Got up before the sun, put on my jacket and DROVE IT TO WORK!!!

First time it has been on the road this summer. (now that summer is over).

Everything seems good so turning her over to Drew tonight to drive till he ships out the end of October.

Nice job! Most importantly. Does the stereo work?

That's cool!

picked this up today. Now it'll have heat.




Also started to trace out and label the rats nest so I can clean it up.

Installed the heater blower motor. Also replaced the bolt on the tire carrier. All is good for now. This week will will be a full grease and look everything over before elk hunting.

Ordered some bilsteins to replace the shocks from the WH 3.5 lift kit. The lift is only 3 years old and those shocks were crap. After I removed them, I could compress the rear shocks and they wouldn't rebound. The bilsteins improved the street driving a bit but the big difference was a smoother ( not nearly as jolting) ride over some rough terrain. These Bilsteins plus airing down should make the road to Jenny Creek decent.
These are the 5100/5125 series. Front 24-065283 Rear 33-186542.

Had a new exhaust system installed on the 76'. Got it back today and found out I was Gregged too at the M&G. I now have a pic I can post on the G&L dating web sites! And I have his phone numbers to post too!

Oh, the possibilities....

I found some art on my tailgate. Oh art? I meant I found some ass on my butt

Finally got around to fixing my sticking brakes on Stroppe'd. When I did my hydro boost/disc swap I failed to clearance the knuckle and caliper enough. This resulted in a hanging caliper but made for one helluva emergency brake. Abrupt stops on the road forced me to hook the pedal and pull it back though. So, with some time to myself yesterday I finally finished the job with my die grinder.

After the brakes were done, I repaired a busted Warn premium that lost a spring and spring lock. Also, I repacked my bearings, seeing as I was already in there.

new ducts for the defroster! Driver side was a PITA.

Just ordered the tcase rebuild kit. Hoping to get the trans pulled next weekend and the process started of the rebuild/swap.

Finally got the engine trans and transfer case installed today. It's one step at a time and someday it will be done.IMG_1833.jpg
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Lookin nice Friday !

Now that's one hell-of-a good looking PS Box!!!
:):):) Nice work! Keep at it!!!

Looks great Steve!

Thanks guys! Maybe we will have a body on frame party before thanksgiving!

Installed new motor mounts. Unlike the previous owner, I used Loctite and a torque wrench. I can only imagine how much of a PITA it must be when you've got a front axle, headers and inner fenders in the way.

Garry came by this morning and fine tuned the engine. Was having some issues of it stalling where the air idle was a little off. Took the better half for a short ride with no issues. Now I just need to figure out why my heater switch won't turn on to really be ready to drive it this winter.

Is your wiring new or old? My heater fan was melting the solder inside the fuse (not the fuse wire that is supposed to blow). High resistance/rust was causing it. I bypassed the old fuse panel fuse & wired it through an modern inline fuse holder. Just a temp fix knowing I'd rewire sooner than later.

At the last breakfast I had Heat Envy out of Robs rig. I think JYD had it too because soon after there was some coolant under the box. Good time to pull the box and give it a refresh. New core, motor, and bigger squirrel cage. I'm going to put it back in before Santa needs his sleigh.

Big thanks to Zoso for the motivation, part numbers and advise.

Looks good! It's a big difference. Nice work putting in the antigravity module too. That really makes the defrost effective.

Replaced window felts and tracks and installed new mirror in passenger side door

Then got interrupted by a leaking oil filter so changed the oil

Drivers door tomorrow or friday

I just pull the floor mats out. Those long tube headers everyone seems to hate just warm the truck right up.