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The old oil film? That's what I'm thinking. The bottom of the engine cover that sits directly over it has old oil film on it as well. The turbo looks newer than the engine which makes me believe the old turbo had a seal failure that leaked oil into the intake, which was pumped out through those...

Hose for the hydraulic clutch blew out on friday, got the replacement master/hose/slave installed today which was more of a pain in the ass than expected since the previous replacement had been run through the wiring harness in a few spots behind the engine. Also found out why this turbo has so...

Well, even with the rusted out flatbed it's got some weight to it at just over 8000 lbs. I remember reading somewhere that these HD's stripped down to just cab/chassis are near 6500 lbs. Cargo on the receipt was the service bed and a few hundred pounds of scrap.

Short list to convert from 24-12 volt if the wiring hasn't been hacked up already. Swap the starter for a 12 volt unit. Remove the wire between the batteries and set the batts up in parallel. Personally I'd recommend run the wires directly to the 2 electric buss bars on the firewall (lower one...

Electric junction box is now mounted on the frame, once the service bed comes off I'll run the wires to it and the other mounting bolt. Trans is shifting easier after the oil change. Still can grind going into 3rd occasionally but not a constant thing like it was before. Running Amsoil...

They did, both 245's were on the driver side rear axle hub making the diff work constantly. Diff oil didn't look great but not horribly burned either. From what I've read these dana 80's were hard on the oil anyways. Also the tag on the diff cover says it should have 4.63 gears but that doesn't...

New windshield a few days ago, registration and oil changes today (engine/trans/axle). Gonna spend part of tomorrow rotating the tires since it has 2 oddballs on the rear axle. The other 4 tires are the stock 225's then 1 of the rear hubs has 2 245's on it. Rotating the 245's to the front so the...

There's another one listed here right now, 454 with a dump bed and priced closer to 5k. Borrowed these pictures from another ad, basic idea of what my bed plans are. I have a rusted out flatbed that I've been using as a scrap metal bin, will take a closer look at it's sub frame and probably use...

Stumbled across this truck on the local ads and couldn't pass it up. 1995 C3500HD with 6.5 diesel/NV4500. Pretty low miles at a little over 141k, had been used as a electricians truck. New batts and it fired up, mostly good on the test drive. ABS light on, constant clicking noise from the area...

Slides got delayed but should be here tuesday. Tossed a few things around and I could get rid of the 9ft bed by using the space under the 11ft bed. And just for shits n giggles decided to mock up having the Nissan tow the trailer (has a 2000 lb cargo rating). Oddly enough the k5 sagged worse...

Dropped the truck off at a friends place to get the air intake plumbed up since I don't have the tools to mess with aluminum. Pipe for the turbo-intercooler is tacked together, building the intercooler-intake pipe and weld it all up next week.

Had fun over the summer, but the limited income put a few month pause on the crew cab and this trailer haha. Bought a little 2wd Nissan pickup for daily driver duty after the k5 got totaled. The height/weight of the lathe and band saw will make their drawers pretty short, about 18" long. Just...

Been awhile and finally doing some stuff to the service bed again. Picked up a cheap little band saw and plasma cutter, needed a place to put them. Making the tray slide out and a fold down door, picked up enough metal to finish the lathe side as well. Sold the enclosed semi trailer and...

Farewell k5. Papers signed and check deposited today, tow truck should be here tomorrow.

Update from the insurance company, buyback aint gonna happen. They raised the offer with turning the k5 in to just over 3k. If I buy it back, the value is adjusted for where the k5 is registered (Montana), which drops it's value hard. Would only be $450 in my pocket after buyback. This k5 isn't...

Funny part is $800 is what I paid for the little 96 nissan extended cab pickup I got last week for daily driver use haha. K5 new issues: Frame is bent from where the front mount of the receiver hitch attaches, so a few inches in front of the shackle hangers for the rear springs. Radiator leaks...

Insurance totaled it out, buy back price is about $800 with a bit over 2k in my pocket.

My total costs in this rig are right around the 2k mark, plus I'm not attached to this one either. When I talked to insurance and the cops yesterday it's looking like they are going to total it. Before they can proceed though the other guy needs to answer their calls. Once this is all settled...

Sore muscles in my upper back but nothing funny or limited range of motion as of tonight.

Funny thing is offroading in the desert here a few times I've had others tell me the k5 disappears in the dust hahahaha. Looking like it's probably totaled. Hitch took the direct hit (accident happened at the top of a hill) and bent the frame. Gotta wait for insurance to do their thing but I'll...