Thanks! The SM465 is one badass trans
Tomorrow I will call my neighbor to see if he will help me out welding the brace in.
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My "Official" Stepside Restoration Thread and LS Swap 2021
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Thanks! The SM465 is one badass trans
Tomorrow I will call my neighbor to see if he will help me out welding the brace in.
Just a new picture I wanted to throw up because I am a picture whore
Xtremegmc80
1/2 ton status
looks like sheeit
im kidding
it looks good!
im kidding
it looks good!
Did a little wheelin'
Enjoy some pictures:
And finally enjoy the video:
Enjoy some pictures:
And finally enjoy the video:
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tomford
1/2 ton status
So when we goin to wheel the stepsides?
Tom
Tom
I have some nice mud down by the cape, or in Bellingham that we can do. After some rain its always better though...
Update with tsome pictures
I did a little wheelin for the first time since the last pictures I put up. I took it easy, but trying to get a poser shot I ended up digging in with my rear bumper. Luckily I didn't get stuck. Enjoy:
I did a little wheelin for the first time since the last pictures I put up. I took it easy, but trying to get a poser shot I ended up digging in with my rear bumper. Luckily I didn't get stuck.
Enjoy:
I'm pretty excited, I have some new plans for the truck and a few other things cooking too. I forgot my camera this weekend so you'll have to stay in the dark till next week...
chevy wrangler
1/2 ton status
anything??
tomford
1/2 ton status
how'd that hub work out 4 u?
Tom
Tom
Just read the whole thread. Pretty impressed with the time put into the truck. Looks great, I love the look of the old step-sides. I blew my 10 bolt sat. night, probably out of it till spring. How far from Hingam(?) are you? I lived there and in Brewster for a few years. Would love to go back out there and wheel some time. Your pics make me miss wheeling my own mud. Truck looks great, sounds pretty good too. I'm concidering turn downs at the mufflers also. What do you think of them? Wow, a lot of run on babbling, huh?
Hub works perfect... only I might have screwedup installing the auto locking mechanism because it just clicks when i put it in 4x4...
I'm taking it apart again this weekend to find out if anything is screwed up.Just read the whole thread. Pretty impressed with the time put into the truck. Looks great, I love the look of the old step-sides. I blew my 10 bolt sat. night, probably out of it till spring. How far from Hingam(?) are you? I lived there and in Brewster for a few years. Would love to go back out there and wheel some time. Your pics make me miss wheeling my own mud. Truck looks great, sounds pretty good too. I'm concidering turn downs at the mufflers also. What do you think of them? Wow, a lot of run on babbling, huh?
Thanks, I appreciate it. I am probably like and hour drive away from Hingham. I'm in Franklin btw. Unfortunately my local spot has just been shut down by the propperty owners...
But I am still wheelin down on the Cape while I'm in school. Turn downs were alright. I modified my tailpipes so now i put them back in since. Turn downs are cheap and to me feel like you just didn't want to finish bending up the exhaust, but to each his own.
tomford
1/2 ton status
if you need the lockin hubs let me know, like i said i only am missing the selector, but ill look for it
Updates!!
So i have been busy gathering parts...
I had a small hickup with the hub... but all is well. I will do the driverside soon. My aluminum wheels are much thicker than the stock steelies so only about a 1/4" of threads could be used with the stock wheelstuds. So when I went to rotate the tires I stripped 3 studs on the passenger side. And that is way too many to drive safely on. So I researched high and low for longer wheel studs. My solution was Moroso studs pn: 46220. These require a slight amount of clearancing in order to drive them into the hub all the way. My hub problems came from being drunk while working on the hub and dropping it, denting the front flange of it and bursting the air hose that it landed on...
Anyways, I got a new one and threw all back together with new studs, bearings and seals. Now my hub likes to click when I engage 4x4...
I had to get new lug nuts with the larger 1/2"x3" studs. But wow are they fancy. I don't think I could ever strip those.
