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  1. chevyCowboy

    Moving a shop/garage to my house

    I was orginally going to do a slab for this with a thickened edge but have been giving thought to doing footings. a poured footing 12"x48" is going to be 14yrds of concrete at about $1200, plus the 3 courses of block on top of that bringing me to around $1500. Or I could do a 12"x12" footing...
  2. chevyCowboy

    Moving a shop/garage to my house

    That shouldn't be 2 hard with it only have a 4/12 pitch
  3. chevyCowboy

    Moving a shop/garage to my house

    So I am going to be putting my wood burner back into this garage but I can decide where the best place to put it would be, I know I'm a long ways off from this yet but trying to get the layout right from the start. The options are the back corners or in the middle, what's every ones thoughts...
  4. chevyCowboy

    Moving a shop/garage to my house

    Ya the good thing about this is it is 4 blocks from my house
  5. chevyCowboy

    Moving a shop/garage to my house

    I The guy who bought the ground thought I was bat shit crazy when I told him it would be moved by end of weekend, I definitely wouldn't have been able to get it done with out some really good friends and my dad who busted there asses
  6. chevyCowboy

    Moving a shop/garage to my house

    Well so far I'm Into it for 250 and that includes fuel to go get trailer and beer and food for the workers, my only expenses will be concrete 19yrds, I'll pour my self and I'm going to put 3 courses of block to make 10 ft walls allowing me to have a 9ft door which will be a big expense, I'm...
  7. chevyCowboy

    Moving a shop/garage to my house

    A little over a week ago a buddy told me about a garage in town that was possibly free for the taking, I said that would be sweet try and find out more, that was on monday. Tuesday he saw the guy again and he said if you want it take it but I want it gone yesterday, he had plans to get his hoe...
  8. chevyCowboy

    Lightning my leaf springs

    So should I start with removing one short leaf and the overloads or just the overloads first?
  9. chevyCowboy

    Lightning my leaf springs

    Alright here's my dilemma, my truck started it's life as a k3500 drw cclb I have since converted it to a srw. it still has the 10,000lb springs in the rear and it rides like a lumber wagon. I am wondering if I can just remove a spring from the pack or do I need to just swap them out for 3/4ton...
  10. chevyCowboy

    Rebuild for a performance oriented 6.5

    Where did you get the girdle kit
  11. chevyCowboy

    88GMCtruck's 98 Silverado Towpig Build: "Black Fox"

    I like the Jeep I'll bet that's a blast to drive in the dunes
  12. chevyCowboy

    Factory GM cablight LED inserts

    ill be interested if you still have them when I have a little extra money again just the bulbs
  13. chevyCowboy

    Banks sidewinder exhaust manifold group buy.

    It seems to go right into the back of the block where the flasher and that stuff plug into sort of seams like a plug but I can't figure it out
  14. chevyCowboy

    Banks sidewinder exhaust manifold group buy.

    Is the white deal that has wires coming out for turn signals and break lights a plug or some sort of bushing, iv got some sort of a short in that area causeing me to loose right rear turn and break lights, I fiddled with it for an hr and was afraid to break it
  15. chevyCowboy

    04 suburban abs code c0268 and odd sound when breaking

    well I finally heard a sound when I put the truck in reverse and it ended up being a bad u joint but that doesn't have anything to do with the abs code, the light didn't come back on when I went for a ride after doing the u joints, ill have to see what happens when she drives it this week
  16. chevyCowboy

    04 suburban abs code c0268 and odd sound when breaking

    My wife's suburban recently has been making an odd (clanging banging, those are her words) sound when she steps on the breaks or accelerates from a stop. I have tried to get it to make the sound when Im driving it but like normal it never does what ever weird thing she is telling me about when I...
  17. chevyCowboy

    Left turn signal fast blinks?

    i had an led strip under the tailgate that shorted out and was backfeeding the whole system one time, made the marker lights blink with the right turn, iv also had the fast blinking come from one of the front bulbs being put in 180* off
  18. chevyCowboy

    Just an update with videos :)

    How much do you have into the water meth system I looked into doing one along time ago but cant remember how much it would have cost?
  19. chevyCowboy

    Used Engine - Sitting on HB and oil pan

    ill speak from experience here but id have the crank magnifluxed if you do completely tear it down. I had one that looked perfect and ended up snapping on me 2000 mi after I put it in, it must have had a crack that I didn't catch
  20. chevyCowboy

    fixable main cracks?

    mine looked just like yours
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