one wheel peel’s are not exciting…
Neither are gas station pictures of every car you’ve ever owned 
hey at least I drive my cars enough to actually require a fill up…
Yeah but you’re driving to deliver them to their new owners 
if someone is going to pay me more money than Ive spent then of course I will
So posi-trac at some point?
so once I cracked open the rear end I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the open diff was completely smoked.
I don’t even know how it held together on my trip home. kinda scary.
sucks that I had to shell out cash I wasn’t expecting to but at least its only the diff and not the entire housing etc etc.
I decided to go with an Eaton limited slip that is currently in route.
im going to do the diff swap, diff seals, axle seals, wheel cylinders and brake shoes all at once.
hope to have it buttoned up by the weekend.
I also decided to pep up the gear ratio from 3.08 to 3.42.
it will hurt fuel mileage slightly but once I ditch the 18" wheels (current tire diameter is 28.5") and go to a 17" setup (which will have a tire diameter of 30") it shouldn’t be too bad.
so while im waiting for the rear end parts to arrive im going to continue to pick away at the list of little stuff I want to do.
cue the long winded post
once I took off the old steering wheel I noticed that the previous owner for some reason ditched the column spring and signal cancel cam/horn conductor.
so I sourced both of these little jerks
in addition to that he wired the horn to a separate switch under the dash…!!!
so ill wire it back up the column.
I also ordered a few firewall boots that were missing and letting TONS of cold air into the cab
one for the brake rod
and one for the steering column
there is also a hole in the dash where the cigarette lighter went and it bothered me so I ordered one of those too…
ill hopefully get around to changing out the passenger window regulator that gets difficult halfway down.
the sway bars came in over the weekend so ill try and get those on too.
Ill prob be “sick” on Friday and just take the day to button it up.
I may even cruise over to the truck shop and pick up some new cab cushions (the current ones look like they needed replacing in 1993) along with a repop correct style 10" rear view mirror and wiper washer motor.
Wanna grab lunch on Friday? I work in Gardena by the 110/405 split.
odds are ill be kinda busy with the rear end…
Everyone talks about the wheels like they’re some hideous 2 spoke design. They look decent for now on there.
3.08s sound awesome-cruise at 65 while the engine is around 1500rpms.
the truck is currently ALL top end.
my thoughts are that the 3.42 will pep it up a bit down low but still keep decent milage
Should have kept the 3.08’s for when you add broost. That block LOVES broost
Yup.
my wallet doesn’t like the idea of boost
"Mr. Walker’s boss-“What happened to all that drug money you seized from that bust?”
"Walker-“Not sure.”
And now you have boost
im not that stupid.
its pathetic how often people in my line of work get prosecuted for theft or bribery (sub $5k)
anyway.
last night i finished up the steering wheel install, put on the new firewall boots for the column and brake and put in the cigarette lighter.
i think im going to wire it with an inline fuse though so i have power when the truck is off.
last night i was able to check a bunch of stuff off the list…
ring and pinion
diff bearings
diff seals
Eaton LSD
axle seals
brake shoes
wheel cylinders
front and rear sway bars with poly bushings
bled brakes
still have more stuff to take care of but im happy with the progress so far
she also got her first bath today…
and of course christmas tree duty…
Was the Sherriff in the picture planned?
By the angle of the pic, it appears so.
Man, I love this thing Choochie! With some spacers, I’d honestly keep the wheels, I think it looks good.