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Rear has a factory g80 but long term I’d want to put a selectable locker in it
78 K10 with a 6.0L twist
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Found time to finish the 8lug swap up front and threw a tire on to see how the new wheel offset would look. Still waiting on brake lines and shock mount stuff for the rear end to go in.
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Finished the rear end swap (SF 14bolt out of a 1500hd), got crossover steering done and all the stuff and things inbetween. New brake master cylinder and booster too. Littlest sister helped bleed the brakes and finish up all the smaller finishing touches going through the new rear end.
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Time for the best part
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Immediately after wiring the new dash, sent a 5-6ish hour roadtrip SB-Sequoias. Alternator ground somehow came loose at the very end but no issues otherwise. 12-17mpg all the way was nuts loaded down. Little sister gave me a tow mater figure for the dash “in case you break down”
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Still haven’t taken any harder trails yet but got out on some fire roads and this things still going strong
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Film pics before any major changes to the truck besides the LS
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makes me miss driving my C10, only reason I regret tearing it down is I cant drive it.....
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Yeah just driving something this old around my area in particular is hilarious there’s not much older than like the 90s on the road and especially not old trucks
Cameronswmp9
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Catching up on some projects, and I love these trucks.
Your best bet for cost and availability is a 05+ super duty front. On that note, you will either have to retube it for pass drop or swap t case for driver's drop. For even more strength, a 1550 joint and shafts are available, and they are factory parts so they don't carry the same price as RCVs or the like. I think I saw them for less than $400 (each possibly, but could have been together, ECGS has them).
Other possibility is a 99-04 super duty D60, it's not as stout as the 05+, and do your homework as many are D50. Leaf sprung, but I think they are wider perches than square body trucks, and still driver side drop.
A GM D60 will almost require a rebuild, and they are $1500+, at least here (NC), if you can find them. Almost better off building a 609 for the strength and comparable pricing, just requiring quite a bit more work.
Love a LS square body. Like it's designed to go in!
Your best bet for cost and availability is a 05+ super duty front. On that note, you will either have to retube it for pass drop or swap t case for driver's drop. For even more strength, a 1550 joint and shafts are available, and they are factory parts so they don't carry the same price as RCVs or the like. I think I saw them for less than $400 (each possibly, but could have been together, ECGS has them).
Other possibility is a 99-04 super duty D60, it's not as stout as the 05+, and do your homework as many are D50. Leaf sprung, but I think they are wider perches than square body trucks, and still driver side drop.
A GM D60 will almost require a rebuild, and they are $1500+, at least here (NC), if you can find them. Almost better off building a 609 for the strength and comparable pricing, just requiring quite a bit more work.
Love a LS square body. Like it's designed to go in!
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Yeah I’m thinking I’ll try and see how long the d44 can stay alive. If I link the truck further on down the line I’ll go to a bigger axle but for now I picked up a 4x4 5spd 3.4 swapped 2g 4runner that sounds more appealing to build as a crawler right now just with the mountains of parts available for those things and the ease of fitting a 4runner vs a full size down tight trails
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Original wiring was very questionable and I wanted to get rid of the crappy cheap Amazon light harnesses so I ordered a painless wiring harness after a short in the taillight harness melted part of the main harness wall plug behind the fuse box together into a clump.
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Also found some 36-37” ish biasply old school remake tires plus some factory 16” steelies with dog dish hubcaps for a more old school look.
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Old harness out, starting in on modifying the new one to mate up well with the LS and transferring a few plugs that you can’t buy new remade ones of. It’ll be nice to not have old glass fuses anymore.
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Made a fun discovery while tearing down for putting in the new wiring harness
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Tearing the interior down to repair floor pan rust and add back in a dash, trim carpet and all that stuff. Anyone have experience with LMC truck’s stuff? Their catalog system just seemed the easiest for all the large variety of stuff I’ve gotta order up. Any other brands out there I should go with?
* mainly looking for somewhere good to get door panels, carpet, dash pad (mine was too far gone to re do) and a headliner backing pad I can wrap myself.
* mainly looking for somewhere good to get door panels, carpet, dash pad (mine was too far gone to re do) and a headliner backing pad I can wrap myself.
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neverenoughAZ
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If you are looking for sheet metal stuff I would suggest Auto Metal Direct. If you are looking for general parts like interior and misc I would look at Classic Industries.
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Yeah I have amd floor pans, I’ll look into classic industries
