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I should also clarify that the Jake's rebuild kit was money well spent, even though I probably won't go that route again for future builds. I wanted their kit because their tricks build strong transmissions and they have good support. The support piece was what I was happy to pay for and used...

I was in a rush last night and didn’t post part of my build debacle. I had the goal of finishing the transmission this past weekend, which should have been easily achievable. I got a late start Saturday, but I wasn’t concerned. I had a struggle with a bushing I replaced being tight, but finally...

Hmmm, I had never heard of a 4L90e before, so I Googled it. Some people claim that’s what’s behind the Duramaxes and others say those people are mistaken and it’s just a 4L85e. I’m sure there are other differences between an 80 and 85, but the biggest one that sticks out to me is that the 80 has...

Ha! I don’t know about that….. I’m barely a transmission assembler, let alone a builder.

Ok, transmission is all rebuilt. Like I said in the last post, it's been a bit of an ordeal, but it could have been worse, just all part of learning. I initially stopped bodywork and switched to the transmission in case there were part delays for the transmission. When I called Jake's...

Transmission is almost done, I just ran out of time today. It’s been an adventure these last couple weeks. I’ll share more details later this week.

These are the ones. I’d have to measure the length tomorrow. Check out this page from Summit Racing https://www.summitracing.com/parts/qa1-5252/make/chevrolet/model/camaro/year/1980

Oh man, that’s what I get for posting something years after I did it…. And I also see I didn’t start you in the right spot, but you seem to have figured that out. Sorry about that…..I was coming in for dinner and trying to find the right post in a hurry. As I recall, these are 2003 knuckles...

@drag sgt Here’s the part of the thread where I did the GMT800 conversion on my 96 K2500. Post in thread '1996 K2500 “Krovvy”' https://www.thetruckstop.us/forum/threads/1996-k2500-%E2%80%9Ckrovvy%E2%80%9D.48796/post-590172

Thanks. I would have liked to have done better, particularly with that horizontal seam, but with little to no access from the backside it would have taken much more time for just a little improvement. This project needs my time spent in other areas.

I fixed the rust on these fenders. The passenger fender had a couple spots in the back. I forgot to take a before pic of this hole, so I had to lay what I cut out of it on top of the repair. This repair was trickier due to the contours and my lack of really good metal working equipment. I...

Made some decent progress on the fender tonight. It isn’t perfect, but if I wanted to finish it with body filler I probably could. Before I go that route, I want to challenge myself and see how good I can get it in just metal. I’m going to get a metal shrinking disc and see how far that gets me...

I dig it! And I second Will’s message……welcome and we’d all love to read a thread on your build to learn more about it.

HAAAAA!!!! I would love if that could actually work.

I contacted Jake's Performance yesterday to find out which rebuild kit I should use for my build. I told them it was an 8000 pound truck that would also be hauling/towing and I gave them the dyno sheet from the black truck to use as a representative power curve for the engine (not right away...

The center section with the different texture is the Tunnel Shield that I layered over the Kilmat.

Back to the aforementioned cab floor….. I think it turned out pretty well. Yesterday I took the transmission apart to see what condition it was in. Fortunately the hard parts were all in good shape except for the stator side of the pump, so I’ll need to address that. This week I’m going to...

Some progress over the past week. Monday I got the transfer case installed. Unfortunately the shift lever on the case hit the cab floor, so next I had to cut a hole in my freshly painted floor to make a tunnel for the lever and linkage. I made a tunnel out of a piece of 3” exhaust tubing...

I have some foil-faced butyl rubber stuff that I've been using. It's just some stuff off of Amazon called Kilmat. I did the whole interior, top to bottom, of my extended cab and it seems to work well......however I never drove the truck before installing it, so I can't say how it was before for...

This weekend I got the firewall repair done. I also got the dump hoist reinstalled. I got the floor painted with 2 coats of Rust Seal. And I got a few coats of Rustoleum sprayed on the transfer case. Before that though I took the PTO cover off the case so I could make sure the...