get some stock steel wheels and then go down to the tire store and get some used lo-pro tires off a late model car . that will gain you the foot you need
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97 sas'sy Sierra/ 80 Cheep 10: tales of a phat block
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I got lots of steel rims layin around, it rolls in with a lil motivation of the door.
Anywho on with the pic's:
Ripped my zipties holding my water shield thing broke, who woulda thought that would happen. Lol. So I remounted it, and tucked it up behind the winch.
My water pump simply didnt work right period because.........
It wasn't Chevy orange.
I think theres a hole in my rim:
Anywho on with the pic's:
Ripped my zipties holding my water shield thing broke, who woulda thought that would happen. Lol. So I remounted it, and tucked it up behind the winch.
My water pump simply didnt work right period because.........
It wasn't Chevy orange.
I think theres a hole in my rim:
andyblack
Registered Loser
It should still hold air though. Just put some duck tape or 100 mph tape across there. 
Well I noticed a bit of a lifter tick, so I set all the lifters yesterday. Ended up only really having one slightly loose one, runs real quiet now. It has 882 heads, figured id check the numbers while it was apart.
Also figured Id take the el cheapo MR gasket chrome valve covers on it off in favour for some stock pieces. So figured they should be chevy orange, probably picked up a easy 20 horse with the new tins
How I set valves, stock cover with the top cut off. Works great:
The new duds:
Also figured Id take the el cheapo MR gasket chrome valve covers on it off in favour for some stock pieces. So figured they should be chevy orange, probably picked up a easy 20 horse with the new tins
How I set valves, stock cover with the top cut off. Works great:
The new duds:
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ChevyToy04
1/2 ton status
The chevy orange is nice
It wont look nice for long 
No real tech updates, havent done anything with it lately.
Traded my 84k5 for a 88 last week and am working on cleaning it up a bit to sell.
A buddy of mine has a open carrier for a 14 bolt, so am gonna snag her up than prob start saving for a Grizzly.
Traded my 84k5 for a 88 last week and am working on cleaning it up a bit to sell.
A buddy of mine has a open carrier for a 14 bolt, so am gonna snag her up than prob start saving for a Grizzly.
Update, went wheelin on sunday. Flogged her pretty hard. My lock right started makin funny noises and slipping on one side. So we limped it out of the bush and got her home. It wore the 2 halves of the locker funny on the driversside. It looks pretty much shot. Not sure why it did that, everything measures within spec 
Aside from that the day was good, climbed some steep azz hills. My buddy brought his ton on 40's rollin open diffs. I was able to go everywhere a bit easier and slower I noticed
Also I got a 13 bolt diff cover from undercover fab, yeah i know its a jeep site
http://undercoverfab.com/fabricated-differential-covers/73-14-bolt-hd-diff-cover.html
Ordered a Grizzly for the 14 bolt as well.
Some wheelin pic's:
can you spot CK5 ?
a tire fire we stumbled upon:
Crawled up this hill in 1st gear, was glare ice. Couldnt believe I made it
Aside from that the day was good, climbed some steep azz hills. My buddy brought his ton on 40's rollin open diffs. I was able to go everywhere a bit easier and slower I noticed
Also I got a 13 bolt diff cover from undercover fab, yeah i know its a jeep site
http://undercoverfab.com/fabricated-differential-covers/73-14-bolt-hd-diff-cover.html
Ordered a Grizzly for the 14 bolt as well.
Some wheelin pic's:
can you spot CK5 ?
a tire fire we stumbled upon
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Crawled up this hill in 1st gear, was glare ice. Couldnt believe I made it
Also its got a cold start problem. Seems like the accelerator pump is weak or something. If you manually prime the carb it fires up no problem. Otherwise it will just crank. Guess Ill add that to the list of things to do.
Ordered some new plug wires/boot protectors/cap n rotor/ recurve kit for the dizzy. Figured id get some plug boot protectors so I dont burn any more wires off
Ordered some new plug wires/boot protectors/cap n rotor/ recurve kit for the dizzy. Figured id get some plug boot protectors so I dont burn any more wires off
andyblack
Registered Loser
I've never heard of a 13 bolt diff cover. I assume that the bottom bolt is the one that's missing? Please post a pic of your axle after you get it put on there. I'd like to see how you have the housing ground down for the 13 bolt cover to fit.
Will do 
update:
Ended up putting a fuel pump in, seems to have fixed the starting problems. lol.
