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Absolutely phenomenal crescent moon slow cruise this evening. Heater on, music off. Solitude.

Never heard of that one, guess it is possible. How about wheel bearings (front and rear)? Did you check to see if there is play in the diff vs. just saying they it is rebuilt and must be good? Tires balanced? Drive with the front shaft only...

That voice is used a lot. IMHO Most AI is crap - it tells you the same information at least 3 times, often more, like it was paid by the word. It has no context. If you can't lead a horse because its leg is broke, applying lead to its brain is...

You could probably use nutserts as long as you used aluminum or stainless. You don't want to use steel fasteners against the aluminum or it will corrode the aluminum. My background was in the marine industry and we used exclusively 316...

since that advice... I've moved twice, live in Idaho and built this... an 86 K5 Blazer, coil front suspension, tons (60/14), Optimizer 6.5 turbo diesel with a 93 marine pump (mechanical), nv4500 trans and even seat heaters.... still do SAR, but...

I realize this is an old as hell thread but this is a cool one about 15 years ago I had a 1995 or 1996 (honestly cant remember) K5 Yukon HD 2 door with a factory 6.5 and 4l80e... what a fun rig. Great road manners.

Working on a bunch of tedious tasks before everything comes apart. Drilling and tapping holes so I’m not drilling through fresh paint. Extended the leg of the seat bracket. And another fun shipment showed up from Aqualu

Other option is @cruisermatt later rear axle drum adapter kit with parking brake

Seat brackets going back in One of the legs needs to be extended to work with the new tub For the guys who have done H55F swaps, are you bending the 5 speed shift lever? 2nd gear seams really far back

From what I have seen and read is the disc emergency brake setup hangs down below the tcase and affects the ground clearance.

And holding power is less than factory p-brake drum . I like how simple is the factory t-case drum with 79 floor lever and short cable on my 40 , trouble free since resto back in 2003

It’s good to hear Mark is still in business. So many of my go to shops have been shutting down. Mudders out there, be patient with smaller vendors and call back if you don’t hear from them. I have seen how many messages and calls they get and...

Busy morning at work, so I went for a long lunch cruise. Beautiful day here in CO. Bumper install is complete as well. I am very happy with it. This thing is a lot more stout than I expected.

The transfer case on the back of that transmission is the later style splitcase tcase. Toyota started using them in the 80's. I would guess the 4 speed is original to that tcase. When they started using the splitcase at some point they moved...

This is a later 81+ 4speed and split case , better and stronger than the older one piece case, parking brake for those are available from a couple of vendor here

Been looking for one of these old school units for a while. Thanks, @wesintl! I appreciate the convo and Colonel Mustard tour today.

Test fitted an old corner and rear window with chunks of old seal and they seemed fine, will have to replace the 2 corner locating spuds with smaller ones. There is a rubbed spot from freight, doesn't look like there's zinc under it but the epoxy...

I try my best to pop in here every now and then. I had a fellow member message me the link to this thread so I can comment. I am the part owner as Todd the originator slowly works towards retirement. We don't plan on going anywhere!!!

Got some more hardtop fit up done. Looking more and more put together everyday, only to get blown back apart again for paint. Was a lot of playing around but I was able to achieve factory gaps around the doors.

Some pics of that ?

Most mechanics can’t say no. That’s why there are 25 trucks outside most shops. Especially Cruiser shops. Never take a truck from someone that does not have enough money to finish it. It’s ok if they only do a bit at a time but it’s got to...

I started working on other peoples Cruisers in 2018. I was humming along buying tools and making it easy on my body to do it. I had just expanded my shop and added a lift when Covid hit and my company made all “work” virtual. I went full time...

Have you connected with @wngrog? I don’t know his entire story but it seems similar. 51, considered the same, but decided I like this hobby too much to make it a job. :)

I'm a lot younger but of went down this road and back. Worked on cruisers professionally for 5 years and throughout college at one of the best shops for cruisers in the US. Built some amazing things and really got to hone skills. In the end I...

You could try and chat to chat with Wayne crushersrule.com ,theoriginalcrushers on instagram. He has been doing what you want to try for years. He was in Ontario now he is in Alberta I think. He would have a great perspective. And Steve EBI in...