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Time for new front brakes. I had gotten all the good out of the drilled and slotted ones that were on it when I bought it. I had been seeing other guys in a 3rd Gen Escalade Facebook group installing the 2021+ Tahoe PPV brakes on and that it was pretty much a bolt-on. Kind of pricy, but seemed...

I bought it direct from Super Steer back in 2020. That’s too bad it’s discontinued. I was afraid they were going to discontinue it when it went on sale a year or so ago.

Transmission is all done, except for the front cooler line fitting - I ordered the wrong one. Besides converting to 4wd, I also inspected everything to make sure it was good. I found the direct drum had some wear and so did the outer sprag race, so I ordered good used parts from Global...

I hoped to have the trans all done today, but I was only able to get through the drivetrain. The front endplay was too large so I had to take a few things back apart to get it within spec. I wish I had checked the endplay before I took it apart, just for funsies…..I don’t think I changed...

Mine doesn’t drop out because the dually fender allows me to slide my batteries out…..and this isn’t really a “how-to”, but this will show you it’s possible to relocate the batteries next to the frame rail. I didn’t put mine under the bed because I wanted to use that space for my intercooler...

I took the stock battery tray, cut the indented portions out of it and then welded a piece of steel to the bottom to make it whole again. I think it was 11 gauge steel. It was tight, but it worked. It probably should have been sunk into the inner fender just a touch to make sure the hood...

This is my thread for the cold air intake I made for the Hoe. It worked well, but took up a lot of room and sucked to disassemble when something needed to be serviced. Thread 'My HX40 Cold Air Intake' https://www.thetruckstop.us/forum/threads/my-hx40-cold-air-intake.44283/

Yes sir. Now that I’ve found some iffy things and doing more than just an output shaft swap and reseal, I’ll be looking at all of it more closely as I reassemble.

I got the trans torn down today. The transmission had been rebuilt locally only a year or two before dad parked the green truck 7 years ago, so there wasn’t anything I needed to address other than to convert it to 4 wheel drive. However, once I started tearing it down I found a couple things I...

I had thought about adding extra deadening, but since it’s a gasser now, my dad was happy with his truck as-is, and with the amount of money I have spent on this lately…..I decided to just keep it stock.

Here’s a shot of the carpet in the same position as before for a good comparison. Here’s the “before” picture as a reminder: And now here’s the “after” from this morning: First thing I did was install the jute padding in the cab. I had removed it from the carpet because it was drying...

Thank you. That’s just where the needle fell to when handling the cluster. As far as I know it was operating properly when my dad was driving the truck.

Today I got the rest of the dash parts cleaned and installed. After that I cleaned the rest of the interior plastics so they’re ready for installation. And then finally I got the seats all cleaned. The carpet padding was still damp in a couple spots, but it got better through the day...

Uh yeah......carrying that soaked carpet in and getting it draped over that ladder was not a fun task!

A pressure washer is one of the things I haven't invested in yet, and really should have by now.

They did once I hosed her off in the driveway 😉

I started this afternoon cleaning the carpet for the truck. This is what I started with: This is what it looked like after attacking it with the shop vac: It’s hard to appreciate the transformation in this pic, but here it is after applying over a gallon of Folex carpet cleaner, scrub...

The motor I used for this build was the original 96 motor. I hooked it up to a battery and it was kinda noisy. I put some 3-n-1 on the bearing and it quieted down so I kept it.

Got the dash installed tonight. I started installing it last night, but then realized I hadn’t reinstalled the brake pedal and other brackets so I had to remove and then reinstall after getting that stuff done. I also installed the steering column, but forgot to take a picture after that...

Have you inspected the linkages to make sure the springs aren’t broken? From what you describe, I wonder if one of those could be broken.