headliner and trim to show up to do the rest. The floor will have a big factory style pre cut piece on it too.
Hansoloo
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First time on its own weight in a while, I really like how it looks on the old school 16s and 36” bias plys. I think I’ll miss the Toyo 37s on some trails but sleeper 3/4ton axles and disk brakes while still looking old school is awesome.
UR_Mawm69
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I LOVE IT ALL. KEEP IT THE EXACT WAY IN THE LAST PICTURE.
Hansoloo
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Only exterior things I think it’ll get is a factory style spare mount in the bed, Montanan correct mudflaps and maybe cab lights to go with the 3/4 ton axles since it’s basically a short bed K20 at this point between the np205,14b and 8lug d44
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Putting the engine and cab harness in now that they’re finished enough to do so. Also painted the dash everywhere the dash pad won’t be because a PO in the 90s decided to carpet the underside of the dash and screwed the original paint up bad
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Found an absolutely atrocious splice in the old harness. This was what was supplying battery power to the factory fuse box. I gave up taking pictures towards the end of getting the engine side of the new harness done, but I got it started last night at like 11 and woke the neighbors up. Also found a pretty bad leak on one of the AN fittings at the fuel rail. No idea how that worked itself loose but it did somehow
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New dash pad in and gauges wired except Speedo which I need an adapter for and trans temp which i need to add a bung for. Got door seals in too.
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First time merging onto the freeway in something that wasn’t an abysmally slow Toyota V6 for the first time in a while was amazing, this thing really needs an nv4500 soon though now that it all works as it should again lol.
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So the front end rides like absolute crap and I haven’t really given it much thought other than that at some point I should get an alcan or deaver pack for the front if I don’t link it but anyone have thoughts on relocationg the shackle pivot? It appears to be just a bushing sleeve attached to a plate that’s riveted to the frame so it would t be hard to just move it forward, drill some holes and mount up a longer shackle. What should I consider if I did something like this? The pack is already flat enough that I don’t think pulling an overload would do much good for it.
Hansoloo
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First time in the dirt in a while, one of the crusty old bed mounts and one of the cab mounts under the core support area started to crumble after taking this thing through some stuff.
SByota
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When I was building a K5 of this vintage, I installed the 56” springs from the rear of a 2500 of the same square body vintage with the overload removed. The 52” springs are also a popular swap. The longer springs help with the shackle angle and will definitely help the ride quality. That project never got finished, but I definitely wasn’t the first to do a spring swap like that.
Hansoloo
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Yeah I’m thinking since I’ll likely link this thing in the front at least down the line I’ll do that with ORD’s hanger kit and try and use their shock towers for their coilover kit with some 14s just with no springs on em and the valving set more for leafs. I’m already pretty tired of how it rides as is lol
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Pulled the t case and replaced a few leaking seals and gaskets. Also found the source of a horrible exhaust leak that I had after some freeway miles in this thing.
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Jamboree was pretty sweet. T case shift forks acted a little goofy but that was it.
