THRILLBILLY
1/2 ton status
I dreamed for 6 years! Hopefully you don't wait that long,
haha. I hope it drives better, then play in the wheel from 9 o'clock to nearly 3 with the old steering!CK5
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Thrillbilly Build Thread! 89' K5 on 44's, & tons. New motor FINALLY put in!!!
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I dreamed for 6 years! Hopefully you don't wait that long,
haha. I hope it drives better, then play in the wheel from 9 o'clock to nearly 3 with the old steering!
y5mgisi
1 ton status
****! I have been dreaming of it for at least 10 years! Since before i was 16! Probably realistically been dreaming of a 60 since i was 14 and im 26 now! I remember being around 14 or so and wondering why my dad never put a 60 under his trucks.
82K10SBC
Mud Slut
Steven Adair "likes" this. lmao
THRILLBILLY
1/2 ton status
dang man!!! I wonder the same thing about my dad too. He swears up and down that he never broke anything with 44's and 1/2 ton stuff. I won't ever know though, that truck is LOOOONNNG GONE...
THRILLBILLY
1/2 ton status
You must be lost, haha this ain't the Book of Face!
y5mgisi
1 ton status
LOL my dad bitched all the time about how much stuff he broke! I educated him just at the time he was done playing with trucks... He said he had blown countless u-joints, axle shafts, spider gears, etc. This was all in the front of his 73 3/4 ton suburban. He told me about how many th350 trannys he went through and when i asked about why he never put a th400 in it he said he was told it wouldnt fit... I can only imagine how much easier his life of trucks would have been if he had a 60 and th400 in that truck!
y5mgisi
1 ton status
This was the truck. He abused the poo poo out of it! Thats for sure!
Ok sorry for hijacking your thread.
Ok sorry for hijacking your thread.
THRILLBILLY
1/2 ton status
Naa bring em on, I love pictures! Haha yeah he got me into 4x4s but actually having one and living the nightmare of 1/2 tons and 44's made me get a 60/14! Now to see what breaks next!
82K10SBC
Mud Slut
Its not? Haha
Anyway, looks great! Next thing to replace is the stub shafts. They are the Achilles heel of that front end. I haven't wasted one yet but I bet if I play hard in it I'll soon destroy one Haha
THRILLBILLY
1/2 ton status
Thanks man! Hopefully it doesn't break just sitting in the driveway cause then I got other problems haha. Gonna be awhile before I get to go see what it's made of!
82K10SBC
Mud Slut
Don't think you'll have that problem. haha
Send her my way and I'll test her metal. haha
4WheelingPlus
1/2 ton status
Reminds me of my dad.This was the truck. He abused the poo poo out of it! Thats for sure!
Ok sorry for hijacking your thread.
THRILLBILLY
1/2 ton status
Well not much has went on with the truck lately but I did get a chance to take the truck out to a buddies pond and run through a couple of times. Gave me an idea of what I need and what is next for THRILLBILLY...
Here's the video hope it works! Also, let me know what you guys think I need some feedback on this thing!
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums...332D703-6880-00000AC1AD6D8D67_zps1affeba0.mp4
Here's the video hope it works! Also, let me know what you guys think I need some feedback on this thing!
http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums...332D703-6880-00000AC1AD6D8D67_zps1affeba0.mp4
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Tires!
Get some
THRILLBILLY
1/2 ton status
After the 1ton swap, I'm at a standstill on where to go. There is so much I want to do and my mind constantly races with ideas for this thing. I want everything from greasable bushings to building a motor, new gauges to swapping the 700 out for a NV4500... Hyrdaulic assist should be next but I can never settle.
After your 1 ton swap what upgrades came next on you guys' builds???
After your 1 ton swap what upgrades came next on you guys' builds???
THRILLBILLY
1/2 ton status
With 44's I think hydro assist would be a great "next upgrade". Turning those tires with out it must be lots o fun, it's not a huge expense or an overly complicated project so that's my vote.
Yeah that upgrade always seems to come to mind first when I start running through my list of to-do's. As long as I'm moving the steering is perfectly fine. Haha! Is it better to just buy a kit or use rescources to put one of your own together and run risks of something not functioning properly?
I built my own, did the surplus center ram, built my own mounts , DIY ported cap, tapped the box top and made my own lines (I have fittings and hose for my equipment for work). It works great, I still need to mod the pump, but even without it you can literally steer the wide 38's I have with one finger on the trail.
THRILLBILLY
1/2 ton status
Since I'm a noob at hydro assist, what size ram would I need? And when you say mod the pump are you just talking about adding the additional rubber for fluid capacity or am I missing something else?