While putting a recurve kit in the dizzy, I noticed everything is pretty well worn out. Guess Ill have to change it out.
Finally got my grizzly a week ago, so I picked up some carrier bearings and swapped that out. I checked the backlash before I pulled the gov-lock in a few spots and got average of .008. With the new carrier I put some new bearings on and set the back lash to .006 average. Also My marks were pretty close on the adjusters between the 2 carriers.
Than this morning I shaved the diff, marked the cover for the drain hole location which Ill put on at a later date. So for now I just have the stock rear cover.
I than took the lock right apart and flipped it around, put a new spring and pin kit in it too. It still makes some noise but seems to stay locked under power. As near as I can tell the carrier is worn funny on the one side that is giving me troubles. Guess Ill just run it till its shot than go from there.
Went for a good shaker this afternoon, all i gotta say is I got lots of traction. I quite like how the grizzly works. I should have some pic's up sunday
Ended up putting a fuel pump in, seems to have fixed the starting problems. lol.
While putting a recurve kit in the dizzy, I noticed everything is pretty well worn out. Guess Ill have to change it out.
Finally got my grizzly a week ago, so I picked up some carrier bearings and swapped that out. I checked the backlash before I pulled the gov-lock in a few spots and got average of .008. With the new carrier I put some new bearings on and set the back lash to .006 average. Also My marks were pretty close on the adjusters between the 2 carriers.
Than this morning I shaved the diff, marked the cover for the drain hole location which Ill put on at a later date. So for now I just have the stock rear cover.
I than took the lock right apart and flipped it around, put a new spring and pin kit in it too. It still makes some noise but seems to stay locked under power. As near as I can tell the carrier is worn funny on the one side that is giving me troubles. Guess Ill just run it till its shot than go from there.
Went for a good shaker this afternoon, all i gotta say is I got lots of traction. I quite like how the grizzly works. I should have some pic's up sunday
and pics:
and just for kicks:
and just for kicks:
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Well I scored a couple hei distributors from a buddy. So I swapped out the old one today, messed around with it a bit. It still has a bog off idle, but its actually driveable now
andyblack
Registered Loser
Cool. Maybe I missed it, but where did you get that diff cover from? That thing looks sick. Also, what did you use to cut the piece off the axle housing? Your cut was perfect.
And lastly, you guys with all that nice cool weather this time of year and snow still on the ground make me sick! I almost got literally sick this weekend because it was right at 90 degrees outside at my house!
Reminds me that I need to hurry up and do all the work that needs doing on my truck real soon before I can't stand being out there for the rest of the year.
Have a nice day and keep up the good work!
And lastly, you guys with all that nice cool weather this time of year and snow still on the ground make me sick! I almost got literally sick this weekend because it was right at 90 degrees outside at my house!
Reminds me that I need to hurry up and do all the work that needs doing on my truck real soon before I can't stand being out there for the rest of the year.Have a nice day and keep up the good work!
Thanks.
The cover came from undercover fab. I just used a 4.5" angle grinder, took about 15 minutes. I prob could have did more smoothing on the sides and what not, but really the only thing dragging is the bottom so I took the easy route
We lucked out here with some real nice spring weather, so i figured Id give her on the weekend. Probably helps we only had 8" of snow throughout the winter
The cover came from undercover fab. I just used a 4.5" angle grinder, took about 15 minutes. I prob could have did more smoothing on the sides and what not, but really the only thing dragging is the bottom so I took the easy route
We lucked out here with some real nice spring weather, so i figured Id give her on the weekend. Probably helps we only had 8" of snow throughout the winter
finally junked the lock right.
Well, went wheeling. Finished my lock right off, figured it wouldnt really last that long. I think Im going to order a Grizzly for the front as well 
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A couple wheelin pic's:
Well, went wheeling. Finished my lock right off, figured it wouldnt really last that long
. I think Im going to order a Grizzly for the front as well .A couple wheelin pic's:
RedRebel69
Registered Member
Very nice truck and i love how often u go wheeling makes me jealous
Thanks
. Small update, Ordered a Grizzly for the front as well as a 1/4" Diff cover for the 60 I found on ebay as well.
I did however have a bit of motivation and painted this guy up yesterday:
Just edited the pictures on page 1 of the thread, I had moved some pictures around and noticed just Red X's were appearing. But its all good meow.
Got this pic from a guy on facebook when we was wheelin a couple weekends back, looks pretty BA.
Got this pic from a guy on facebook when we was wheelin a couple weekends back, looks pretty BA.
