Search results

This weekend I finished stripping the cab so I can begin prepping it for paint. First step will be removing the plastic trim that hides the roof corner seams and then fill the channels in with lead body filler.

I think Ashton has joined TTS to punk me... 😆

340733327253246176 Expires 7/3/26

All night I was thinking about the blobs of paint I experienced yesterday. I started to wonder if I had the light on my spray gun a little far forward so then it was collecting paint from the edge of the fan pattern and then once enough collected it would drip off into the spray. I went out and...

I got the replacement front doors painted this weekend. Initially the plan was to just do the bottom color change from silver to sandalwood and then just spiff up the emerald green….. but after seeing how well the bodywork and paint on the bottom of the doors turned out yesterday, I decided it...

339841617253246176 Expires 6/26/26

I pulled the engine back out of the truck. I pulled it because I wanted to change the torque converter. The converter I put in it previously was War Wagon’s 2400 stall Yank converter that he had in Patch. It would have likely worked fine, but I was worried it was a little too much stall for...

I transferred the door emblem over to the replacement door. That seemed like the more appropriate look for this truck instead of having shaved emblems.

Thanks! Hopefully it will be all rust-free soon.

Yesterday I got the cargo doors swapped out on this thing. I bought pins and bushings from Cunningham Machine. Really good stuff. I also bought their pin removal tool - that works great on the lower pins, but is useless on the upper pins. I thought about making my own tool for the uppers, but...

Great info, thanks for sharing!

Expires June 5, 2026 337462365253246176

Ah. Sorry I didn’t mention that. I found out what you found after I bought the stub axle so I didn’t install it. It’s still sitting on the shelf.

I rebuilt a heater box for this. I put all new heater core and evaporator in it. I also put new blend doors in it (I bought some before they were discontinued). I also tested the actuators to make sure the motors functioned and then put new gears in from blenddoor.com.

Last week I had the fenders and the radiator support acid dipped to remove the paint and rust. This uncovered a big dent in the driver side fender. I forgot to take a “before” pic, but after some time with the stud welder, slide hammer and shrinking disc I got it decent. It’s still a little low...

Neither of those codes worked. This one worked and is good until 5/22/26. 336406062295391168

Today I picked up some sheet metal for the Tahoe. I need to change the silver to the correct color, but the green should match correctly. Pretty much no rust, and what little rust there is will be an easy touch-up. The green isn’t in perfect condition, but I’m hoping I can touch it up with a...

Today I made brackets to adapt an AD244 alternator to the truck. To make it easier I did the work on a mockup engine rather than on the truck - made it a ton easier to see what was needed. The top bracket was the easy part, I just needed to make a simple offset strap. The bottom bracket to...

Last 2 wires: Gray/Black is 4 Low out and Brown is switched 12V in to the front axle actuator. I probably won’t use 4 Low out in my applications and 12V switched is easy. Lots cheaper route than this! https://dmaxswap.com/product/electric-shift-transfer-case-standalone-harness/

Oh yeah, I definitely plan to.