Got the factory style efan harness the PO installed out of the Tahoe, man it’s roached. No idea what caused the issue other than it appeared to have melted at some splices, not sure if I did those or he did. I know the first bit of efan trouble I had was relays burning up. So tbh no idea if even...
Spent 3 hours shampooing this turd today. Not new looking but atleast it smells nice. I’ve had great momentum working on my new to me gmc a few hours in the morning and an hour or so in the evening when it’s still fairly cool so I think I’m gonna transition that time to the Tahoe. All this will...
Got my LMC order and got the grill on. Put the temporary bumper on but only with a few half tight bolts because I’m missing two brackets and need a floor jack to help tweak a few things into place better. Also got my mini carpet shampooer and it kicks butt! Gonna pull the interior tomorrow and...
Started cleaning up the interior and found some dark staining, looks like from dark soda probably mixed with alcohol. He was notorious for driving around with a 64oz big gulp full of rum and coke or vodka and lime. Also found two cans of tomato paste, I’ll be sure to drink them in his memory...
A couple more things I’ve found.
-brake lights don’t work at all, not turn signals or reverse lights ether. I already installed an aftermarket replacement set maybe they don’t work with it for some reason. Will swap stocks back in.
-has ball cooler vent very cash money
-has three cigarettes...
It was the crank sensor being unplugged actually lol. Fired up first bump after I plugged that in and it drives great! 4x4 works great, AC blowing cold, couldn’t be happier so far!
Made a bunch of progress today.
-Installed the oil cooler adapter with new seals.
-Installed oil cooler lines into adapter.
-Added new oil and oil filter.
-Removed 2” spacers from up front and replaced them with 1.5” making the front to rear width almost perfectly even having 3”in rear...
Skipped the gym and knocked out body mounts today, pretty easy and the kit I bought off Amazon from Prothane was “used” so I saved $80 and it looked brand new to me.
Uhg no kill me before I have to go scrap yard digging for something this hard to get to. Did the early 60es also have that line configuration?
I have and I only see what I think is it in a 3 line kit and listed as for a 4l60e. Which is suss to me
Having trouble locating the correct trans cooler line, anyone think they can help? I have the other two lines but the one I’m missing and nobody seems to even list is pictured in the top of the photo with three lines. It’s a solid hardline, no rubber at all. I would reuse the one I have but it...
Got a bunch done today! Started by removing the basked in rear bumper and fitting the new Tahoe bumper. Then siphoned all the old fuel out or as much as I could, and while I was waiting in that I did some minor repair to the headlight harness that appeared to have gotten toasty during my uncles...
Had just enough time today to mount the 2” spacers and new/used forged power wagon wheels and tires. I’m thinking either the front needs .5” less spacer, or the rear needs another .5-1”. I noticed with the stock wheels it was very obvious the rear was considerably narrower, I wonder why they...
Progress from yesterday I forgot to take pics of. Got all the damaged core support and junk out, frame has such little damage I got real lucky with this one. Prob gonna hammer it back and weld it up to look normal.
Debating on if I should buy a nice all aluminum radiator or just OEM...
Oh yeah I got it all! The grill guard is aluminum which is sweet because I’ll actually put it on since it doesn’t weigh 200#, needs paint tho.
The fogs are in good shape, as was their harness, but I will likely replace them with some aftermarket amber street legal fogs that don’t blind people...
Turns out my buddy and I are color blind. I spent 3 hours crawling around in the dirt pulling all the parts off the Tahoe only to find it’s a slightly lighter color gold. Not sure how we missed that but oh well, the parts are straight and it’s close enough for now. Also got the new/recycled...
Just went and looked at the parts Tahoe and added parts to the list. I’m getting everything in the front, I mean everything I want he said and since it runs and drives I’ll actually probably take the radiator and whatnot just for initial rebuild.
Also getting powered leather seats, color...
Just verified yes it’s 100% a 9.5 which I’m happy with! I have a powder coated diff cover that will find its way in as soon as the truck is moveable under its own power lol.
Didn’t realize brakes sucked so bad, might very well have a shop do them. I don’t really care if the truck looks dumb...
I hope it has the 9.5, I can’t imagine I’d ever hurt a 9.5 with 250hp and I already have parts for them.
My goal is to have a mostly stock tow rig, I figure the 5.7 with small tires and the 4.10s should pull a standard car hauler trailer with another car or truck on it fine. Florida is flat...
I’m sure I’ll be spending lots of monies over at LMC! These trucks do appear almost easier to work on than GMT800 stuff. I actually just started a thread over at GMT400 as well I just didn’t expect it to be alive, boy was I wrong!
I haven’t axle swapped anything on this truck yet. According to...
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First mods going to be putting some 255/75/17” MTs that were on my ranger on these 2007ish ram power wagon wheels I’ve had for a few years and onto the truck with the factory GMC caps. Then tomorrow I’m going to look at and buy the front end repair parts I need off this 99 Tahoe that...
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