Been working on a frame swap on my 09 2500 ECSB Chevy pickup, that I wrecked.. enjoying some rust belt fun🙄.. picked up some clean used control arms to replace the ones I cut, but new ball joints in.
What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2023]
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Man! Nice shop, wish I could keep my bench even somewhat clean seeing that.
Got new shoes on the Taco ( now ready for the white stuff). Then got it oil coated. Worked on a portable compressor for my brother. He’d forgotten it was in the bucket of the backhoe and dumped it on the ground. It’s an old Titan Industrial one so parts are not easy to find. Think I can save the muffler, gas tank is iffy. But a plastic part on the carb broke. May be repaired but iffy due to age. And needs new air filters. If I can’t find the gas tank I told him we’d use a old fire extinguisher as a one gallon tank.😏And I’m to modify it for bigger wheel barrel tires,
Get the plastic carb bit 3D printed if you can't find one on the shelf.
My $900 4 wheeler managed to get me through my tree clearing project with almost no major issues, so I figured it was time to do a little bit of work to it so it would actually be reliable instead of just good enough.
My first step was figuring out why it blows an ignition fuse when it gets cold. A little time with a shunt current meter told me that it was pulling about 15 more amps than it should be but would run fine without anything on the wiring harness getting hot. I then found that my throttle cable was getting quite warm, which lead me to the carburetor heater. Apparently the chinesium carb heater on my replacement carb had shorted internally and was putting all that power through the carb body itself. I have the heater from the old carb but since I can't get a wrench on it without having the carb on a bench, I just unplugged it and called it a day until I have a reason to take that thing out again.
Next step is fixing the clapped out front end. Somehow spending it's whole life as a mud toy for a family of boys tends to be hard on things.
Once I got it tore down far enough to get the front differential out for rebuild, I have already found a laundry list of other things that need replaced as well. If it gets greased or has gear oil in it, it's a fair bet that it is trash.
I got the front differential apart and found all the bearings and seals are trashed, but not so far gone that the case is damaged yet. The mud soup that drained out of the input shaft seal just from lifting the front end up was a sight to see.
I'll be putting in my order for the other front end stuff at the Honda dealer when Monday comes around, but this differential has a date with the chem dip can and a bearing kit.
My first step was figuring out why it blows an ignition fuse when it gets cold. A little time with a shunt current meter told me that it was pulling about 15 more amps than it should be but would run fine without anything on the wiring harness getting hot. I then found that my throttle cable was getting quite warm, which lead me to the carburetor heater. Apparently the chinesium carb heater on my replacement carb had shorted internally and was putting all that power through the carb body itself. I have the heater from the old carb but since I can't get a wrench on it without having the carb on a bench, I just unplugged it and called it a day until I have a reason to take that thing out again.
Next step is fixing the clapped out front end. Somehow spending it's whole life as a mud toy for a family of boys tends to be hard on things.
Once I got it tore down far enough to get the front differential out for rebuild, I have already found a laundry list of other things that need replaced as well. If it gets greased or has gear oil in it, it's a fair bet that it is trash.
I got the front differential apart and found all the bearings and seals are trashed, but not so far gone that the case is damaged yet. The mud soup that drained out of the input shaft seal just from lifting the front end up was a sight to see.
I'll be putting in my order for the other front end stuff at the Honda dealer when Monday comes around, but this differential has a date with the chem dip can and a bearing kit.
The hundreds of miles a week ive been putting on the k1500 have taken their toll on the radiator and exhaust. Exhaust was crunchy before hand, now it's basically running open manifolds and the radiator is leaking between the core and tank on the passenger side.
The doors are also basically falling off, I've heard good things about Cunningham machine bushings.
The doors are also basically falling off, I've heard good things about Cunningham machine bushings.
hinge bushings. i tried them crappy dorman ones, they crumbled like wet saltine crackers.
Cunningham Machine or the AC Delco ones with zerk fittings.
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