Ok now for my future projects:
Cowel Induction Hood
New stepside fenders
Rear bumper
Paint interior
New seat foam or buckets... who knows...
Headers/exhaust
New wiring harness
Finish autometer gauges
And thats just what i can think of on the top of my head!
Ok so some of the parts I have gathered:
Autometer gauges, wiring harness, and all wiring connections, extra wire, heat shrink wrap, and those black loom thingies.
The wiring harness I got based off of a recomendation by another member on CK5. I couldn't afford to do a painless harness for $560+ just because it says painless on it. So I went with Ez Wiring's universal 21 circuit harness that is perfect for our gen of trucks whether you have a bare bones pickup or a fully loaded burb. So 1 ebay bid and $180 later I have in my hand a kick ass wiring harness. While I do the wiring, I am going to do the headlight upgrade, autometer gauges, and propperly rewire my offroad light, and most of all wire the stereo so it doesn't keep cuting in and out over every bump.
Pics
The fuse box look nearly identical to the corroded and spliced factory one i have
My favorite part about the harness is that every wire is labeled every foot or so
This is also from Ez Wiring. Its their aftermarket gauge mounting solution so you can retain the stock bezel and have the autometers recessed into the dash much like how I did the 2 gauges I put in on the top two slots.
So i have been busy gathering parts...
I had a small hickup with the hub... but all is well. I will do the driverside soon. My aluminum wheels are much thicker than the stock steelies so only about a 1/4" of threads could be used with the stock wheelstuds. So when I went to rotate the tires I stripped 3 studs on the passenger side. And that is way too many to drive safely on. So I researched high and low for longer wheel studs. My solution was Moroso studs pn: 46220. These require a slight amount of clearancing in order to drive them into the hub all the way. My hub problems came from being drunk while working on the hub and dropping it, denting the front flange of it and bursting the air hose that it landed on...
Anyways, I got a new one and threw all back together with new studs, bearings and seals. Now my hub likes to click when I engage 4x4...
I had to get new lug nuts with the larger 1/2"x3" studs. But wow are they fancy. I don't think I could ever strip those.
Ok now for my future projects:
Cowel Induction Hood
New stepside fenders
Rear bumper
Paint interior
New seat foam or buckets... who knows...
Headers/exhaust
New wiring harness
Finish autometer gauges
And thats just what i can think of on the top of my head!Ok so some of the parts I have gathered:
Autometer gauges, wiring harness, and all wiring connections, extra wire, heat shrink wrap, and those black loom thingies.
The wiring harness I got based off of a recomendation by another member on CK5. I couldn't afford to do a painless harness for $560+ just because it says painless on it. So I went with Ez Wiring's universal 21 circuit harness that is perfect for our gen of trucks whether you have a bare bones pickup or a fully loaded burb. So 1 ebay bid and $180 later I have in my hand a kick ass wiring harness. While I do the wiring, I am going to do the headlight upgrade, autometer gauges, and propperly rewire my offroad light, and most of all wire the stereo so it doesn't keep cuting in and out over every bump.
Pics
The fuse box look nearly identical to the corroded and spliced factory one i have
My favorite part about the harness is that every wire is labeled every foot or so
This is also from Ez Wiring. Its their aftermarket gauge mounting solution so you can retain the stock bezel and have the autometers recessed into the dash much like how I did the 2 gauges I put in on the top two slots.
lectric80
3/4 ton status
Wait, you're telling me that EZ Wiring has that bezel set? How much was it, if you don't mind my asking?
lectric80
3/4 ton status
Man, with my time and labor, I don't think I can do my aluminum bezel for that cheap. You may have just given me yet another thing to buy. Thanks for the info.
NEK5
3/4 ton status
So that bezel allows you to run 3 3/8ths speedo tach, and what size of the smaller gauges?
ya 3 3/8 speedo and tach with 2 1/16 smaller 4 gauge set.
uh oh am I giving Ben ideas for his build?
