New life for an old GI, 1984 Chevy M1028

[kennyw]

Tailgate painted.

 

[Wes Harden]

fail safe t stats are junk. might as well leave it out

 

[kennyw]

fail safe t stats are junk. might as well leave it out

I need heat in the winter or the windows fog up in the wet weather. luckily they are an easy item to fix on the 6.2L.

 

[Wes Harden]

Put a high flow non fail safe in.

 

[kennyw]

Put a high flow non fail safe in.

If I need to do it again and order it online next time, then I will. This time around I had to go with what was in stock locally.

 

[kennyw]

I went on a test drive after work to confirm there are no leaks and everything was good so far. No RTI ramp, but I have a couple stumps...

 

[AJMBLAZER]

I forget, what springs did you end up going with?

 

[Wes Harden]

and tire size

 

[kennyw]

4" Tuff Country front and rear, from when Offroad Design was still selling them. Plus Bilstien shocks.

The tires are metric 35s, LT315/75R16 Back Country MT.

 

[kennyw]

Today was a list of little things and some things were not on the list for today.

First was a old bomber air tank. Eventually it will run off an onboard air system, but for now it is getting filled with shop air. I originally was trying to mount it vertically, but once I found the VW transmission mount was a good fit, horizontal worked the best with a slight angle.



Next up ended up being the Deuling Design fire extinguisher mount.


Then, on to mounting the center console and ham radio.

 

[kennyw]

I had a great time at Blazer Bash this year. The truck did great with minimal issues. I did rub the rear driveshaft on a rock and now have a vibration at higher speeds and I broke a tailgate latch on the passenger side.



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[Cucv_M1008]

Awesome pics man.

 

[kennyw]

After finishing the dash, I rechecked the lug nut torque and all was good. I did notice the driver side brake pads can rock back and forth slightly when rocking the wheel. The passenger side does not do that. The sound was very similar to the noise I'm chasing as well. I'll have to take out apart and look at it closer.

Looking through my build thread again, I don't think I ever dug into this and rechecked the calipers. I will put that on the list when I get it back into the shop. Currently this one needs a couple things.

• Check caliper rattle clips
• Replace or repair rear driveshaft
• Find fuel/air line leak but MAW go with a 30 or 40 gallon tank between the frame rails...