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1982 C/K 6.0L Caitlyn Mall Crawler (Interior time)
- Thread starter Babaganoosh
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Special thanks to Shawn, without him my truck would not have made it and probably would still be on jack stands. 
We had a pretty long thrash session 3 days in a row with hardly or no sleep.
We showed up in Moab in 11 hours, which is a 7 hour drive, had some issues and I blew a tire on the duramax. When I woke up I was installing parts at camp still, put the grill half way on, installed a hub, set the dash in, and half attempted to wire some guages that didn't end up working all weekend so we flew blind.
The truck flat out worked, very little problems. When it was time to go for a cruise I went to the gas station, first time the truck has seen and MPH and it handled great, as I pulled into the gas station it died, the 5 gallons I put into the truck weeks ago burnt up.
The first trail I was scared, wasn't sure it was going to work, I asked Scott if it was ok I did the trail. He told me yes it's fine and to drive to the trail head and see how it feels. Once we got there I had a hard time getting into 4 low, I thought if you were in the cab you pull down, never registered that would move the shifter forward underneath on the tcase side when I tried to pull it with vise grips.
Thanks Jason for the help.
Next day was porcupine rim, didn't get a lot of pictures, just have a couple videos that I will post later when I edit them
After the trail, the truck was having vapor lock issues, the fuel line is going to need some attention when it crosses over the header.
Super happy, no complaints, I LOVE THIS THING!!!!!
We had a pretty long thrash session 3 days in a row with hardly or no sleep. We showed up in Moab in 11 hours, which is a 7 hour drive, had some issues and I blew a tire on the duramax. When I woke up I was installing parts at camp still, put the grill half way on, installed a hub, set the dash in, and half attempted to wire some guages that didn't end up working all weekend so we flew blind.
The truck flat out worked, very little problems. When it was time to go for a cruise I went to the gas station, first time the truck has seen and MPH and it handled great, as I pulled into the gas station it died, the 5 gallons I put into the truck weeks ago burnt up.
The first trail I was scared, wasn't sure it was going to work, I asked Scott if it was ok I did the trail. He told me yes it's fine and to drive to the trail head and see how it feels. Once we got there I had a hard time getting into 4 low, I thought if you were in the cab you pull down, never registered that would move the shifter forward underneath on the tcase side when I tried to pull it with vise grips.
Thanks Jason for the help.
Next day was porcupine rim, didn't get a lot of pictures, just have a couple videos that I will post later when I edit them
After the trail, the truck was having vapor lock issues, the fuel line is going to need some attention when it crosses over the header.
Super happy, no complaints, I LOVE THIS THING!!!!!
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Super happy, no complaints, I LOVE THIS THING!!!!!
Stoked that it all worked out! Maybe next year you'll have all those little bugs addressed. 
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Good stuff Ben!
"Ben There....Squirrel That" -Rockyganoosh
-G
-G
Awesome name!!
Ben will get even with you Greg.
......you would THINK that's true. In reality, he will start planning for some kind of clever retort but will see a shiny, sparkling object out of the corner of his eye and will completely forget what he was doing.
IMHO, that Rocky logo would make a great addition to the rear quarterpanel area... kind of like on the old "Road Runner" or "Duster" graphics.
-G
Glad to see it out wheeling, and I hope you had a great trip!
So true on the shiny part, he was so easily distracted at the start. Glad to see all his hard work, and Shawn's came out so well.
Just cause I can and I like the pic so much I'm going to post this here, credit from Chris at ORD.
That is a fantastic picture!!!
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Indeed it is. Also seems like your rear Springs are at least doing some of the work now that you and Shawn modified them. So that's cool. So what's your plan now?
chulisohombre
1/2 ton status
Just cause I can and I like the pic so much I'm going to post this here, credit from Chris at ORD.
Great pic.i spy a 72 peaking out from behind you. Lol
That is an awesome picture Ben
You have got to still be on cloud 9!
You have got to still be on cloud 9!
Adam, those are rocks. Just wanted to make sure you did not confuse them with road gravel.
Prep for dd use.
