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    Help me build my truck - What should I do?

    Well, with any luck I have a few less options to consider after tomorrow. An NV4500 with most of the accessories popped up on marketplace for a good price, I'll be bringing cash out there tomorrow. No transfer case, but has the shifter, bellhousing and slave cylinder parts as well as the...
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    Help me build my truck - What should I do?

    That makes sense. And to clarify, I currently have the SF rear, but expect that I'll swap to a FF at some point. I'm keeping an eye out for a complete parts truck, but dragging one home is likely to get me in trouble. Probably need it to be set up as a camper, since I might have to live in it if...
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    Hello from North Texas

    Welcome from Grand Prairie!
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    Help me build my truck - What should I do?

    I'm watching... 4.56 would be great but definitely needs OD. You doing a standalone OD unit, or is that code for NV4500? Any other combo I'm not thinking of? And based on similar goals, what's your thoughts on stick vs automatic? Should I really reconsider just slapping a 4L80 in it and go? I...
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    Help me build my truck - What should I do?

    By the way, here is a calculator that really helps with gear/transmission/tire decisions. A guy on another forum posted it, and I absolutely love it. https://www.blocklayer.com/rpm-gear The mother site also has a ton of other calculators than can be useful...
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    Help me build my truck - What should I do?

    That was my thinking, 37's makes for the equivalent of ~.85 OD ratio vs stock, and 1st/low gear becomes a little more than useless. Still no highway cruiser, for sure, but not as crazy at it seems if I put the two together, pretty much a 4 speed with OD. All 3 points understood and...
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    Looking for advice swapping 5.3 and 6L80e into 79k20

    Is the donor 6L80 a 4wd unit as well? I'm not certain, but I believe if the 6L80 has an NP series T Case on it, a round pattern NP case from earlier years will bolt up. If you have the 203, I believe that's a figure 8 case, and won't bolt directly up, although I'm sure there is a way to adapt...
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    Source for rear AC fittings?

    Thank you! This looks like a great head start for my suburban... Some yahoo cut the lines and stole the compressor out of it from the previous owner, so a full breakdown with sizes etc should be a huge help if/when I rebuild it all. Bookmarked!
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    Help me build my truck - What should I do?

    These trips will be the "Character Building" type trips with my boys... I've done worse myself, and they are getting to the age when being tough is cool, I'd enjoy out-toughing them :) Gas costs will suck, absolutely. I already have an 8.1 in my motorhome, so 6-7 mpg is well understood.
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    Help me build my truck - What should I do?

    I had a similar thread before but it was much more open ended, and I did not have a budget or a time laid out at that point. Now I'm lining up what work I'm going to do on my 87 K20 Suburban. overall, it is decent driver quality, 120k original miles, every panel is dented and has been painted by...
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    "Monster" brand TH350?

    x2 on all of the above, I think they started out being somewhat reputable for 4L60's in the LS world, then went to garbage coasting on a good name. I looked into a 6L90 a while back, cost for the unit was the same as a local shop quoted (but without install). Their ready to go unit that would...
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    04 Suburban oil pan, whew

    350k and needs rings or something already? They just don't make them like they used to, huh? (And sometimes, thank goodness)
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    Truck Overheating

    Did it do this before the new thermostat? Did you do all these things at the same time, and is there any difference in how it acts before and after? Sticky thermostat was my immediate thought, and I've had new ones that were sticky too, so just because it's new doesn't mean it's perfect, but...
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    Numerous Lighting Issues

    Grounds aren't just on or off. A bad ground has high resistance. High resistance and low current means low voltage drop, and your accessories will work just fine on 10-11 volts. Then you try to run headlights, and your voltage drop goes sky high, causing the ground to heat up and increase...
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    Numerous Lighting Issues

    I'm going to throw out there that the main grounds need to be checked. If the body isn't grounded well to the chassis, I could see some of this "weirdness" happening. You can check voltage from the body to the battery when the headlights are "on" but not functioning, if you have more than a few...
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    Rough country lift

    Not to dig in too much on tire pressure, but tires can make a huge difference in ride, and are easier to rough tune than most people think. Tires are designed for a certain contact patch and sidewall give to maximize performance and minimize heat from excessive flex etc. Of course each tire is...
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    Remote Oil Filter

    You want the O2 ahead of the cats, usually as close to the engine as possible. Cats can be farther away, but the closer they are, the better they work.
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    Planning my Suburban build - Advice wanted

    I've got similar end use goals, and I've had a lot of the same thoughts. Ultimately I don't have much input but I'm watching to get some of the same advice you are ;) 4" and 37s with trimming is on my mind as well, have thought about the 05+ SD Dana 60 as well, good to hear some thoughts on that...
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    Vortec 8100/8.1L Oil Pan

    As for cutting up oil pans, on LS swaps it used to be very normal, and essentially zero ill effects. The biggest issue was that welding on oily aluminum is tough, so unless you had professional level cleaning equipment, it was easiest to buy a new pan and modify it vs cutting up an old one. The...
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    LS regasket question

    Note, if you are using it in front of a TH350 or other older transmission that doesn't have a full bellhousing and use the 2 bellhousing bolts in the oil pan, the front to back alignment isn't critical. And as I'm reading this, I realized that I installed the front cover aligned to the pan on...
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    5.3 LS SWAP 82 C10 QUESTIONS

    Unless you own a carb tuning business and know everything there is to know about them, running a carb will not actually be cheaper or easier or faster than factory EFI. And the electronics involved in making an LS run on a carb is generally more complicated than the electronics to run the full...
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    Lost Two Gen 3 LS Engines in my 1986 C10 2WD

    While it is possible it's a coincidence, the number of 160k LS engines running just fine and then 2 dropping compression and failing in short order makes me think its a related issue vs bad luck of the draw. Rick and Huck are probably on to something, look at what was in common with the two...
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    TH400 to NP208 adapter

    Looking for a T-Case adapter (preferably the later "Short" style), TH400 to NP208, for a reasonable price shipped or local to DFW Texas. (Or a complete SM465/NP205 with shifters, clutch, and hydraulics, but beggars can't be choosers lol)
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    Which dually - 8.1 vs pre-DEF 6.6?

    If you go with the Medium Duty like the UHaul's, its a 10qt sump and ALOT more forgiving of oil level. It might be a bit more intimidating for an employee-mobile, but that might be a good thing? They are surprisingly maneuverable, but you also never forget you are in a large vehicle. My 34' MH...
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    Which dually - 8.1 vs pre-DEF 6.6?

    Mine has 5.13's... Of course it also has 19.5 rims that offsets it a bit. Kodiak truck though, so different animal :)

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