The luck continues! Today I picked up a GM Corp 10-bolt front axle with 8-lug outers from an NP203 equipped 3/4 ton truck for $50! Everything spins over very well and it looks very good inside. Since this was originally on a full-time 4wd truck, there are no lock out hubs installed, rather a dust [...]
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14FF Found!
And the 14FF is in the shop! Dad had his new backhoe home today. I shot up to the shale pit with it and snagged the axle out of the weeds. Everything looks good inside. I was able to get one drum freed up with some tender tapping with a 5lb hammer. The one that [...]
Shale Pit Fun!
I had to go down to my dad’s place today to snap some pictures of a few parts off of my donor Suburban so I figured I’d go up to his shale pit and have a little fun. Here are the pics:
Disassembly Started…
Jason (my cousin) and I were able to get a good start on tearing down the ‘burb tonight. We started by removing the doors. The “barn door” style rear doors were a cinch to remove only requiring the impact wrench. The rear doors on the sides were also quite easy requiring some trim to be [...]
$250 Later
So $250 later and the Suburban is sitting in the shop! No real excitement in picking it up. Just drove it up onto the flatbed and chained it down. The ride back down off of the flatbed was interesting though. It was raining outside which left the bed of the trailer quite slick. The practically [...]
Donor Suburban…
So I now have the opportunity to pick up a 2wd 1990 Suburban. It is currently drivable, however, the body is rotted quite bad in the back. So much so that in order for the previous owners to utilize the back door, they had cut the top of the bumper off to provide clearance. Clearance [...]