What did you do with your GMT400 today...or yesterday....

[Husker6.5]

A trip to the hardware store for some aluminum extension tubes and longer screws and bolts should take care of that problem.

 

[Chewy1576]

Getting a little bit closer...

I forgot to put the horn back in, so the grill has to come back out one more time. I grabbed some LED marker lights thinking they should fit better with the intercooler, I was wrong. I ordered new TYC marker light housings from RockAuto to be modified to fit. I'll only use one bulb instead of the two. I didnt want to put the old oxidized housings back in with brand new headlight lenses. Lots of cutting and trimming on the lower valance, but it's in place. The only trimming for the grill was around the Spyder headlights to get them to fit better.

 

[Chewy1576]

The battery relocation is done. I ran 00 cable between the positive terminals, and more 00 from the batteries to the power distribution under the hood. 2 gauge for starter and alternator, 4 gauge over to the fuse block.


Both inner fenders are back in also. I kinda butchered the passenger side sheet metal. Cut the relief for the intercooler pipe way too big, but it will work for now. The driver side inner fender just needed some "massaging" from a ball peen hammer to clear the pipe.

Light are in and functional, coolant being filled, just need to secure some things and it will be ready to fire.

 

[MrMarty51]

just need to secure some things and it will be ready to fire.

Waiting in anticipation. LOL

 

[Paveltolz]

City asked us to fly the flag until this pandemic thing is over. So, stuck the flag in the back, parked it on the street (Friday), put a nice solar light in the bed to keep it lit at night and it is still there.

 

[Husker6.5]

You know what they say (or at least @WarWagon says) on here about "it didn't happen without a picture", @Paveltolz ! Night shot, please! LOL!

 

[MrMarty51]

That would be great to see a pic. of that at night @Paveltolz

 

[Will L.]

Peer pressure! Peer pressure! We want the pic!

 

[Paveltolz]

Peer pressure! Peer pressure! We want the pic!

That would be great to see a pic. of that at night @Paveltolz

Wish granted:

 

[blumpkin]

We did a chinesevirusquarantine detail to our old c2500 burb,
Also did the upgraded idler arm and bracket,. Doesn't follow ruts on gravel rd so bad anymore,.
Need to do pitman arm next,.

 

[Will L.]

I have to say, it was a tad annoying to do the gmt400 idler and pitman. Then I learned about idler and pitman in a hummer. Plan on twice the price and twice as often on top of that... yeah...
I miss the one and done gmt400 fix on that!

 

[MrMarty51]

Got that stimulus money yesterday.
Did the shamefaced thing and ordered the whicked wheel, turbo rebuild kit and the drain back kit from QS tuning.
Not knowing what the actual miles is that's on the engine and turbo in the truck, other than over 260,000 on the odo, figured I`d better do something about the seals in the turbo so decided I may as well try the wicked wheel and see what it does. The oil drain back also has a slight, very slight seep at the junction next to the plate on the bottom so went with the QS drain back kit too. Now, I just hope its not too terrible a thing to get to the bolts that holds the plate on. LOL
Cant really afford a new turbo setup so I guess this is the next best thing.

 

[Jaryd]

Today I Did the spring mod on my Hayden severe duty fan clutch finally and installed my 180* TStats back in it. It started raining hard so I wasn’t able to finish refilling the system and take it for a ride to see how it does now.

 

[Jaryd]

I also installed a bypass restrictor fitting that I made. About to take it for a test drive and see what happens

 

[BIGR]

I also installed a bypass restrictor fitting that I made. About to take it for a test drive and see what happens

Good deal Jaryd, let us know how the truck does.

 

[Will L.]

Raining so hard ya can’t fill it? Just set the funnel in there and let the rain do it!

Hope ya like the results

 

[n8in8or]

Today I Did the spring mod on my Hayden severe duty fan clutch finally and installed my 180* TStats back in it. It started raining hard so I wasn’t able to finish refilling the system and take it for a ride to see how it does now.

Good to see you back here. Seems like it’s been a while.

 

[Jaryd]

Good to see you back here. Seems like it’s been a while.

It has been awhile since I’ve been on here. Didn’t realize how long it has been since I had posted anything. I’ve been working on my mamas house, her lake house and doing some work at my house. Took the pontoon to the lake house and stayed there for 2 weeks working on the house in the mornings and evenings and pulling my daughters on the ski-biscuit during the hottest part of the day. We are trying to get the lake house where we can spend the summers up there like we did when I was a kid.

 

[Jaryd]

Turbo Manifold (Left Hand Side) – 6.5L Chevrolet Diesel | Dewars Performance Engines

Custom Turbo Manifold (From standard specifications) Chevrolet Diesel 6.2Ltr & 6.5Ltr Includes; Bolts & Flange as pictured. GMEXLH

dewarsengines.com.au

Have any of y’all seen this website before. No telling what shipping would be from Australia to America but if somebody wanted a easy way to twin turbo a 6.5 or 6.2 this would do it.

 

[FellowTraveler]

Turbo Manifold (Left Hand Side) – 6.5L Chevrolet Diesel | Dewars Performance Engines

Custom Turbo Manifold (From standard specifications) Chevrolet Diesel 6.2Ltr & 6.5Ltr Includes; Bolts & Flange as pictured. GMEXLH

dewarsengines.com.au

Have any of y’all seen this website before. No telling what shipping would be from Australia to America but if somebody wanted a easy way to twin turbo a 6.5 or 6.2 this would do it.

I suspect those down under needed that because their steering wheels are on the passenger side so no room when shoe horn-ing a GM 6.2/6.5 turbo into their rigs.....dewars has a good rep down under.